Stacia Stolzenberg
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Phone: 602-496-0495
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Mail code: 4420Campus: Dtphx
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Stacia N. Stolzenberg is an Associate Professor in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Arizona State University; she received tenure in 2021. She is also a core faculty for ASU's program on Law and Behavioral Science, where she also mentors graduate students. Dr. Stolzenberg received her Ph.D. in Applied Developmental Psychology from Claremont Graduate University in 2012. Afterwards, she conducted a three-year postdoc at the University of Southern California’s Gould School of Law. Since that time, 2015, she has been at ASU.
Dr. Stolzenberg takes an interdisciplinary and mixed-methods approach to studying children’s reports of maltreatment, then applying her work to the criminal justice system. Her work focuses on the direct application of developmental science to increasing accurate and complete disclosures from children, without increasing false reporting. To do so, she studies the reporting, investigating and prosecuting of child maltreatment. Furthermore, Stolzenberg studies children’s competencies and vulnerabilities regarding their cognitive abilities, as they apply to forensic interviewing. She is also interested in methodological decision-making and how this influences the robustness of developmental science. Much of her work focuses on childhood victimization and sex crimes against youth. She works closely with agencies such as the Phoenix Children's Hospital, Child Advocacy Centers, and the Maricopa County Attorney's Office. Dr. Stolzenberg's work has been funded by federal agencies such as the National Science Foundation, the National Institute of Justice, and the National Institutes of Health.
Dr. Stolzenberg was appointed as the Director of the Undergraduate Program in Criminology and Criminal Justice in January of 2022. During this time, Dr. Stolzenberg acted as the Barrett Faculty Honors Advisor for Criminology and Criminal Justice students. Since the summer of 2023, Dr. Stolzenberg has served as the Director of the In-Person Graduate Programs for the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice. In this capacity, she oversees the M.S. and Ph.D. Programs in the School.
- Ph.D. Applied Developmental Psychology, Claremont Graduate University 2012
- M.A. Applied Developmental Psychology, Claremont Graduate University 2010
- B.A. Psychology and Art (Magna Cum Laude), Chapman University 2008
What are methods that can elicit true disclosures of abuse without increasing false reports? What are realistic boundaries for what children can recall accurately? How do children understand and respond to questioning by adults? What are feasible methods that can be implemented by those in the field to better handled children’s reports of maltreatment?
These are the questions that Dr. Stolzenberg's research aims to answer. In doing so, she utilizes mixed-methods. She assesses what happens in real cases and then use these findings to assess children’s competencies and vulnerabilities in the laboratory. Dr. Stolzenberg then return to what happens in the field to inform current practices during investigative processes.
Courses
2025 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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CRJ 799 | Dissertation |
CRJ 795 | Continuing Registration |
CRJ 599 | Thesis |
CRJ 302 | Research Methods |
PSY 599 | Thesis |
CRJ 595 | Continuing Registration |
CRJ 615 | Professional Dev Workshop II |
CRJ 616 | Professional Dev Workshop III |
PSY 799 | Dissertation |
PSY 792 | Research |
CRJ 592 | Research |
CRJ 792 | Research |
2024 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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CRJ 503 | Research Methods |
CRJ 599 | Thesis |
CRJ 799 | Dissertation |
CRJ 792 | Research |
CRJ 595 | Continuing Registration |
CRJ 795 | Continuing Registration |
PSY 592 | Research |
PSY 599 | Thesis |
PSY 792 | Research |
CRJ 592 | Research |
CRJ 595 | Continuing Registration |
CRJ 614 | Professional Dev Workshop I |
PSY 799 | Dissertation |
2024 Summer
Course Number | Course Title |
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CRJ 799 | Dissertation |
CRJ 595 | Continuing Registration |
CRJ 795 | Continuing Registration |
CRJ 599 | Thesis |
2024 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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CRJ 799 | Dissertation |
CRJ 795 | Continuing Registration |
CRJ 599 | Thesis |
CRJ 302 | Research Methods |
PSY 599 | Thesis |
CRJ 595 | Continuing Registration |
PSY 799 | Dissertation |
PSY 792 | Research |
CRJ 592 | Research |
CRJ 792 | Research |
2023 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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CRJ 599 | Thesis |
CRJ 799 | Dissertation |
CRJ 792 | Research |
CRJ 595 | Continuing Registration |
CRJ 795 | Continuing Registration |
PSY 592 | Research |
PSY 599 | Thesis |
CRJ 302 | Research Methods |
CRJ 204 | Juvenile Justice |
PSY 792 | Research |
CRJ 592 | Research |
CRJ 595 | Continuing Registration |
PSY 799 | Dissertation |
2023 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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PSY 592 | Research |
PSY 799 | Dissertation |
PSY 792 | Research |
2022 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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CRJ 503 | Research Methods |
PSY 592 | Research |
CRJ 302 | Research Methods |
PSY 792 | Research |
2022 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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CRJ 204 | Juvenile Justice |
CRJ 404 | Juvenile Delinquency |
PSY 792 | Research |
2021 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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CRJ 503 | Research Methods |
PSY 592 | Research |
CRJ 204 | Juvenile Justice |
2021 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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PSY 592 | Research |
CRJ 204 | Juvenile Justice |
CRJ 302 | Research Methods |
2020 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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PSY 592 | Research |
CRJ 204 | Juvenile Justice |
CRJ 404 | Juvenile Delinquency |
2019 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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CRJ 204 | Juvenile Justice |
CRJ 404 | Juvenile Delinquency |