Sarah M. Manchak is an Associate Professor in the School of Criminal Justice at the University of Cincinnati and current Director for the Center for Criminal Justice Research (CCJR). She received her Ph.D. in Psychology and Social Behavior with concentrations in experimental psychopathology and psychology and the law from the University of California, Irvine in 2011. Prior to that, she earned her MA in Forensic Psychology at John Jay College of Criminal Justice. Dr. Manchak teaches at the undergraduate and graduate levels, is the coordinator of undergraduate research in the School of Criminal Justice, runs the faculty-led study abroad program in Scotland, and is the academic advisor for the undergraduate/university chapters of the Ohio Innocence Project the American Correctional Association.
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