Sharon Kelley is a clinical psychologist and Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Neuro behavioral Sciences at the University of Virginia, Institute of Law, Psychiatry, and Public Policy (ILPPP). Her primary clinical and research interests involve forensic evaluation and legal competencies, particularly Miranda rights comprehension and interrogation/confession issues. She conducts forensic evaluations with juveniles and adults on a wide range of psycho legal issues, including competence to stand trial, sanity, Miranda rights comprehension, disputed confessions, and capital sentencing. She is also part of a research team that investigates cognitive bias in forensic science disciplines as part of a larger research program to improve the scientific underpinnings of the forensic sciences. Dr. Kelley is a graduate of the law-psychology program at Villanova University School of Law and Drexel University. Prior to working at ILPPP, she completed a postdoctoral fellowship in forensic psychology at the University of Virginia and a clinical internship at University of Massachusetts Medical School. She has worked in psychiatric hospitals (on forensic, acute care, and adolescent continuing care units), juvenile justice facilities, jails, outpatient clinics, and primary care centers.