Jennifer Hedlund, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Contact Information

Office Hours

208-600 Vance Academic Center
Office Phone: (860) 832-2968
Email Address: hedlundj@ccsu.edu

Profile

Ph.D., 1997, Michigan State University, Industrial & Organizational Psychology
Research Interests: Pretrial Decision Making, Leadership & Supervision, Personnel Selection & Training

Undergraduate Courses Taught

• Introduction to Criminal Justice
• Principles & Ethics in Criminal Justice
• Research Methods in Criminology
• Crime in Film & Fiction
• Training & Professional Development
• Supervised Field Studies in Criminal Justice

Graduate Courses Taught

• Research Methods in Criminal Justice
• Assessing & Developing Performance in CJ Organizations
• Leadership & Organizational Development

Selected Publications and Technical Reports

• Hedlund, J., & Bantley, K. (2009, July). The development of guidelines for financial bond recommendations. Final report submitted to: Court Support Services Division, Judicial Branch, State of Connecticut.

• Hedlund, J. (2007, April). Expanded validation of a decision aid for pretrial conditional release. Final report submitted to: Court Support Services Division, Judicial Branch, State of Connecticut.

• Hedlund, J., Wilt, J.M., Nebel, K., Ashford, S.E., & Sternberg, R.J. (2006). Assessing practical intelligence in business school admissions: A supplement to the Graduate Management Admissions Test. Learning and Individual Differences, 16, 101-127.

• Hedlund, J., & Cox, S.M (2005, August). Development and validation of a decision aid for pretrial conditional release. Final report submitted to: Court Support Services Division, Judicial Branch, State of Connecticut.

• Hedlund, J., Forsythe, G.B., Horvath, J., Williams, W.M., Snook, S., & Sternberg, R.J. (2003). Identifying and assessing tacit knowledge: Understanding the practical intelligence of military leaders. The Leadership Quarterly, 14, 117-140.

• Sternberg, R.J., Forsythe, G.B., Hedlund, J., Horvath, J. A., Wagner, R.K., Williams, W.M., Snook, S., & Grigorenko, E.L. (2000). Practical intelligence in everyday life. New York: Cambridge University Press.

• Hedlund, J., Ilgen, D.R., & Hollenbeck, J.R. (1998). Decision accuracy in computer‑mediated versus face‑to‑face team decision making. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 76, 30-47.

Selected Academic Paper Presentations

• Dubiel, D. & Hedlund, J. (2009, March). Police fears of liability: An omnipresent threat? Paper presented at the Annual meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Boston, Massachusetts.

• Hedlund, J., Bantley, K., Ruffolo, L, Roberge, G., & Hines, M. Increasing consistency in bond recommendations. (2009, March). Paper presented at the Annual meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Boston, Massachusetts.

• Sienkiewicz, D. & Hedlund, J. (2007, November). Connecticut sex offender registry: The potential impact of a proactive community notification requirement. Paper presented at the American Society of Criminology Conference, Atlanta, Georgia.

• Hedlund, J., Cox, S.M., Hines, M., & Carollo, J. (2007, March). Validation of a decision aid for pretrial conditional release. Poster presented at the Annual meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Seattle, Washington.