Author name: ken.brodabahm

By Dr. Ken Broda Bahm: HBO’s Game of Thrones is one of many shows that play on the ambiguity of characters who are not clearly good or evil. The Jaime Lannister who pushed young Bran Stark off a tower to his expected death on the stones below is the same Jaime Lannister who risked his life to

By Dr. Ken Broda Bahm: The national conversation has recently focused on police brutality against African Americans (in the wake of the killings of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile) as well as hostility and violence toward the police (in the wake of the killing of five Dallas officers). For defense attorneys in the trial of

By Dr. Ken Broda Bahm: Imagine this. The jury has just been instructed that they are the judges of credibility, and are told to pay close attention to witness demeanor during testimony. Then, the witness arrives and takes the stand, wearing a niqab, the Islamic face-covering that leaves only the eyes exposed. “Great, so what

By Dr. Ken Broda Bahm: Our court system is all about law, obviously, but sometimes the legal field intersects with research fields. Two points where the law overlaps with research methods are the use of scientific testimony and the conduct of pretrial research projects like mock trials or focus groups. In both settings, a failure to appreciate