Alicia Nijdam-Jones

Alicia Nijdam-Jones,

Ph.D., C. Psych.

Curriculum Vitae

Dr. Nijdam-Jones (she/her) is a Registered Psychologist and Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Manitoba, who practices in the areas of Clinical and Forensic Psychology. She earned her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology (forensic specialization) from Fordham University and has an MA in Criminology from Simon Fraser University. After her doctoral studies, she completed a clinical psychology postdoctoral fellowship at the University of California, San Francisco. She specializes in the area of violence risk assessment, malingering assessment, stalking, and the use of forensic assessment measures with linguistically, ethnically, and culturally diverse samples. She is Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Forensic Mental Health and is the Manitoba lead on a national SSHRC Partnership Development Grant to work in collaboration with community partners and service providers to identify guidelines for culturally safe forensic mental health services. Other current projects include analyzing how judges integrate Gladue Factors and psychological assessment information in sentencing decisions and an international study examining the cross-cultural validity of malingering assessment tools in Mexico City.