PAULINE (PAM) MUELLER
Psychology Department, Princeton University ● Princeton, NJ 08540 ● 847-644-2466 ●
EDUCATION
Princeton University
Ph.D., Psychology, expected 2015
Harvard Law School
J.D., cum laude, June 2008
Activities: Research Assistant, Psychology & Law – Profs. Shari Diamond and Jon Hanson
President, HLS Drama Society
Loyola University Chicago
B.S., Psychology, summa cum laude, Honors Program degree, May 2002
Minor in French language and literature
Honors: Phi Beta Kappa
Loyola University Outstanding Psychology Scholar 2002
Thesis: The Effect of Modality on Eyewitness Memory
PUBLICATIONS, PRESENTATIONS, AND FELLOWSHIPS
Mueller, P.A., Chandler, J.J., & Paolacci, G. (2012). “Advanced Uses of Mechanical Turk
Crowdsourcing in Psychological Research.” Talk to be given at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA. (Symposium Co-Chair of Research Using Mechanical Turk: Getting the Most out of Crowdsourcing).
Mueller, P.A., Solan, L.M., & Darley, J.M. (2011). “From Risk to Knowledge, from Knowledge
to Intent: How People Perceive the Minds of Wrongdoers.” Talk to be given at the Conference on Empirical Legal Studies, Northwestern University School of Law, Chicago, IL.
Mueller, P.A., Darley, J.M., & Solan, L.M. (2011). “From Risk to Knowledge, from Knowledge
to Intent: How People Perceive the Minds of Wrongdoers.” Talk given at the MERG Experimental Philosophy Conference, New York, NY.
Diamond, S.S. & Mueller, P.A. (2010). Empirical legal scholarship in law reviews.
Annu. Rev. of Law & Soc. Sci., 6:581-99.
Diamond, S.S. & Mueller, P.A. (2008). Jury decisions versus judges’ decisions. The
Encyclopedia of Psychology and Law, Sage Publications: 2008.
Post-Graduate Research Fellow, Harvard Law School, 2008 – 2011.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Northwestern University School of Law, Chicago, IL
Research Associate - Professors Kenworthey Bilz, Shari Diamond, & Janice Nadler, 2009 – 2010
Ran experiments both in-person and online, used SPSS to analyze data, completed empirical
analysis of empirical scholarship in law reviews.
Foley and Lardner, LLP, Chicago, IL
Associate – Copyright, Trademark, and Advertising Department, 2008 – 2009
Drafted and filed responses to trademark office actions; drafted complaint and motions for
trademark infringement case; drafted and sent cease-and-desist letters to infringers.
Quinn, Emanuel, Urquhart, Oliver, and Hedges, LLP, San Francisco and Los Angeles, CA
Summer Associate, Summer 2007
Prepared legal memoranda on trademark, antitrust, and securities issues; wrote questions for and participated in a deposition; drafted section of a motion to exclude.
Lar Lubovitch Dance Company, New York, NY
Legal Associate – Copyright and Licensing, Summer 2006
Registered copyrights for choreography; drafted memorandum regarding litigation for choreographic copyright infringement; investigated music licensing issues surrounding dance.
Congressman Jerry Kleczka (D-WI), Washington, DC
Communications Director/Appropriations Aide, 2004 – 2005
Drafted and distributed press releases; coordinated press events in Washington; handled media requests; tracked appropriations bills and promoted the district’s earmark requests.
Dean for America, Burlington, VT/Falls Church, VA
Virginia Press Secretary, 2003 – 2004
Official spokesperson to media for campaign in Virginia and DC; composed and circulated press releases; created and pitched events; performed advance work.
American Bar Foundation, Chicago, IL
Research Assistant in Psychology and Law, 2003
Guided participants through prisoners’ dilemma experiments; researched jury nullification and other jury behavior; investigated the validity of the “reasonable person” standard; prepared all consent forms and research documentation.
PERSONAL
Jeopardy! College Champion and Jeopardy! Ultimate Tournament of Champions semifinalist; other interests include literature, theater, crosswords, and the Chicago Cubs.