The National Science Foundation has awarded Logan Yelderman, Ph. D, assistant professor of psychology in the Brailsford College of Arts and Sciences, $340,000 to study the interaction and the moral values of the evidence presented in a death penalty trial. 
Yeldermans Co-Principal Investigator for the project is Jamie Hughes from The University of Texas-Permian Basin.
This project, titled “A Moral Foundations Approach to How Jurors Weigh Aggravating Evidence was funded through the Build and Broaden 2.0: Enhancing Social, Behavioral, and Economic Science Research and Capacity at Minority-Serving Institutions (B2 2.0) program.
The research will examine the moral values and beliefs of jurors. One of the research outcomes is to assess how individuals come to make recommendations of life or death for defendants found guilty of a capital crime.
Key Research Interests include juror and parole board decision-making and the role of religious fundamentalist beliefs in legal decision-making.
– Karen B. Cotton