Deborah Miora
Personal Information
California School of Forensic Studies
Forensic Psychology
Los Angeles Campus
Assistant Professor
Assistant Professor
Alliant International University Los Angeles
1000 S. Fremont Ave, Unit #5
Alhambra CA 91803
626-270-3287
Courses, Research Interests, Publications
Developmental Bases of Behavior
Psychopathology
Multicultural Perspectives
Legal Competencies
Juvenile Forensic Issues
Assessment Cognitive and Socio-emotional
Juvenile competency and its neuropsychological underpinnings, immature brain development as related to capital matters in adults and juveniles; Neuropsychological underpinnings of funcational abilities relevant to competency to stand trial, waive Miranda Rights and juvenile fitness issues
Solomon, R. E., Boone, K. B., Miora, D., Skidmore, S., Cottingham, M., Victor, T., Ziegler, E., & Zeller, M. (2010). Use of the WAIS-III Picture Completion subtest as an embedded measure of response bias. The Clinical Neuropsychologist, 24(7), 1243-1256.
Salseda, L. M., Fass, T. M., Miora, D. S., & Leark, R. (2010). An evaluation of Miranda rights and interrogation in autism spectrum disorders. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders (2010), doi: 10.1016/j.rasd.2010.06.014
Academic History and Background
PhD, California School of Professional Psychology, 1987
MA, California School of Professional Psychology, 1981
BA, Ithaca College, 1979
Member, National Academy of Neuropsychology
Member, Superior Court of Los Angeles Expert Witness Panel
Member, American Psychological Association (Division 39, 40, and 41)
International Neuropsychological Society
Professional Practice and Community Service
Provider, National Register of Health Service Providers in Psychology
Provide evaluation of indigent juvenile justice and criminal defendants to county and federal public defenders
Pro bono supervisin of interns at local community mental health center
Consult to California Appellate Project in capital and LWOP habeas matters
Neurocognitive assessment in civil rights cases
Bio and Links
Deborah
S. Miora, currently an Associate Professor at the California School of Forensic
Studies, received her BA from Ithaca College with majors in Sociology and
Psychology. She obtained her MA and
Ph.D. degrees from the California School of Professional Psychology where she
taught and worked with the Clinical Field Training Committee for a number of
years. Her forensic pre-doctoral internship
involved outpatient risk assessment, treatment, and writing quarterly progress
reports for the courts of MDSO and NGI offenders released from hospitals and
still deemed dangerous. She undertook
two years of post-doctoral training in neuropsychology with an emphasis in
forensic evaluation. She consults to
attorneys, courts, and educators in the intersecting area of juvenile and
criminal justice and neuropsychological functioning. She performs juvenile justice evaluations in
the areas of competency and fitness as well as neurocognitive assessments in
capital cases. Her research emphasizes
juvenile justice issues and neurocognitive assessment with attention to
diversity issues and competencies in juvenile and criminal justice populations.