Madison Hynes

Madison (Madi) Hynes (she/her) is a PhD candidate in social psychology at Memorial University of Newfoundland (MUN). Her research interests lie in forensic and law psychology, and her current research project investigates what Canadian prospective jurors actually know or believe about police interrogation and confessions to determine whether laypeople know the contents of expert testimony on coerced confessions. When she's not researching or reading up on coerced confessions, she is a part-time Program Assistant with Food First NL, a provincial non-profit organization whose mission is to advance the right to food in Newfoundland and Labrador. Madi holds a BSc in Psychology (Honours), as well as a Master in Applied Psychological Science, both from MUN.