Dr. Erentzen is an Assistant Professor in the Psychology Department at Toronto Metropolitan University, with a specialization in social psychology and law. She received her Ph.D. from York University and completed a two-year postdoctoral research fellowship at the University of Toronto. Prior to her academic career, Dr. Erentzen earned a law degree from Queen’s University and practiced as a lawyer in Ontario. Her primary research areas focus on the intersection of law and social psychology, particularly examining the mechanisms underlying perceptions of victims, prejudice, hate crime, and legal inequality. Additional research interests encompass wrongful convictions, jury decision making, the treatment of marginalized identities within the legal system, and issues related to religious minority rights and gender-based violence. Dr. Erentzen's work has contributed significantly to understanding the social dynamics at play in legal contexts and has been published in various respected journals.
Toronto Metropolitan University • Toronto
Assistant Professor in the Psychology Department specializing in social psychology and law.