Kayla Burd, a University of Wyoming assistant professor in psychology, law, cognition
and cognitive development, will deliver this year’s Sandeen Lecture in the Humanities
Monday, Dec. 11, at 4 p.m. in Room 506 of Coe Library.
Burd’s lecture, “The Plight and Peril of Children in Wyoming’s Juvenile System: A
Legal, Historical and Psychological Analysis,” also will be livestreamed via WyoCast
here.
Wyoming’s juvenile justice system is under the microscope, as the state has some of
the highest confinement rates across the U.S. Although the juvenile system has morphed
over time to incorporate more developmentally sensitive procedures and processes,
there remains a large gap between the state of the juvenile system in Wyoming and
what legal, criminal and developmental scholars consider to be best practices for
crime prevention, deterrence and rehabilitation for these youth.
Burd’s lecture will provide a historical, legal and psychological analysis of Wyoming’s
juvenile system as well as recommendations for improvements based on developmental
psychology.
The Sandeen Lecture in the Humanities is named for Eric Sandeen, founding director
of the Wyoming Institute for Humanities Research. The lecture is co-sponsored by the
humanities research institute and the Wyoming Humanities Council.
The Sandeen Lecture takes place annually in December, on the Monday of finals week.
Each year, the faculty fellows in the cohort of the institute’s Humanities Research
Group vote to decide which fellow will deliver the lecture.
Following the lecture, there will be a reception at the Cooper House.
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