Trace C. Vardsveen

Lecturer in Law (spring term) and Associate Research Scholar in Law
(fall term)
Education

Ph.D., University of Nebraska–Lincoln, 2021
M.A., University of Nebraska–Lincoln, 2020
J.D., University of Nebraska–Lincoln College of Law, 2015
M.St., University of Oxford, 2010
B.F.A., University of Nebraska–Lincoln, 2008

Courses Taught
  • Empirical Research for Lawyers
Trace C. Vardsveen

Trace Vardsveen is a Lecturer in Law and an Associate Research Scholar in Law at Yale Law School. He studies the intersections of law and psychology, particularly how social and cognitive psychological theories might inform the criminal justice system. His research has been published in leading academic journals, including Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, the Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, Law and Human Behavior, and Criminal Justice and Behavior. Since 2021, Vardsveen has served as a Postdoctoral Fellow in Law and Social Science at The Justice Collaboratory of Yale Law School. Vardsveen has assisted in instruction at Nebraska Wesleyan University and the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. He has served as Co-principal Investigator on a range of research projects at The Justice Collaboratory and the University of Nebraska–Lincoln Legal Decision-Making Lab. He is a member of the American Evaluators Association, the American Psychology-Law Society, the Law and Society Association, and the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues. Vardsveen earned a Ph.D., J.D., M.A., and B.F.A. from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, as well as an M.St. from the University of Oxford.