The notion of being wrongly convicted of a crime they didn’t commit is terrifying for anyone faced with the suspicious death of a relative, friend or acquaintance, or simply being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Should justice overturn a conviction, exonerees are met with an ever greater challenge upon re-entry into society. Passionate about giving exonerees a second chance, Dr. Kimberley Clow, Director of Forensic Psychology and Associate Professor in the Faculty of Social Science and Humanities is focused on research to effectively reduce the stigma and improve public attitudes towards exonerees through education. Her research focuses on the perceptions, stigma and stereotypes associated with wrongful conviction and exonerees. She also explores the pressures that lead some people to falsely confess to a crime they didn’t commit after being interrogated, and whether the public is sympathetic to someone falsely identified by an eyewitness. Dr. Clow joined UOIT in 2004 as an assistant professor and was appointed associate professor in 2009. She co-developed the university’s undergraduate, master’s and doctoral programs in Forensic Psychology. Motivated by an engaging psychology professor, Dr. Clow obtained her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the University of Waterloo, and earned her Master of Arts and Doctorate in Social Psychological Research at the University of Western Ontario.