Christina Riggs Romaine, PhD

Christina Riggs Romaine is an Associate Professor of Psychology at Wheaton College, MA and Licensed Clinical Psychologist in Massachusetts with extensive experience in the juvenile justice system. She completed her post-doctoral fellowship in Forensic Psychology at the University of Massachusetts Medical School in collaboration with the Department of Youth Services, where she worked as an evaluator, trainer, and service provider in pre- and post-adjudication facilities, before working as a full-time forensic evaluator in the MA Court Clinics. Dr. Riggs Romaine studies juvenile’s comprehension of the Miranda warning, juvenile competency to stand trial, juvenile transfer, and risk in juveniles and young adults. She has worked with juvenile justice stakeholders across the country on projects ranging from local consultation and technical assistance to system-wide policy development, training and implementation in the areas of juvenile competence to stand trial and risk/needs assessment for dispositional planning.