Keara Werth

PhD Student

140 Baker Hall

werthkea@msu.edu

Biography

Keara Werth (she/they) is a second-year doctoral student in the School of Criminal Justice at Michigan State University. She graduated Summa Cum Laude from the University of Colorado - Colorado Springs in 2020 with two B.A. degrees, one in Psychology and one in Criminal Justice. Following, she earned her M.A. in Psychology (Psychological Science Track) from the University of Colorado - Colorado Springs in 2023. She is also a recipient of the University's Distinguished Fellowship. She is passi

Education

MA 2023, University of Colorado - Colorado Springs

BA 2020, University of Colorado - Colorado Springs

Publications

White, K.P., Muhonen, M.A., Werth, K.A., & Lac, A. (2025). A meta-analysis of psychopathy and the sociosexual orientation inventory. Personality and Individual Differences, 236, 113021.

Werth, K. (2023). Predicting recidivism in 33,835 inmates from psychological and neuropsychological variables [Master’s thesis, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs]. ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global.

Werth, K.A. & Dixon, K. (2022). Content analysis of death row inmate pen pal profiles [Paper presentation]. Annual research conference of the Society for Personality & Social Psychology (SPSP). San Francisco, CA.