Lois James

Associate Professor, Washington State University College of Nursing

Areas of Expertise

  • Impact of fatigue
  • Sleep and circadian rhythms 
  • Implicit bias
  • Simulation research

Key Findings

  • Police officers were slower to shoot armed black suspects than armed white suspects. MORE
  • Police officers were less likely to shoot unarmed black suspects than unarmed white suspects. MORE

Biography

Lois James, Associate Professor in the Washington State University College of Nursing, is an expert in sleep deprivation, circadian rhythms, fatigue management, simulation, critical decision-making and implicit bias.

James is also a core faculty member in the WSU Sleep and Performance Research Center (SPRC), where she focuses on the relationship between sleep, bias, stress, health, and performance in elite populations such as police officers, combat medics, military personnel, nurses, and top tier athletes. She has received multiple honors and awards for her work, and has been published in academic journals including Criminology & Public Policy, Experimental Criminology, the British Journal of Medicine, and Violence and Victims.

She has been published in academic journals including Criminology & Public Policy, Experimental Criminology, the British Journal of Medicine, and Violence and Victims.

James received her Ph.D. and M.A. in Criminal Justice from Washington State University and B.A. in Psychology from Trinity College Dublin.