Kimberley Clow, Ontario Tech University

Research

stigma reduction wrongful conviction

Latest funding

Overconfidence and Epistemic Miscalibration: Investigating Factors that Limit Diverse Perspective Seeking and Decision Quality
SSHRC · 2026 · Principal investigator
$93,721
Breaking barriers: Using experiential learning to foster empathy and reduce stigma toward wrongfully convicted and other formerly incarcerated individuals
SSHRC · 2025 · Principal investigator
$222,277
After innocence: identifying factors that reduce stigma toward exonerees
SSHRC · 2018 · Principal investigator
$73,373

All 5 grants and awards

Overconfidence and Epistemic Miscalibration: Investigating Factors that Limit Diverse Perspective Seeking and Decision Quality

Principal investigatorSSHRC2026Insight Development Grants

Principal investigators: Clow, Kimberley

$93,721

Breaking barriers: Using experiential learning to foster empathy and reduce stigma toward wrongfully convicted and other formerly incarcerated individuals

Principal investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Clow, Kimberley A.

$222,277

After innocence: identifying factors that reduce stigma toward exonerees

Principal investigatorSSHRC2018Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Clow, Kimberley A.

Keywords: stigma reduction; wrongful conviction

$73,373

The role of personal factors, penal experiences, community support and positive case management in former federal prisoners pathway to desistance or recidivism: The decision to "make good" or remain criminally active

Co-investigatorSSHRC2014Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Ricciardelli, Rosemary

Keywords: Desistance; Recidivism; Former Federal Prisoners; Case Management; Incarceration; Punishment and Society; Reintegration; Community Corrections; Rehabilitation; Corrections

$74,850

Confidence in the Canadian criminal justice system wrongful conviction and forms of redress

Principal investigatorSSHRC2011

Principal investigators: Clow, Kimberley A.

Keywords: wrongful conviction; public perception; stigma; justice

$80,950

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: stigma reduction Dear Professor Clow, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on stigma reduction connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "Overconfidence and Epistemic Miscalibration: Investigating Factors that Limit Diverse Perspective Seeking and Decision Quality" (2026), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]