Professor Madeira joined the Indiana Law faculty in 2007. She is an internationally recognized expert in her field. Jody Maderia explores the struggles of Second Amendment rights and gun violence in America. Touching on the wave of school shootings, as well as the ways we can enact meaningful change to our laws. Discussion about her research findings and where we can go from here. Madeira is currently involved in a research project assessing how Americans talk about firearms and associated benefits, risks, rights, and regulations, especially how doctor-patient discussions of firearm ownership and access impact treatment relationships and the provision of medical care across practice fields. In prior publications, Madeira has investigated a wide variety of topics, including the effects of legal proceedings, verdicts, and sentences upon victims' families; the role of empathy in personal injury litigation; law and semiotics; and the impact of recent developments in capital victims' services upon the relationship between victims' families and the criminal justice system.