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Stephen J. Ross, Ph.D. (University of Texas at El Paso) Lab Director Dr. Ross earned a Ph.D. in Psychology with a legal concentration from the University of Texas at El Paso in May 2008. He joined the psychology faculty at Florida International University in August 2008 and established the ASCL at that time. His research interests are related to examining the social and cognitive processes related to eyewitness and juror decision-making. Recently, his research has focused on evaluating how individuals process facial similarity and how the similarity structure of lineups influence mockwitness and eyewitness decisions. In his free time he enjoys attending sporting events (hockey, football, and baseball primarily), scuba diving, and going to punk/ska concerts. |
Brian Cahill, M.A. (University of Colorado at Colorado Springs) Graduate Research Assistant Brian received his B.S. in Psychology from Illinois State
University (Normal, IL) in May 2005 and his M.A. in Experimental
Psychology from University of Colorado at Colorado Springs (Colorado
Springs, CO) in May 2008. His master’s thesis examined the
prevalence of ADHD, its subtypes, and comorbidity subtype
differences in adult prison inmates. While his main area of interest
is in jury decision making, he is also interested in detecting
deception, alibi’s, psychometric theory, and ADHD and
psychopathology as it relates to the criminal justice system. He
plans on pursuing a career in academia and trial consulting. In his
free time (which is unfortunately rare) he enjoys going to concerts,
backpacking, snowboarding, surfing, traveling, and hanging with
friends. |
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Kristina Bryant Kristina joined the Applied Social Cognition Lab in Spring 2009. She is a senior majoring in Psychology and minoring in English. Following graduation, she plans to attend graduate school and obtain a Juris Doctor degree. In her free time, Kristina enjoys cooking, photography, hockey, ultimate frisbee, and bhangra dancing. She also serves as the web editor for the lab and deserves all of the credit for this "nifty" website. |
Petruska Fernandez Petru is a double major in Psychology and Criminal Justice at Florida International University. After graduation, she plans to attend graduate school and possibly specialize in Forensic Psychology. When not occupied with the lab or other academic activities, she enjoys swimming, traveling, reading, music, and watching movies. She also cherishes spending quality time with family and friends. |
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Luelle Llorens Luelle is a Psychology major with a possible minor in Biology. Following her graduation from Florida International University in 2010, Luelle plans to attend graduate school and specialize in Cognitive Psychology. She hopes that where ever her education will take her there will always be more to learn, people to make a difference with, and food. When not working in the lab, class or at work she enjoys staying active with basketball, going to the beach, painting, and music. |
Affiliated Researchers:
Scott Culhane (Ph.D., University of Texas at El Paso) is Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice at the University of Wyoming. He conducts research evaluating juror decision-making related to perceptions of alibi evidence, individual differences (i.e., authoritarianism, victim-status, occupation), and cross-cultural studies.
Roy Malpass (Ph.D., Syracuse University) is Professor of Psychology and Criminal Justice at the University of Texas at El Paso. He is also the founder and director of the Eyewitness Identification Research Laboratory at UTEP. He has published extensively in the areas of face recognition, eyewitness identification, and cross-cultural psychology and is considered one of the foremost experts on eyewitness identifications in the world. His laboratory website provides a plethora of information regarding eyewitness memory and identification procedures and useful tools for evaluating the fairness of lineups (http://eyewitness.utep.edu).
Kerri Pickel (Ph.D., Indiana University) is Professor of Psychological Science and the Director of Graduate Studies at Ball State University (Muncie, IN). Her research interests are related to eyewitness memory and juror decision-making specifically related to the weapon focus effect, nonverbal cues to witness accuracy, juror's abilities to disregard evidence, and juror's perceptions of insanity. More information about her research is available on her website (http://kpickel.iweb.bsu.edu/).
Colin Tredoux (Ph.D., University of Cape Town) is a Senior Lecturer in Psychology at the University of Cape Town (South Africa). His research interests are generally related to facial processing. He is currently working on research developing a software system for enhancing eyewitness composite production (know as ID), evaluating the role of facial similarity in identification parades, and perceptual learning related to the cross race effect (among other projects). More information about his research is available on his website (http://www.uct.ac.za/depts/psychology/plato).
Lab Alumni:
Raymond Gravie (B.A., Florida International University) joined the lab in spring 2009. He graduated from FIU in May 2009 with a B.A. in Psychology and a minor in Criminal Justice. Currently, he is preparing for graduate school to specialize in either Cognitive or Developmental Psychology and plans to pursue a career in government or academia.