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 Richard A. Berg
 

B.A. California State University at San Bernardino
M.S., Ph.D. Florida International University (2000)
Dissertation: "Effect of delay of first interview and repetition of interview on accuracy and confidence of recall of a flashbulb-type memory."

Garrett Berman
  B.S., State University of New York at Cortland
M.S., Ph.D. Florida International University (1995)
Associate Professor of Psychology, Roger Williams University.
Dissertation: "Effects of inconsistencies in eyewitness testimony on mock-juror decisionmaking."
Kendra Brennan
  B.A. Florida State University
M.S., Ph.D. Florida International University (2000)
Consultant in Miami
Dissertation: "The acceptability and utility of voir dire questionnaires in Florida circuit civil court."
Brooke Butler
  B.A., M.A. University of North Florida
Ph.D. Florida International University (2000)
Assistant Professor, University of South Florida
Dissertation: "The role of death qualification in venirepersons' evaluations of aggravating and mitigating circumstances in capital trials."
Tracey Carpenter
 
B.A. Arkansas State University
M.S., Ph.D. Florida International University (2001)
Trial Consultant in Texas
Dissertation: "The effects of defendant account on damage award decisions"
Marisa Collett    
 

B.A. Pitzer College
M.S., Ph.D. Florida International University (2001)
Post-Doctoral Associate, Department of Education, University of Miami
Dissertation: "The differential effects of British and American trial procedures on juror decision-making"

Jennifer Devenport
  B.S., Boise State University
M.S., Ph.D. Florida International University (1996)
Assistant Professor of Psychology, Western Washington University
Dissertation: "Does expert psychological testimony improve juror sensitivity to lineup suggestiveness?"
Jason Dickinson
  B.S., M.S. Central Michigan University
Ph.D., Florida International University (2004)
Assistant Professor of Psychology, Montclare State University (NJ)
Hedy Dexter
  B.S., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
M.S., College of William & Mary
Ph.D. Florida International University (1990)
Associate Professor of Sociology and Women's Studies, University of Northern Colorado
Dissertation: "In search of a fair jury: The remedial effects of voir dire on prejudice created by pretrial publicity."
Ryann Haw
B.A., Western Washington University
Ph.D. Florida International University (2005)    
Psychology Instructor, Big Bend Community College
Dissertation: "A dual process model for eyewitness identifications: The role of recollection and familiarity"
Kellye Hebert
B.S., M.S. University of Southwestern Lousiana
Ph.D. Florida International University (2000)    
Trial Consultant, Dispute Dynamics, Inc. (Torrance, CA)
Dissertation: "Jurors' use of social framework evidence."
  Christine Koehn
 

B.S., Stetson University
M.S., Ph.D. Florida International University (1995)
Research Analyst, Children's Services Council of Palm Beach County, Florida.
Dissertation: "Theoretical and applied evaluations of facial composite systems."

  Lora Levett
 

B.S., Central Michigan University
M.S., Ph.D. Florida International University (2005)
Assistant Professor, Department of Criminology, Law and Society; University of Florida  
Dissertation: "Evaluating and improving the opposing expert safeguard against junk science""

Bradley McAuliff
  B.A. Creighton University
M.S., Ph.D. Florida International University (2000)
Assistant Professor, California State University at Northridge
Dissertation: "Need for Cognition and Juror Sensitivity to Methodological Flaws in Psychological Science"

Michelle McCauley

  B.A., University of Iowa
M.S., Ph.D. Florida International University (1995)
Associate Professor of Psychology, Middlebury College
Dissertation: "The development and validation of the attitudes toward child victims scale: Who will believe a child?"
Tara Mitchell
  B.S., Stetson University
M.S., Ph.D. Florida International University (2005)
Assistant Professor, Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania
Dissertation: "The influence of the cross-race effect on lineup construction and fairness"
Douglas Narby
  B.A., State University of New York at Geneseo
M.S., Ph.D. Florida International University (1993)
Associate Professor of Psychology, Louisiana State University at Eunice
Dissertation: "The effectiveness of voir dire as a safeguard against erroneous conviction resulting from mistaken eyewitness identification."
Fadia Narchet
  B.S., Barry University
M.S., Ph.D. Florida International University (2005)
Assistant Professor, University of New Haven
Dissertation: "The effects of expectation in the interrogation room: The affective, social, and cognitive processes of the suspect and the interrogator"
Mark Phillips
  B.A. University of California at Los Angeles
M.S., Ph.D. Florida International University (2001)
Trial Consultant, Dispute Dynamics, Inc. (Torrance, CA)
Dissertation: "The National Institute of Justice guide for eyewitness identification evidence: Can it improve juror decision-making?"
Judith Platania
  B.A., Marist College
M.S., Ph.D. Florida International University (1995)
Assistant Professor, St. Thomas University
Dissertation: "Prosecutorial misconduct promotes wrongful death sentences."
Irene R. Prager
  B.S., California State University at Long Beach
M.S., Ph.D. Florida International University (1995)
Consultant, Miami, FL
Dissertation: "Age differences and conformity in juror decision making."
Melissa Russano
  B.A., University of Virginia
M.S., Ph.D. Florida International University (2004).
Assistant Professor, Roger Williams University
Dissertation: "True and false confessions to an intentional act: A novel experimental paradigm"
Maria Shpurik
  B.A., M.S., Ph.D. Florida International University (2004).
Dissertation: "Perceptions of alibi evidence as a function of the strength of incriminating evidence"
Veronica Stinson
  B.A., M.S., Ph.D. Florida International University (1996)
Associate Professor of Psychology, St. Mary's University, Nova Scotia
Dissertation: "How effective is the motion-to-supress safeguard? Judges' perceptions of the suggestiveness and fairness of biased lineup procedures."
   


Last Updated on April, 2005