Janat Fraser
Parker received her Ph.D. in Cognitive Psychology from the University of
California at Berkeley. After teaching at the University College of Cape Coast
in Ghana, West Africa and at Kansas State University, she
joined the faculty at Florida International University when it was founded in 1972. Her research has examined the ability of children to
remember witnessed events. Her federally funded research on the effects of
stress on children's memory was featured at the NATO conference on repressed
memories.
Representative Publications
Bahrick, L.E., Parker, J.F., Fivush, R., & Levitt, M. (1998). The effects of stress on young children's memory for a natural disaster. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 4, 308-331.
McCauley, M. & Parker, J.F. (2001). When will a child be believed? The impact of victim's age and juror's gender on children's credibility and verdict in a child abuse case. Child Abuse and Neglect, 25, 523-539.
Parker, J. F., & Carranza, L. (1989). Eyewitness testimony of children in target-present and target-absent lineups. Law and Human Behavior, 13, 133-149.
Last Updated November, 2003