My research interests lie in the areas of social and cognitive psychological processes relevant to the law. I am specifically interested in [1] eyewitness memory, [2] juror decision-making, and [3] perception of witnesses. My research involving eyewitness memory focuses on the cross-race effect and false memory distortions. My research on juror decision-making focuses on the impact of emotion on juror memory and sentencing decisions in capital trials and perceptions and judgments in hate crimes. My research interests involving perception of witnesses concern the perceived veracity of child and alibi witnesses. Generally speaking, I am interested in applying basic theory in social and cognitive psychology to gain a better understanding of how individuals remember witnessed events and make decisions in a legal context.
