LIVIA L. GILSTRAP University of Colorado at Colorado Springs Department of Psychology 1420 Austin Bluffs Parkway Colorado Springs, CO 80933-7150 719 262 4145 719 262 4166 (fax) gilstrap@uccs.edu www.uccs.edu/gilstrap EDUCATION 2002 Ph.D. Developmental Psychology, Cornell University 1995 B.A. Psychology, Western Washington University PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS 2002 Present Assistant Professor, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs RESEARCH INTERESTS Children s Memory, Narrative Recall in Context, Psychology and the Law, Forensic Interviewing, Adult-Child Dyadic Interaction, Observational Methods, Sequential Analysis. REFEREED PUBLICATIONS: PUBLISHED ARTICLES * Gilstrap, L. L., & Ceci, S. J. (2005). Reconceptualizing children's suggestibility: Bidirectional and temporal properties. Child Development, 76(1), 40-53. Gilstrap, L. L. (2004). A missing link in suggestibility research: What is known about the behavior of field interviewers in unstructured interviews with young children? Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 10, 13-24. Gilstrap, L. L., & Papierno, P. B. (2004). Is the cart pushing the horse? The effects of child characteristics on children's and adults' interview behaviors. Applied Cognitive Psychology; Special edition: Individual and developmental differences in suggestibility, 18, 1059-1078. Hyman, I. E., Jr., Gilstrap, L. L., Decker, K., & Wilkinson, C. (1998). Manipulating judgments of whether an event is remembered: The role of reality monitoring in false memory acceptance. Applied Cognitive Psychology; Special edition: Autobiographical memories, 12, 371-386. * in publications indicates a student co-author.
Gilstrap Vita, February 14, 2006 (Page 2 of 8) REFEREED PUBLICATIONS: MANUSCRIPTS UNDER REVIEW Gilstrap, L. L., Laub, C.*, Zierten, E. A.*, & Mueller-Johnson, K. (revise and resubmit in progress). Structured vs. unstructured conversation: The effects of adult suggestion and child consistency on young children s reports. Journal of Applied Social Psychology. Laub, C.*, Gilstrap, L. L., & Adkins, P. M. (submitted). The effects of scripts and interviewer suggestions on children's event memory. Applied Cognitive Psychology. Melinder, A., & Gilstrap, L. L. (submitted). Dyadic interactions in the forensic interview: Who is leading whom? Applied Cognitive Psychology. REFEREED PUBLICATIONS: MANUSCRIPTS IN PREPARATION Gilstrap, L. L. (in preparation). The effects of induced bias on the behavior of field interviewers. Gilstrap, L. L., Tambone, G.*, Torres, A.*, & Zierten, E. A*. (in preparation). Yes-no and forced choice questions: Interviewers usage and children s responses in unstructured interviews. Laub, C.*, & Gilstrap, L. L. (in preparation). A review of normative questioning behaviors in forensic interviews. NON-REFEREED PUBLICATIONS: INVITED MANUSCRIPTS IN LAW Gilstrap, L. L. (invited and submitted). Child witnesses: The whole truth. The Colorado Lawyer, XX, xx-xx. Gilstrap, L. L. (2005-2006, Fall/Winter). Experts in child abuse cases: Diagnosing abuse, postdiction and the state of the scientific community. The Rap Sheet, 9-11. Gilstrap, L. L., Fritz, K.*, Torres, A.*, & Melinder, A. (2005). Child witnesses: Common ground and controversies in the scientific community. William Mitchell Law Review, 32(1), 59-79. NON-REFEREED PUBLICATIONS: INVITED MANUSCRIPTS IN PSYCHOLOGY Gilstrap, L. L., & Greene, E. (2005). Courtroom testimony. In N. J. Salkind (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Human Development (pp. x). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. Gilstrap, L. L., & Laub, C.* (2005). Schemas. In N. J. Salkind (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Human Development (pp. x). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. Gilstrap, L. L., & Zierten, E. A.* (2005). Urie Bronfenbrenner. In N. J. Salkind (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Human Development (pp. x). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
Gilstrap Vita, February 14, 2006 (Page 3 of 8) Ceci, S. J., Fitneva, S., & Gilstrap, L. L. (2003). Memory development and eyewitness testimony. In A. Slater, G. Bremner (Eds.), Developmental psychology: An introduction (pp. 283-310). London: Blackwell Scientific Publications. Ceci, S. J., Gilstrap, L. L., & Fitneva, S. (2002). Children s testimony. In Rutter (Ed.), Child and Adolescent Psychiatry: Modern Approaches (pp. 117-127). London: Blackwell Scientific Publications. Ceci, S. J., Crossman, A. C., Scullin, M., Gilstrap, L. L. & Huffman, M. L. (2002). Children s suggestibility research: Implications for the courtroom and the forensic interview. In H. L. Westcott, G. M. Davies, & R. Bull. (Eds.), Children's testimony: Psychological research and forensic practice (pp. 117 130). Chichester: John Wiley and Sons. Ceci, S. J., Huffman, M. L., Crossman, A., Scullin, M. & Gilstrap, L. L. (2001). How reliable are children's memories? In S. O. White (Ed.), Handbook of youth and justice (pp. 329-345). New York: Kluwer/Plenum Publishing Co. Ceci, S. J., & Gilstrap, L. L. (2000). Schooling and intelligence. In A. Kazdin (Ed.), Encyclopedia of psychology (pp. 496-498). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association. Ceci, S. J., Crossman, A. M., Gilstrap, L. L. & Scullin, M. (1998). Social and cognitive factors in children's testimony. In C. Thompson, D. Herrmann, J. Read, D. Bruce (Eds.), Eyewitness memory: Theoretical and applied perspectives (pp. 15-30). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. Ceci, S. J., Huffman, M. L., Crossman, A., Scullin, M. & Gilstrap, L. L. (1996). How reliable are children's memories? In N. Krasnegor, N. Anderson, & D. Bynum (Eds.), Health and Behavior, Vol. 1 (pp. 27-44). Bethesda MD: NIH Office of Behavioral & Social Sciences Seminar Series. NON-REFEREED PUBLICATIONS: INVITED BOOK REVIEWS Gilstrap, L. L., & Greene, E. (2005). Experts on expertise? How judges apply standards for admission of expert testimony. Essay review of B. D. Sales & D. W. Shuman (2005), Experts in court : Reconciling law, science, and professional knowledge. PsycCRITIQUES Contemporary Psychology: APA Review of Books, 50(31), Article 3. Gilstrap, L. L., Fraser-Thill, R., & Ceci, S. J. (2002). Your face is familiar, but I can t remember why : Age trends in remembering sources. Invited essay review of K.P. Roberts & M. Blades (Eds.) (2000), Children s source monitoring. Imagination, Cognition & Personality, 21, 176-180. Gilstrap, L. L., & Ceci, S. J. (2001). The difficulties inherent in integrating clinical wisdom and empirical research regarding forensic interviews. Invited review of S. K. Hewitt (1999),
Gilstrap Vita, February 14, 2006 (Page 4 of 8) Assessing allegations of sexual abuse in preschool children. Contemporary Psychology, 46, 159-162. NON-REFEREED PUBLICATIONS: REPORTS Haugaard, J. J., Gilstrap, L., & Hazan, C. (2005). Emotional and behavioral disorders in severely maltreated children. Ithaca, NY: Family Life Development Center, Cornell University. SESSIONS CHAIRED AT NATIONAL MEETINGS Gilstrap, L. L. (2005). Session: Forensic interviews and law enforcement. Session chaired at the meeting of the American Psychology-Law Society. La Jolla, CA. REFEREED PRESENTATIONS AT NATIONAL MEETINGS Gilstrap, L. L., O Riley, A.*, Brown, K.*, & Laub, C.* (2005). The impact of different question types on young children s reports. Poster presented to the meeting of the American Psychological Association. Washington, D.C. Williams, J.*, Gilstrap, L. L., & Collins, A.* (2005). The effect of familiarity and lineup type on children s and adults photo lineup identifications. Poster presented to the meeting of the American Psychological Association. Washington, D.C. Gilstrap, L. L. (2005). The effects of induced bias on the behavior of field interviewers. Paper presented at the meeting of the American Psychology-Law Society. La Jolla, CA. Gilstrap, L. L., Zierten, E. A.*, Tambone, G.*, & Collins, A.* (2005). How forensic interviewers introduce information. Paper presented at the meeting of the American Psychology-Law Society. La Jolla, CA. Gilstrap, L. L., & Laub, C.* (2004). A review of normative questioning behaviors in forensic interviews. Poster presented at the meeting of the American Psychology-Law Society. Scottsdale, AZ. Gilstrap, L. L., Laub, C.*, Zierten, E. A.*, & Mueller-Johnson, K. (2004). Children s suggestibility: The influence of adult question type vs. child consistency on children s responses. Paper presented at the meeting of the American Psychology-Law Society. Scottsdale, AZ. Laub, C.*, & Gilstrap, L. L., & Adkins, P. M. (2004). The effects of suggestion, authority and scripts on children s memory. Poster presented at the meeting of the American Psychology-Law Society. Scottsdale, AZ.
Gilstrap Vita, February 14, 2006 (Page 5 of 8) Gilstrap, L. L., & Ceci, S. J. (2003). A sequential analytic examination of children s and adults response consistency in forensic interviews. Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development. Tampa, FL. Gilstrap, L. L. (2002). The missing link in suggestibility research: What do we know about the behavior of field interviewers in unstructured interviews with young children? Paper presented at the meeting of the American Psychology-Law Society. Austin, TX. Gilstrap, L. L., & Ceci, S. J. (2002). Re-conceptualizing children's suggestibility: Bi-directional and temporal properties. Poster presented to the Conference on Human Development. Charlotte, NC. Gilstrap, L. L., & Ceci, S. J. (2002). Children s suggestibility in context: Bidirectional and temporal properties of children s reports. Paper presented at the meeting of the American Psychology-Law Society. Austin, TX. Gilstrap, L. L., & Papierno, P. B. (2002). Why do interviewers ask the questions they ask? The role of child individual differences on children s and adults interviewing behaviors. Paper presented at the meeting of the American Psychology-Law Society. Austin, TX. Gilstrap, L. L., Nunno, M. A., Thomas, M. G., & Toglia, M. (1999). What kids can tell us: Translating child interviewing research into practice and back again. Poster presented at the first joint meeting of the European Association of Psychology and Law and the American Psychology-Law Society. Dublin, Ireland. Gilstrap, L. L., Warren, H. K., & Hewitt, S. (1999). Are all leading questions created equal?: The effects of various leading questions in unstructured interviews. Paper presented at the first joint meeting of the European Association of Psychology and Law and the American Psychology-Law Society. Dublin, Ireland. Grant, E. R., Gilstrap, L. L., & Warren, H. K. (1999). Consistency bias in recall for evolution and free will beliefs after classroom instruction: A longitudinal study. Poster presented at the meeting of the American Psychological Society. Denver, CO. Gilstrap, L. L., Toglia, M. P., & Hembrooke, H. A. (1998). Good, you identified the suspect: The effects of post-identification eyewitness feedback on remembering, knowing, and beliefs about false memories. Poster presented at the meeting of the American Psychology-Law Society. Redondo Beach, CA. Gilstrap, L. L., Grant, E. R., Reveron, L., & Hyman, I. E., Jr. (1997). Repeatedly manipulating remember versus know judgments in autobiographical memories. Poster presented at the meeting of the Society for Applied Research in Memory and Cognition. Toronto, Canada. Hyman, I. E., Jr., Gilstrap, L. L., Decker, K., Wilkinson, C., & Brennan, M. (1996). Manipulating judgments of whether an event is remembered: The role of reality
Gilstrap Vita, February 14, 2006 (Page 6 of 8) monitoring in false memory acceptance. Poster presented at the International Conference on Memory. Padua, Italy. Hyman, I. E., Jr., Gilstrap, L. L., Decker, K., Wilkinson, C., & Brennan, M. (1996). Manipulating judgments of whether an event is remembered: The role of reality monitoring in false memory acceptance. Poster presented at Recollections of Trauma: Scientific Research and Clinical Practice. NATO Advanced Study Institute; Port de Bourgenay, France. Hyman, I. E., Jr., Gilstrap, L. L., Decker, K., & Wilkinson, C. (1996). Manipulating remember versus know judgments in autobiographical memories. Poster presented at the meeting of the Western Psychological Association. San Jose, CA. Hyman, I. E., Jr., & Gilstrap, L. L. (1995). Remember versus know judgments in autobiographical memories. Poster presented at the meeting of the Psychonomic Society. Los Angeles, CA. SESSIONS CHAIRED AT REGIONAL AND STUDENT MEETINGS Gilstrap, L. L. (2005). Session: Social behavior. Session chaired at the UCCS Conference on Research, Scholarly, Creative and Public Service Activities, United States Air Force Academy, CO. REFEREED PRESENTATIONS AT REGIONAL AND STUDENT MEETINGS Tambone, G. M.*, Gilstrap, L. L., Zierten, E. A., & Torres, A. S.* (2005). Leading questions in forensic interviews with children. Poster presented at the UCCS Conference on Research, Scholarly, Creative and Public Service Activities, United States Air Force Academy, CO. Torres, A. S.*, & Gilstrap, L. L. (2005). Predicting jurors opinions about child sexual assault cases. Paper presented at the UCCS Conference on Research, Scholarly, Creative and Public Service Activities, United States Air Force Academy, CO. Tambone, G.*, Zierten, E. A.*, & Gilstrap, L. L. (2004). What makes a leading question leading? Poster presented at the UCCS Conference on Research, Scholarly, Creative and Public Service Activities, Colorado Springs, CO. Gilstrap, L. L., & Laub, C. * (2003). An examination of interviewing techniques in studies of children s suggestibility. Paper presented at the Colorado-Wyoming Academy of Science. Greeley, CO.
Gilstrap Vita, February 14, 2006 (Page 7 of 8) GRANTS (PRIMARY INVESTIGATOR) National Institute of Health R03 (in preparation), The ecology of children s recall, $50,000. University of Colorado Council for Research and Creative Works, (2005), Jury selection in child sexual abuse cases, $5000. National Science Foundation CAREER Award, (rejection received). CAREER: The prosecution of crimes against children: International standards, historical changes in practices, and the effect of changes in practices on children s reports, $475,095. University of Colorado Council for Research and Creative Works, (2003), Interviewing child witnesses: Systematic errors of conformity as evidence of metalinguistic sophistication, $5000. National Institute of Health NRSA, (2000). How adult s contaminate children s reports, $26,000. Institutional support from West Yorkshire Police Department, 1998 (est. $10,000). American Psychology and Law Society Grant-in-Aid, APA Division 41, 1998. AWARDS Nominee for the SPSSI Louise Kidder Early Career Award 2004-2005. American Psychological Foundation and Council of Graduate Departments of Psychology, Graduate Research Fellow in Psychology 2001-2002. Flora Rose Fellow, 1999-2000. American Psychological Association Dissertation Award, 1999. Esther Stocks/Serbea Gildea Fellow, Cornell University, 1998-1999. PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS American Psychology-Law Society (APA Division 41) Chair of the American Psychology-Law Society s (Div 41 APA) Undergraduate Research Paper Award Committee American Psychological Association Society for Research in Child Development (APA Division 7) Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues AD HOC REVIEWER Journal of Experimental Child Psychology Developmental Psychology Applied Cognitive Psychology Journal of Forensic Psychology Practice Journal of Traumatic Stress Various conference meetings and textbooks
Gilstrap Vita, February 14, 2006 (Page 8 of 8) COURSES TAUGHT Undergraduate courses Human Memory (PSY 412) Senior Seminar in Cognition: Memory Distortion (PSY 413) Senior Seminar in Development: Child Witnesses (PSY 462) Senior Seminar in Development: Classic Experiments (PSY 462) Graduate course Proseminar in Development: Child Development (PSY 610) Teaching interests: Developmental Psychology, Psychology and the Law, Methods, Statistics, Professional Development