DAWN E. MCQUISTON, PH.D. CURRICULUM VITAE CONTACT INFORMATION El Paso, Texas 79968 Telephone: (915) 747-8997 Fax: (915) 747-6553 Email: dmcquist@utep.edu Webpage: http://eyewitness.utep.edu EDUCATION Ph.D. Applied Experimental Psychology, (May, 2003) Specialization: Legal Psychology Advisor: Roy S. Malpass, Ph.D. Dissertation Title: Verbal and Visual Processes in Face Recall: Assessing the Role of Perceptual Expertise M.A. Experimental Psychology, (May, 1999) Advisor: Roy S. Malpass, Ph.D. Thesis Title: Application of the Mock Witness Paradigm Using Sequentially Presented Lineups B.S. Psychology, Eastern New Mexico University (May, 1995; with Honors) Minor in Sociology EXPERIENCE IN RESEARCH Research Assistant, Eyewitness Research Laboratory,, 1996 present (funded by National Science Foundation grant to Roy S. Malpass, Ph.D., Eyewitness Research Laboratory,, 1998 2001) Research Assistant, preparation of expert testimony material, Eyewitness Research Laboratory,, 1997 2002 Visiting Research Scholar, Centre for Forensic Psychology (with Prof. Ray Bull), University of Portsmouth, England, Summer 2001 Archival Researcher, Office of the District Attorney of El Paso County, Summer 2000 Research Assistant, Texas Department of Transportation grant to Larry D. Cohn, Ph.D., Department of Psychology,, Spring and Summer 1999 Intern, Federal Bureau of Prisons Community Corrections Office, U.S. Department of Justice, El Paso, TX, 1998-1999 INTERESTS IN RESEARCH Reliability of eyewitness testimony; verbal and visual processes in face recall; cross-race facial perception and recognition; perceptions of eyewitness credibility; use of various police investigative procedures (interviews, lineup methods, use of composite technologies); public policy issues regarding eyewitness identification McQuiston CV 1
PUBLICATIONS Wogalter, M. S., Malpass, R. S., & McQuiston, D. E. (in press). A national survey of U.S. police on preparation and conduct of identification lineups. Psychology, Crime, & Law. McQuiston, D. E. & Malpass, R. S. (2002). Validity of the mockwitness paradigm: Testing the assumptions. Law and Human Behavior, 26(4), 439-453. Corey, D., Malpass, R. S. & McQuiston, D. E. (1999). Parallelism in eyewitness and mock witness identifications. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 13, S41-S58. MANUSCRIPTS UNDER REVIEW Frowd, C. D., Carson, D., Ness, H., McQuiston, D., Anandaciva1, S., Richardson, J., Baldwin, H. & Hancock, P. (2003). Contemporary composite techniques: The impact of a forensically-relevant target delay. Manuscript under review. Bradfield, A. L. & McQuiston, D. E. (2002). Perceptions of eyewitness confidence inflation: Does race affect sensitivity? Manuscript under review. MANUSCRIPTS AND CHAPTERS IN PREPARATION Malpass et al. (2003). Simultaneous and sequential lineups: Public policy and the study space. Manuscript in preparation. Malpass, R. S., Tredoux, C., & McQuiston, D. E. (2003). Lineup construction and measuring lineup fairness. In Ross, D., Read, D., Toglia, M., & Lindsay, R. (Eds.), Handbook of Eyewitness Psychology. Chapter in preparation. McQuiston, D. E., Malpass, R. S., & Tredoux, C. (2003). Simultaneous vs. sequential lineups: A review of methods and theory. Manuscript in preparation. CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS McQuiston, D.E. & Tredoux, C.G. (2003, July). Face composite production by eyewitnesses: New technologies and developments. Symposium accepted for presentation at the 2003 Biennial Meetings of the Society for Applied Research in Memory and Cognition, Aberdeen, Scotland. McQuiston, D. E. & Malpass, R. S. (2003, July). Investigating the own-race bias in composite production. In D. McQuiston & C. Tredoux (Chairs), Face composite production by eyewitnesses: New technologies and developments. Symposium accepted for presentation at the 2003 Biennial Meetings of the Society for Applied Research in Memory and Cognition, Aberdeen, Scotland. Topp, L., McQuiston, D. E., & Malpass, R. S. (2003, July). Exploring composite production and its subsequent effects on eyewitness memory. Accepted for presentation at the 2003 Meetings of the European-American Psychology-Law/American Psychology-Law Society, Edinburgh, Scotland. Malpass, R. S., MacLin, O. H., Zimmerman, L. A., Tredoux, C. G., & McQuiston, D. E. (2003, July). A study space analysis for policy development: Application to simultaneous vs. sequential lineups. In R. Malpass (Chair), Simultaneous Or Sequential Lineups? New Data, New Perspectives, New Looks At Old Questions, And A Study Space Based Policy Analysis. Symposium accepted for McQuiston CV 2
presentation at the 2003 Meetings of the European-American Psychology-Law/American Psychology-Law Society, Edinburgh, Scotland. McQuiston, D. E., Gaitens, K. E., Zimmerman, L. A., & Malpass, R. S. (2002, October). Examining the mockwitness technique for evaluating sequential lineups. Presented at the 2002 National Conference on Science and the Law, Miami, FL. Malpass, R. S., McQuiston, D. E., MacLin, O. H., Zimmerman, L. A. & Gaitens, K. E. (2002, October). The use of quantitative techniques for the evaluation of eyewitness identification lineups: Application to actual cases. Presented at the 2002 National Conference on Science and the Law, Miami, FL. Zimmerman, L. A., Gaitens, K. E., McQuiston, D. E., MacLin, O. H. & Malpass, R. S. (2002, October). Differences in simultaneous and sequential lineups: How multiple lineup variables affect eyewitness identification. Presented at the 2002 National Conference on Science and the Law, Miami, FL. Bradfield, A. L. & McQuiston, D. E. (2002, March). Confidence inflation in eyewitnesses: Do changes in confidence over time affect evaluations of the eyewitness or the defendant? Poster presented at the 2002 Biennial Meetings of the American Psychology-Law Society, Division 41 of the American Psychological Association, Austin, TX. Gaitens, K., Zimmerman, L., McQuiston, D. E., & Malpass, R. S. (2002, March). Structural bias in eyewitness lineups: When does the suspect stand out? Poster presented at the 2002 Biennial Meetings of the American Psychology-Law Society, Division 41 of the American Psychological Association, Austin, TX. Wilhelmy, R., McQuiston, D. E., & Bull, R. (2002, March). The effects of rehearsal on eyewitness identification accuracy in young children. Paper presented at the 2002 Biennial Meetings of the American Psychology-Law Society, Division 41 of the American Psychological Association, Austin, TX. MacLin, O. H., McQuiston, D. E., Kroeger, B., & Malpass, R. S. (2001, June). A fair comparison of laboratory administered simultaneous and sequential lineups. Paper presented at the 2001 Biennial Meetings of the Society for Applied Research in Memory and Cognition, Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Malpass, R. S., MacLin, O. H., McQuiston, D.E., & Kroeger, B. (2001, June). Lineup evaluation: Notes from the field. Paper presented at the 2001 Biennial Meetings of the Society for Applied Research in Memory and Cognition, Kingston, Ontario, Canada. McQuiston, D. E. & Malpass, R. S. (2001, June). Eyewitness identifications in criminal cases: An archival study. Paper presented at the 2001 Biennial Meetings of the Society for Applied Research in Memory and Cognition, Kingston, Ontario, Canada. McQuiston, D. E., Malpass, R. S., Kroeger, B., & MacLin, O. H. (2001, June). The effects of verbal information and lineup instructions on mockwitness ability to detect structural bias in lineups. Paper presented at the 2001 Biennial Meetings of the Society for Applied Research in Memory and Cognition, Kingston, Ontario, Canada. McQuiston CV 3
McQuiston, D. E. & Malpass, R. S. (2001, May). Eyewitness identifications in criminal cases: A view from the field. Poster presented at the 2001 Western Psychological Association Annual Meeting, Maui, HI. McQuiston, D. E., Salinas, R., Villegas, E., Garcia, G., & Malpass, R. S. (2001, May). Utility of the sequential lineup procedure: Exploring generalizability issues. Poster presented at the 2001 Western Psychological Association Annual Meeting, Maui, HI. McQuiston, D. E. (2000, October). Eyewitness identifications in real crimes: An archival study. Invited colloquium for the at the, El Paso, TX. Herrera, V., McQuiston, D. E., MacLin, O. H., & Malpass, R. S. (2000, April). Examining the cross race effect using ambiguous race faces. Poster presented at the 2000 Western Psychological Association Annual Meeting, Portland, OR. Holguin, S., McQuiston, D. E., MacLin, O. H., & Malpass, R. S. (2000, April). Racial classification of racially ambiguous faces. Poster presented at the 2000 Western Psychological Association Annual Meeting, Portland, OR. Honaker, S. L., MacLin O. H., Malpass, R. S., McQuiston, D. E., Herrera, V., & Holguin, S. (2000, April). The own-race bias in face recognition: A new approach to an old question. Paper presented at the 6 th annual conference between the University of Texas, El Paso and New Mexico State University, El Paso, TX. MacLin, O. H., Malpass, R. S., Honaker, S., & McQuiston, D. E. (2000, March). Another attempt to understand the cross-race effect. In J. C. Brigham (Chair), What do we know about the own-race bias in face recognition? Symposium conducted at the 2000 Biennial Meeting of the American Psychology-Law Society, Division 41 of the American Psychological Association, New Orleans, LA. McQuiston, D. E., & Malpass, R. S. (2000, March). Use of facial composite systems in U.S. law enforcement agencies. Poster presented at the 2000 Biennial Meetings of the American Psychology-Law Society, Division 41 of the American Psychological Association, New Orleans, LA. McQuiston, D. E. & Malpass, R. S. (1999, July). Estimation of lineup bias from mock witness identifications. Paper presented at the 1999 Biennial Meetings of the Society for Applied Research in Memory and Cognition, Boulder, CO. McQuiston, D. E., Malpass, R. S., & McClure, K. A. (1999, July). Estimation of lineup bias from mock witness identifications. Poster presented at the 1999 Meetings of the European-American Psychology-Law/American Psychology-Law Society, Dublin, Ireland. McQuiston, D. E. (1999, April). Estimation and measurement of lineup fairness. Paper presented at the 5 th annual conference between the University of Texas, El Paso and New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM. McQuiston, D. E. (1999, February). Application of the mock witness paradigm using sequentially presented lineups. Invited colloquium for the Psychology-Law Group at the, El Paso, TX. McQuiston CV 4
Corey, D., Malpass, R. S., & McQuiston, D. E. (1998, March). An examination of procedures in eyewitness and mock witness identification. Paper presented at the 1998 meetings of the Academy of Criminal Justice Science, Albuquerque, NM. Malpass, R. S., Corey, D., Parada, M., Chavez, J., Bowles, S., & McQuiston, D. E. (1998, March). Reliability of face recognition: Take two. Paper presented at the 1998 Biennial Meeting of the American Psychology-Law Society, Division 41 of the American Psychological Association, Redondo Beach, CA. RESEARCH GRANTS AND STIPENDS Political Science Department Stipend, (June 2002) American Psychological Society Graduate Research Grant (June 2000) American Psychology-Law Society Grants-In-Aid Graduate Research Grants (November, 2002; November 1999) Office of Research and Sponsored Projects Research Grant, (September 1999) EDITORIAL ACTIVITIES Member, Student Editorial Board, Law and Human Behavior (2000, 2001, 2002) Member, Student Editorial Board, Representative Research in Social Psychology (2000, 2001) EXPERIENCE IN TEACHING Instructor: Social Psychology, El Paso Community College, Spring 2001 Introduction to Psychology,, Fall 2000 Introduction to Psychology, El Paso Community College, Fall 2000 Introduction to Psychology, El Paso Community College, Fall 1999 Research Methods in Psychology Lab,, Spring 1997 1998 Guest lecturer: Psychology and the Legal System,, Spring 2001 & 2002 Wrongful Conviction: Causes and Remedies,, Fall 2002 AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS UTEP Graduate School Professional Travel Awards (September 2002; February 2002; March 2001; February 2000; September 1999) UTEP Student Government Association Travel Award (January 2002) Award for Outstanding Research, (May 2001) Scholarship to Study Abroad at the University of Portsmouth, England, (May 2001) American Psychology-Law Society Travel Award (March 2000) DEPARTMENTAL AND UNIVERSITY SERVICE Invited Speaker, Grant Writing Workshop (February 2003) Webpage Development, Legal Psychology Program (Summer 2002) Invited Speaker, Graduate Education Day (October 2000) Co-Coordinator, Annual Conference between UTEP and NMSU Psychology Departments (April 2000) Invited Speaker, Graduate School Seminar (February 2000) McQuiston CV 5
Invited Member, Graduate Student Advisory Committee (2000) Member, Psychology Graduate Student Association (1999 present) Member, Doctoral Student Association (1999 present) Coordinator, Legal Psychology Group Colloquia (1999 2000) Elected Student Representative, Psychology Graduate Student Organization (1996 1999) PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences American Psychological Association American Psychological Society American Psychology-Law Society (Division 41, APA) Psi Chi, The Psychology Honors Society Society for Applied Research in Memory and Cognition Society for Personality and Social Psychology Western Psychological Association REFERENCES Karen J. Coleman, Ph.D. Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences Graduate School of Public Health San Diego State University San Diego, CA 92182-4162 (619) 594-2393 kcoleman100@aol.com Harmon M. Hosch, Ph.D. El Paso, TX 79968 (915) 747-5666 hhosch@utep.edu Roy S. Malpass, Ph.D. El Paso, TX 79968 (915) 747-7943 rmalpass@utep.edu Michael A. Zárate, Ph.D. El Paso, TX 79968 (915) 747-6569 mzarate@utep.edu McQuiston CV 6