jrevans@utep.edu Fax: (915) 747-6553 Office Address: Home Address: Department of Psychology 601 S. Mesa Hills Dr., #325 University of Texas at El Paso El Paso, TX 79912 500 West University Ave. Cell: (703) 863-8851 El Paso, TX 79968 Home: (915) 219-8246 Office: (915) 747-7923 Education 2008 Ph.D. in Psychology, Florida International University, Miami, FL Advisor: Ronald Fisher Title: Eyewitness memory: Balancing the accuracy, precision, and quantity of information through metacognitive monitoring and control 2007 M.S. in Psychology, Florida International University, Miami, FL Advisor: Nadja Schreiber Compo Title: "Jurors evaluations of victim and bystander eyewitness identification reliability across different crimes and intoxication levels 2004 B.A. in Cognitive Science & Economics, Minor: Psychology University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA Professional Experience 2010-Present Assistant Research Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Texas at El Paso 2008-2010 Post-Doctoral Fellow, Department of Psychology, University of Texas at El Paso 2007-2008 Adjunct Instructor, Department of Psychology, Florida International University 2006-2008 Research Associate, Trial Technologies Litigation Consultants 2002 & 2003 Summer Intern, Central Intelligence Agency, Langley, VA Clearances Current Department of Defense Secret Level; Expired CIA Secret Level Grants, Honors, & Awards Received 2009 Intelligence Community Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship Title: Scientific development of a psychologically-based credibility assessment tool (PBCAT) ($239,484) 2009 Outstanding Graduate Student Award, FIU Department of Psychology 2004-2008 Presidential Enhanced Assistantship, FIU University Graduate School ($21,000/year) 2007 Initiated into the Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society 2006 Annual Review student travel award, American Psychology-Law Society 2005 Grant-in-Aid, American Psychology-Law Society 1 P a g e
Publications Schreiber Compo, N., Evans, J.R., Carol, R.N., Villalba, D., Ham, L., Garcia, T. & Rose, S. (conditionally accepted). Intoxicated Eyewitnesses: Better than their reputation? Law and Human Behavior. Evans, J.R. & Fisher, R.P. (in press). Eyewitness memory: Balancing the accuracy, precision, and quantity of information through metacognitive monitoring and control. Applied Cognitive Psychology. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1002/acp.1722 Horgan, A.J., Russano, M.B., Meissner, C.A., & Evans, J.R. (in press). The role of consequences in decisions to confess. Psychology, Crime & Law. Schreiber Compo, N., Evans, J.R., Carol, R., Kemp, D., Villalba, D., Ham, L. & Rose, S. (in press). Alcohol intoxication and memory for events: A snapshot of a real world drinking scenario. Memory. Evans, J.R., Meissner, C.A., Brandon, S.E., Russano, M.B., & Kleinman, S. M. (2010). Criminal versus HUMINT interrogations: The importance of psychological science in improving interrogative practice. Journal of Psychiatry & Law, 38, 215-249. Evans, J.R., & Schreiber Compo, N. (2010). Mock jurors perceptions of identifications made by intoxicated eyewitnesses. Psychology, Crime & Law, 16, 191-210. Wright, D., Carlucci, M., Evans, J.R., & Schreiber Compo, N. (2010). Turning a blind eye to non-blind line-ups. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 24, 849-867. doi: 10.1002/acp.1592 Evans, J.R., Marcon, J.L., & Meissner, C.A. (2009). Cross-racial lineup identification: The potential benefits of context reinstatement. Psychology, Crime & Law, 15, 19-28. Evans, J.R., Schreiber Compo, N., & Russano, M.B. (2009). Intoxicated eyewitnesses, victims and suspects: How common are they? Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, 15, 194-221. Manuscripts in preparation Evans, J.R., Meissner, C.A., & Brandon, S. (in preparation). Using cognitive load to enhance the efficacy of deception cues. Evans, J.R., Meissner, C.A., Russano, M.B., & Horgan, A.J. (in preparation). The elicitation of guilty knowledge in intelligence interrogation settings: A novel experimental paradigm. Evans, J.R. & Schreiber Compo, N. (in preparation). Mock jurors perceptions of the interrogation of intoxicated defendants. 2 P a g e
Conference Presentations Dryer, J., Evans, J.R., Michael, S.M., & Meissner, C.A. Deception detection in non-native English speakers. Poster to be presented at the 4 th International Congress on Psychology and Law, Miami, FL (March, 2011). Evans, J.R., Meissner, C.A., Russano, M.B., & Horgan, A.J. The Elicitation of Guilty Knowledge in Intelligence Interrogation Settings: A Novel Experimental Paradigm. Paper to be presented at the 4 th International Congress on Psychology and Law, Miami, FL (March, 2011). Evans, J.R., Schreiber Compo, N., Carol, R.N., & Fisher, R. Spontaneous use of I don t know and I don t remember : Does it mean anything? Poster to be presented at the 4 th International Congress on Psychology and Law, Miami, FL (March, 2011). Lamerato, M., Slater, A., Wunderlich, A., Zagorski, J., Markel, R., Marcon, J., & Evans, J.R. The effectiveness of cross-race jury instructions. Poster to be presented at the 4 th International Congress on Psychology and Law, Miami, FL (March, 2011). Redlich, A.D., Meissner, C.A., Evans, J.R., Bhatt, S., & Brandon, S. (2010, November) A systematic review on the effectiveness of interviewing and interrogation on investigative outcomes. In M. Killias (Chair), Evidence-based crime policy III. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology, San Francisco, CA. Meissner, C.A., Redlich, A.D., Evans, J.R., Bhatt, S., & Brandon, S. (2010, June). A systematic comparison of inquisitorial and interrogatory interviewing styles. Paper presented at the annual International Investigative Interviewing Research Group conference, Norwegian Police University College, Stavern, Norway. Evans, J.R., Meissner, C.A., & Russano, M.B. (2010, June). The effectiveness of inquisitorial and accusatorial interrogation techniques at obtaining true and false confessions and information. Paper presented at the European Association of Psychology and Law Conference, Gothenburg, Sweden. Evans, J.R., & Meissner, C.A. (2010, June). Improving the diagnostic value of interrogative information and judgments of credibility. Paper presented at the European Association of Psychology and Law Conference, Gothenburg, Sweden. Evans, J.R., Meissner, C.A., & Brandon, S. (2010, April) Development of a Psychologically Based Credibility Assessment Tool (PB-CAT). Poster presented at the IC Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Program Colloquium, Tyson's Corner, VA. Evans, J.R., & Fisher, R.P. (2010, March). Eyewitness memory: Balancing the accuracy, precision, and quantity of information through metacognitive monitoring and control. Paper presented at the American Psychology-Law Society conference, Vancouver. 3 P a g e
Evans, J.R., & Schreiber Compo, N. (2010, March). Mock juror perceptions of suspect intoxication: He was drunk so he must have done it. Paper presented at the American Psychology-Law Society conference, Vancouver. Horgan, A.J., Russano, M.B., Meissner, C.A, & Evans, J.R. (2010, March) Should I just confess?: The perceived consequences of confessing and confession diagnosticity. Paper presented at the American Psychology-Law Society conference, Vancouver. Meissner, C.A. & Evans, J.R. (2009, September). The science of investigative interviewing: Laboratory methods examining the elicitation and assessment of interrogative information. Presentation given at the HUMINT: Integration of Science and Practice Conference, Fort Huachuca, AZ. Carol, R.N., Schreiber Compo, N., Evans, J.R., Villalba, D., Kemp, D., Linarte, C., Hernandez, E., Peirano, P., Lobos, A., Stauffer, D., Perez, A., Roditti, M., Galliani, G., Ramjattan, A., Cosano, D., Schneider, A., Rodriguez, M., Cochran, J., Linares, D., & Rose, S. (2009, March). Intoxicated witnesses and trait anxiety. Paper presented at the American Psychology-Law conference, San Antonio, TX. Evans, J.R. & Schreiber Compo, N. (2009, March). Intoxicated suspects: Procedures and prevalence according to law enforcement. Poster presented at the American Psychology- Law conference, San Antonio, TX. Horgan, A.J., Russano, M.J., Meissner, C.A., Evans, J.R., & Michael, S.W. (2009, March). The ironic effects of the perception of consequences on beliefs about confession. Poster presented at the American Psychology-Law conference, San Antonio, TX. Kemp, D., Schreiber Compo, N., Evans, J.R., Carol, R., Villalba, D., Hernandez, E., Linarte, C., Peirano, P., Lobos, A., Stauffer, D., Perez, A., Roditti, M., Galliani, G., Ramjattan, A., Cosano, D., Schneider, A., Rodriguez, M., Cochran, J., & Rose, S. (2009, March). The effects of alcohol on declarative memory. Paper presented at the American Psychology- Law conference, San Antonio, TX. Schreiber Compo, N., Evans, J.R., Carol, R., Villalba, D., Hernandez, E., Kemp, D., Linarte, C., Peirano, P., Lobos, A., Stauffer, D., Perez, A., Roditti, M., Galliani, G., Ramjattan, A., Cosano, D., Schneider, A., Rodriquez, M., Cochran, J., & Rose, S. (2009, March). Interviewing intoxicated witnesses: The use of different question formats. Paper presented at the American Psychology-Law conference, San Antonio, TX. Villalba, D., Evans, J.R., Schreiber Compo, N. & O Neil, K.M. (2009, March). Jurors perceptions of mental illness and its treatability in capital sentencing decisions. Poster presented at the American Psychology-Law conference, San Antonio, TX. Evans, J.R., Schreiber Compo, N., & O Neil, K.M. (2008, March). Mock jurors evaluations of victim fault across different crimes and intoxication levels. Poster presented at the American Psychology-Law Society Conference, Jacksonville, FL. 4 P a g e
Hernandez, E., Schreiber Compo, N., Evans, J.R., Carol, R., Diaz, V., Rodriguez, E., Ortega, L., Sylvester, K., Charosky, M., Kemp, D., Lobos, A., Stauffer, D., Wood, S., Perry, A., Villalba, D., & Rose, S. (2008, March). Eyewitness memory and intoxicated witnesses: Are they more confident than sober or placebo witnesses? Paper presented at the American Psychology-Law Society Conference, Jacksonville, FL. Schreiber, N., Evans, J.R., Ham, L., Garcia, T., Rose, S., Pignatello, V., Carol, R., Perry, A., Villalba, D., Diaz, V., Rodriguez, E., Turner, G., Abril, L. & Alonso, T. (2007, July). Intoxicated witnesses: Are they more vulnerable to misinformation? Paper presented at the Seventh Biennial Meeting of the Society for Applied Research in Memory and Cognition, Bates College, Lewiston, ME. Wright, D., Carlucci, M., Evans, J.R, & Schreiber, N. (2007, July). The impact of eyewitness identifications from simultaneous/sequential and blind/non-blind lineups. Paper presented at the Seventh Biennial Meeting of the Society for Applied Research in Memory and Cognition, Bates College, Lewiston, ME. Evans, J.R. & O Neil, K.M. (2007, March). Capital juror sentencing decisions: Do sentencing options, deadlock consequences, and comprehension matter? Paper presented at Off the Witness Stand: Using Psychology in the Practice of Justice, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York City. Evans, J.R. & Schreiber, N. (2007, March). Intoxicated witness and victims of crime: How common are they? Poster presented at Off the Witness Stand: Using Psychology in the Practice of Justice, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York City. Evans, J.R. & Schreiber, N. (2007, March). Jurors evaluations of victim and bystander eyewitness identification reliability across different crimes and intoxication levels. Paper presented at Off the Witness Stand: Using Psychology in the Practice of Justice, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York City. Evans, J.R., Marcon, J.L., & Meissner, C.A. (2006, March). The cross-race effect: Examining the mitigating effect of several identification manipulations. Paper presented at the American Psychology-Law Society Conference, St. Petersburg, FL. Evans, J.R., & O Neil, K.M. (2006, March). Jurors evaluations of mitigating evidence of mental illness or impairment. Paper presented at the American Psychology-Law Society Conference, St. Petersburg, FL. Evans, J.R., O Neil, K.M, & Mazzone, J. (2006, March). Downloading and sharing music via the Internet: An empirical study of the factors influencinging downloading behavior. Poster presented at the American Psychology-Law Society Conference, St. Petersburg, FL. 5 P a g e
O Neil, K.M., Danielsen, E., Calia, T., Reardon, M., Lawson, K., York, R., Evans, J.R., Perez, V., & Penrod, S. (2006, March). Jurors and products liability: How deliberations change jurors focus. Paper presented at the American Psychology-Law Society Conference, St. Petersburg, FL. Perez, V., Evans, J.R., & O Neil, K.M. (2006, March). Future dangerousness: The impact of risk factors and the GBMI option in insanity cases. Paper presented at the American Psychology-Law Society Conference, St. Petersburg, FL. York, R., Evans, J.R., & O Neil, K.M. (2006, March). The CSI effect: Presentation style, evidence quality, and a possible remedy. Paper presented at the American Psychology- Law Society Conference, St. Petersburg, FL. Evans, J.R., Danielsen, E., & O Neil, K.M. (2005, March). The role of deadlock instructions and parole alternatives in capital trial verdicts. Paper presented at the American Psychology-Law Society Conference, La Jolla, CA. York, R., Evans, J.R., & O Neil, K.M. (2005, March). Gender effects and the mediating mechanism of self-referencing in the trials of battered spouses. Paper presented at the American Psychology Law Society Conference, La Jolla, CA. Invited Presentations Evans, J.R. (2010, November). Using cognitive load to improve the diagnostic value of interrogative information and judgments of credibility. Invited presentation at Draper Laboratory, Boston, MA. Teaching Courses Taught: Undergraduate Courses: Graduate Courses: Introduction to Psychology Social Psychology Psychology of Juries Undergraduate Courses I Can Teach: Introduction to Psychology, Social Psychology, Cognitive Psychology, Research Methods, Introduction to Statistics, Psychology & Law, Introduction to Criminal Justice Graduate Courses I Can Teach: Actual Innocence & Wrongful Convictions, Trial Consulting, Psychology of Juries, Investigative Interviewing, Cognition, Applied Cognition 6 P a g e
Reviewer Responsibilities National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Review Panel National Science Foundation Proposal Reviewer Ad Hoc Reviewer for: Applied Cognitive Psychology Legal & Criminological Psychology Criminal Justice & Behavior Psychology, Crime & Law Membership in Professional Organizations American Psychology-Law Society American Society of Criminology American Society of Criminology, Division Experimental Criminology Association for Psychological Science European Association of Psychology and Law Society for Applied Research in Memory and Cognition Work In Progress Evans, J.R., Dryer, J., Michael, S.W, & Meissner, C.A. (in progress). Detecting deception across ethnicity and language proficiency. Evans, J.R., & Fisher, R. P. (in progress). Juror perceptions of witnesses who use metacognition on the stand. Evans, J.R., Horgan, A.J., & Hosch, H. (in progress). Perspective taking and juror evaluations of confession evidence. Evans, J.R. & Meissner, C.A. (in development). A general model of investigative interviewing. Evans, J.R., Meissner, C.A., & Brandon, S. (in progress). Developing a psychologically based credibility assessment tool. Evans, J.R., Michael, S.W., & Meissner, C.A. (in progress). Ego depletion and cognitive load: Improving the ability to detect deception? Evans, J.R., Schreiber Compo, N., Carol, R.N., & Fisher, R.P. (in progress). I don t know versus I don t remember responses: Is there a difference? Evans, J.R., Schreiber Compo, N., Carol, R.N., Villalba, D., & Rose, S. (in progress). Metacognition in the intoxicated. Evans, J.R., Schreiber Compo, N., & Gruber, M.A. (in progress). Intoxicated witnesses and defendents: A survey of attorneys. 7 P a g e
Marcon, J.L. & Evans, J.R. (in progress). Understanding juror comprehension of the cross race effect via eyewitness corroboration. Meissner, C.A., Evans, J.R., Brandon, S., Bhatt, S., & Russano, M.B. (in progress). A survey of military interrogators: Use and effectiveness of interrogation techniques. Meissner, C.A., Evans, J.R., Brandon, S., Bhatt, S., Russano, M.B., & Trent, S. (in progress). Military interrogations: An observational field study. Meissner, C.A., Redlich, A.D., Evans, J.R., Michael, S.W., Camilletti, C., Bhatt, S., & Brandon, S. (in progress). A systematic review of the research on the effect of interview and interrogation methods on investigative outcomes. Russano, M.B., Meissner, C.A., Michael, S.W., Brandon, S., Evans, J.R., & Bhatt, S. (in progress). Interviews of expert interrogators. Schreiber Compo, N., Carol, R.N., Evans, J.R., & Rose, S. (in progress). Memory and suggestibility in intoxicated witnesses. References Nadja Schreiber Compo Assistant Professor of Psychology Florida International University 11200 SW 8th Street Miami, Fl 33199 schreibe@fiu.edu (305) 348-3384 Ronald Fisher Professor of Psychology Florida International University 3000 NE 151st Street Miami, FL 33181 fisherr@fiu.edu (305) 919-5853 Christian Meissner Associate Professor of Psychology and Criminal Justice University of Texas at El Paso 500 West University Ave. El Paso, TX 79968 cmeissner@utep.edu (915) 747-6056 8 P a g e