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            My interests involve applying psychological theory and principles to the understanding of our legal system. 

        Currently I am working in the Eyewitness Identification Research Laboratory and the Center for Law and Human

        Behavior (CLHB) here at UTEP.  As part of the Eyewitness Identification Research Laboratory I conduct research

        on facial recognition procedures with my primary interest being related to subjective similarity judgments of

        faces.  Currently, I am developing research designed to develop our understanding of the cognitive

        processes behind similarity judgments and the role of physical similarity (i.e. eigenface modeling) and connotative

        information in these judgments.  I am also interested in examining facial recognition in the applied arena

        of eyewitness identification procedures.  Specifically, my interests in this arena focus on the factors

        that influence eyewitness identifications in "showups", or single-person lineups.  As a lab group, we

        are routinely involved in the evaluation of identification procedures for criminal and civil cases as well

        as conducting independent research on eyewitness issues.  Our consultation includes working as data

        analysis consultants for the "Illinois Lineup Project", which was the first large scale field research comparing

        traditional simultaneous lineups with double-blind, sequential lineups.  More information relating to

        that project is available on the Eyewitness Identification Research Laboratory website. 

            The primary focus of the Center for Law and Human Behavior pertains to juror and jury decision-making in

        criminal and civil cases.  As a member of the CLHB, I am working on research focused on assessing the

        psychometric properties of various measures of legal authoritarianism and evaluating the role that multi-media

        presentations during trials may play in juror decision-making.

            Follow the links on the left to find out more about myself, my research and the courses I teach.  Feel free

        to contact me through e-mail with any questions, comments or suggestions.  Thanks for stopping by.....