JENNIFER E. DYSART, Psychology
JOURNAL ARTICLES PUBLISHED:
Pryke, S., Lindsay, R. C. L., Dysart, J. E., & Dupuis, P. R. (2004). Multiple independent
identification decisions: A method of calibrating eyewitness identifications. Journal of Applied Psychology, 89, 73-84.
Dysart, J. E., Lindsay, R. C. L., MacDonald, T. K., & Wicke, C. (2002). The intoxicated witness: Effects of alcohol on identification accuracy. Journal of Applied
Psychology, 87, 170-175.
Dysart, J. E. & Lindsay, R. C. L. (2001). A pre-identification questioning effect: Serendipitously increasing correct rejections. Law and Human Behavior, 25, 155-
165.
Dysart, J. E., Lindsay, R. C. L., Hammond, R., & Dupuis, P. (2001). Mug shot exposure
prior to lineup identification: Interference, transference, and commitment effects.
Journal of Applied Psychology, 86, 1280-1284.
Smith, S. M., Lindsay, R. C. L., Pryke, S., & Dysart, J. E. (2001). Postdictors of
eyewitness errors: Can false identifications be diagnosed in the cross-race
situation? Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, 7, 153-169.
Steblay, N., Dysart, J. E., Fulero, S., & Lindsay, R. C. L. (2001). Eyewitness accuracy
rates in sequential and simultaneous line-up presentations: A meta-analytic
comparison. Law and Human Behavior, 25, 459-473.
BOOK CHAPTERS:
Dysart, J. E., & Lindsay, R. C. L. (under review). The effects of delay
on eyewitness identification accuracy: Should we be concerned? In R. C. L.
Lindsay (Ed.), The
handbook of eyewitness psychology, Vol II. Lawrence Erlbaum and Associates.
Dysart, J. E., & Lindsay, R. C. L. (under review). The show-up identification procedure:
What do we really know? In R. C. L. Lindsay (Ed.), The handbook of eyewitness
psychology, Vol II. Lawrence Erlbaum and Associates.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS (last 4 years):
Dysart, J. E. (2004, March). The effects of verbal overshadowing on unconscious
transference from mug-shots. Paper to be presented at the American Psychology-
Law Society, Scottsdale, AZ.
Dysart, J. E., Lindsay, R. C. L., & Sinclair, M. (2003, July). Unconscious transference
from mug shot searches: Does is really exist? Paper presented at the biennial
meeting of the Society for Applied Research in Memory and Cognition, Aberdeen, Scotland.
Lindsay, R. C. L. & Dysart, J. E. (2002, December). Eyewitness errors. Invited session
presented as part of the Wrongful Convictions symposium at the Judicial
Safeguards conference organized by the National Judicial Institute, Toronto,
Ontario.
Dysart, J. E., Lindsay, R. C. L., & MacDonald, T. K. (2002, March). The effects of
alcohol intoxication on identification accuracy from show-ups: A field study.
Paper presented at the biennial meeting for the American Psychology-Law
Society, Austin, TX.
Dysart, J. E., Steblay, N., Fulero, S., & Lindsay, R. C. L. (2002, March). Eyewitness
accuracy in sequential versus simultaneous lineups: A meta-analytic review.
Paper presented at the biennial meeting for the American Psychology-Law
Society, Austin, TX.
Steblay, N., Dysart, J. E., Fulero, S., & Lindsay, R. C. L. (2002, March). A meta-analytic
comparison of showup and lineup identification accuracy. Paper presented at the
biennial meeting for the American Psychology-Law Society, Austin, TX.
Dupuis, P. R., Lindsay, R. C. L., & Dysart, J. E. (2002, March). Examining the use of
rank combined lineups in cross-racial identification. Paper presented at the
biennial meeting for the American Psychology-Law Society, Austin, TX.
Dysart, J. E., Lindsay, R. C. L., & Dupuis, P. (2001, June). Clothing bias and showup
identifications: Does clothing type make a difference? Paper presented at the
biennial meeting for the Society for Applied Research in Memory and Cognition,
Kingston, ON.
Dupuis, P., Dysart, J. E., & Lindsay, R. C. L. (2001, June). Instruction bias effects in showup identification. Paper presented at the biennial meeting for the Society for
Applied Research in Memory and Cognition, Kingston, ON.
Dupuis, P., Lindsay, R. C. L., & Dysart, J. E. (2001, June). Rank combined lineups:
Calibrating the accuracy of individual eyewitness “identification” decisions.
Paper presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Applied Research in
Memory and Cognition, Kingston, ON.
Dysart, J. E., Lindsay, R. C. L., Bala, N., & Lee, K. (2001, June). Qualifying child
witnesses to testify: A survey of Canadian judges. Paper presented at the annual
meeting for the Canadian Psychological Association, Ste-Foy, QC.
Dysart, J. E., Lindsay, R. C. L. & Hammond, R. (2000, March). Mug shot exposure prior
to lineup identification: Interference, transference and commitment effects. Paper
presented at the biennial meeting of the American Psychology-Law Society, New Orleans, LA.
Lindsay, R. C. L., Aylen, M., Lee, K., Bala, N., & Dysart, J. E. (2000, March). The
relation between children's moral understanding of lying and their lie-telling
behavior: does the competence examination matter? Paper presented at the
biennial meeting of the American Psychology-Law Society, New Orleans, LA.
Lindsay, R. C. L., Smith, S., Pryke, S., & Dysart, J. E. (2000, March). Are postdictors of
eyewitness accuracy as useful for cross-race as same-race identification? Paper
presented at the biennial meeting of the American Psychology-Law Society, New Orleans, LA.
RECENT AWARDS/SCHOLARSHIPS RECEIVED:
2003 – 2005 Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Post-Doctoral Fellowship (declined)
2002 American Psychological Foundation/Council of Graduate Departments of Psychology (APF/COGDOP) Graduate research scholarship
2002 American Psychology-Law Society Grants-in-Aid award
2001 – 2003 Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Doctoral Award
2000 – 2001 Ontario Graduate Scholarship
1999 – 2000 Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada PGS-B scholarship
1998 – 1999 Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada PGS-A scholarship
RESEARCH INTERESTS IN GENERAL:
Psychology and law, eyewitness testimony, police procedures, jury research, and social memory.
CURRENT/FUTURE SPECIFIC RESEARCH PROJECTS:
I am currently working on several projects investigating the effectiveness of a new identification technique – the Multiple Independent Identification Technique (Pryke, Lindsay, Dysart, & Dupuis, 2004). Other ongoing work includes the effects of viewing mug shots on eyewitness identification accuracy, and cross-race identification.
MASTER'S THESES ADVISEMENT:
Kathleen Campanella (2004)
Sandra Soucie (2004)
DISSERTATION TITLE:
Intoxicated Witnesses: Exploring the Effects of Alcohol on Identification Accuracy
INSTITUTION GRANTING Ph.D.:
Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada