Stephan Charman Explained

Stephen Charman is a forensic and legal psychologist who is known for his research in eyewitness memory.[1] Charman is an associate professor of psychology at Florida International University.

Education

Charman received his Bachelors of Science degree in Psychology from Queens University.[2] He attended graduate school at Iowa State University where he obtained a Master in Science and a PhD in Social Psychology. Charman's dissertation was titled Using counterfactuals to assess eyewitnesses' abilities to estimate the effects of external influences on their lineup identifications and discusses the limitations to eyewitness reliability in a legal context.[3] Charman was mentored by Dr. Gary Wells, who he collaborated with on a number of articles and book chapters.[4] [5] [6]

Career

Charman began his career at Florida international University in 2006 as an assistant professor.[7] He became an associate professor in psychology in 2012 and has since continued to teach and produce research as of 2024.[8] Iowa State University hosted The Psychology and Law Colloquia Series where Charman spoke on Improving lineup identification outcomes by screening out witnesses in September of 2019.[9]

Research

Charman's research has explored applied lineup theory and the external bias that can affect eyewitness memory and testimony.[10] [11] Charman's research was awarded by the American Psychological Association (2011-2014),[12] National Institute of Justice (2021-2022; 2019-2023),[13] [14] and the National Science Foundation (2019-2025).[15] He has been the co-principal investigator on a grant awarded by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.[16] As of 2024, Charman has served as a peer reviewer for the following journals: Law and Human Behavior, Journal of Experimental Psychology, Applied Cognitive Psychology, Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition, Current Directions in Psychological Science.[17]

References

  1. Web site: Charman, Stephen . 2024-10-01 . discovery.fiu.edu.
  2. Web site: Communications . Florida International University-Digital . Stephen Charman . 2024-09-30 . case.fiu.edu . en-US.
  3. https://marymountuniv.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://www.proquest.com/dissertations-theses/using-counterfactuals-assess-eyewitnesses/docview/305314942/se-2?accountid=27975 Charman, S. D. (2006).
  4. Charman, S. D., & Wells, G. L. (2007). Eyewitness Lineups: Is the Appearance-Change Instruction a Good Idea? Law and Human Behavior, 31(1), 3–22. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10979-006-9006-3
  5. https://d1wqtxts1xzle7.cloudfront.net/67961580/Applied_lineup_theory20210709-23190-yg5x3z.pdf?1625887914=&response-content-disposition=inline%3B+filename%3DApplied_lineup_theory.pdf&Expires=1729125058&Signature=JTyC5ZRiYC50btkk9MAF8qa7We9AdScO0fRPThay0rxrYztbRJnllqaHRDEoSrlt7RUFa4va-u6i7QIEPOrOAF6YHZ98jH2Oh40NDQU5r8deZwpyYYZB7onWyAANxmYxe9yXBvELqfQkhUsxdtxrHq8rh34jpTA56oZ1M6H0GN4PF2LRK4E434a6fMexRKKFyFn88Ii4DedkmqgWIH-Mc0rkRKJoHwIsWOfxigV9OpBjwVRBe3QSZpguwprfHumZOQAXiZNh8ChhkoVyZmXJqM6Rei61utjmsUE0q7JxHj4R98dF68LWZzhNGdeSdTEuVhsP2d0Kc3NFXeCmGUHDmA__&Key-Pair-Id=APKAJLOHF5GGSLRBV4ZA Charman, S., & Wells, G. (2014).
  6. https://psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/2008-03331-002.pdf Charman, S. D., & Wells, G. L. (2008)
  7. Web site: Steve Charman . October 1, 2024 . ResearchGate.
  8. Web site: Steve Charman . 2024-10-01 . scholar.google.com.
  9. Web site: Psychology-Law Collquium Series hosts Dr. Stephen Charman . 2024-10-01 . psychology.iastate.edu . en-US.
  10. Douglass, A. B., Charman, S. D., Matuku, K. P., Shambaugh, L. J., Lapar, M. P., & Lamere, E. (2024). Case Information Biases Evaluations of Video-Recorded Eyewitness Identification Evidence. Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition, 13(2), 292–305. https://doi.org/10.1037/mac0000126
  11. Charman, Steve D, Carlucci, Marianna, Vallano, Jon et al. (2010). The Selective Cue Integration Framework: A Theory of Postidentification Witness Confidence Assessment . JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY-APPLIED, 16(2), 204-218. 10.1037/a0019495
  12. Web site: Eyewitnesses' memory for lineup fillers: Testing the robustness of a novel postdictor of a witness's identification accuracy Florida ExpertNet . 2024-10-18 . expertnet.org.
  13. Web site: Alibi Generation: Improving innocents suspects accuracy and examining alibi discriminability using a novel GPS paradigm Florida ExpertNet . 2024-10-18 . expertnet.org.
  14. Web site: Testing a 'not sure' instruction to reduce the harmful impact of estimator variables on lineup identification Florida ExpertNet . 2024-10-18 . expertnet.org.
  15. Web site: Video-recording Eyewitness Identification Lineups: Testing for Unanticipated Costs and Undiscovered Benefits Florida ExpertNet . 2024-10-18 . expertnet.org.
  16. Web site: Confirmation bias among interpreters in an interrogative setting Florida ExpertNet . 2024-10-18 . expertnet.org.
  17. Web site: ORCID . 2024-10-01 . orcid.org.

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