The Elderly Eyewitness in Court (PDF)

Michael P. Toglia, PhD, is a professor and chair of psychology at the University of North Florida. From 2003 to 2011, he was executive director of the Society for Applied Research in Memory and Cognition. He has published extensively on eyewitness memory issues, has peer-reviewed nearly 500 articles and chapters, and has frequently testified in court. A former Fulbright grant recipient, he is a fellow in the Association for American Psychological Science, the Midwestern Psychological Association, and two divisions of the American Psychological Association.

David F. Ross, PhD, is a UC Foundation Professor of Psychology at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. Dr. Ross is interested in factors that influence the accuracy of lineup identification accuracy and how jurors perceive eyewitness testimony. Dr. Ross has received funding for his research from the National Institute of Science and the Department of Justice. He has also published five edited volumes on the psychology of eyewitness testimony, has written numerous articles in top-tier journals in psychology including several law reviews, provides training to law enforcement on how to collect identification evidence, and is an instructor at the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation. Dr. Ross has also served as a trial consultant for nearly 25 years, assisting attorneys with jury selection, mock trials, witness preparation, and trial strategy.

Joanna Pozzulo, PhD, is a professor in the Department of Psychology at Carleton University, Ontario, Canada. Borrowing from developmental, social, and cognitive psychology, her research focuses on the identification abilities of child eyewitnesses. Dr. Pozzulo is interested in understanding the identification processes eyewitnesses engage and the best identification procedures to be used by police in order to obtain the most accurate identification evidence. Both Dr. Pozzulo's research