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Abridged Curriculum Vitae

Education
Ph.D., Experimental Psychology, 2003, University of Texas at El Paso
M.A., Experimental Psychology, 1999, University of Texas at El Paso
B.S., Psychology, 1995, Eastern New Mexico University

Current Position
Professor, Department of Psychology
Wofford College (Spartanburg, SC)

McQ Spartanburg Herald

Recent Publications

     Rabil, M., McQuiston, D., & Wiseman, K. (2021). Secondary trauma in the legal system: Stories, studies, and strategies. Wake Forest Law Review, 56(4), 825-857. [PDF]

     Burd, K. A. & McQuiston, D. E. (2019). Facility dogs in the courtroom: Comfort without prejudice? Criminal Justice Review, 1-22. [PDF]

     McQuiston, D. E., Hooper,  M. D. & Brasington, A. E. (2019). Vicarious trauma in the courtroom: Judicial perceptions of juror distress. Judges Journal, 58(2), 32-35. [PDF]

     Altman, C. M., McQuiston, D. E., & Schreiber Compo, N. (2019). How elevated blood alcohol concentration level and identification format affect eyewitness memory: A field study. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 1-13. (Special Issue: Alcohol Intoxication and Memory)  [PDF]

     Vallano, J., P. & McQuiston, D. (2018). An exploration of psychological and physical injury schemas in civil cases. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 32(2), 241-252. DOI: 10.1002/acp.3399 [PDF] 

     Altman, C., Schreiber Compo, N., McQuiston, D., Hagsand, A., & *Cervera, J. (2018). Witnesses’ memory for events and faces under elevated levels of intoxication. Memory. DOI: 10.1080/09658211.2018.1445758 [PDF]

     Koehler, J. J., Schweitzer, N. J., Saks, M. J., & McQuiston, D. (2016). Science, technology, or examiner experience: What influences jurors’ judgments about forensic science testimony? Psychology, Public Policy and Law, 22,(4), 401-413. [PDF]

     McQuiston, D. E., Burd, K. A., & Hayton, C. G. (2016, Summer). Expert Opinion: Utilizing courthouse dogs and comfort items to assist vulnerable witnesses during trial. American Psychology-Law Society Newsletter, Summer, 8-9. [PDF]

     Schreiber Compo, N., Pena, M. M., Rivard, J., McQuiston, D., Vallano, J., & Stoiloff, S. (2016, June). Wrongful convictions, cognitive bias, and forensic science. The Police Chief, 48-53. [PDF]

     Sporer, S. L., Kaminski, K. S., Davids, M. C., & McQuiston, D. (2016). The verbal facilitation effect: Re-reading person descriptions as a system variable to improve identification performance. Memory, 24(10), 1329-1344. DOI: 10.1080/09658211.2015.1106561 [PDF]

     Topp, L., McQuiston, D. & Malpass, R. (2016). Facial composites and the misinformation effect: How composites distort memory. Legal and Criminological Psychology, 21, 372-389. DOI: 10.1111/lcrp.12054 [PDF]

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Teaching

Undergraduate: Introduction to Psychology, Experimental Methods, Introduction to Statistics, Advanced Statistics/Multivariate Analysis, Applied Statistics for Psychology, Social Psychology, Psychology and Law, Psychology of Jury Decision Making, Supervised Research, Individualized Instruction, Honors / Senior Thesis

Graduate: Psychology and Law, Psychology of Jury Decision Making, Graduate Student Research, Thesis

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Regular Guest Lecturer: Wake Forest University School of Law

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