Links: Research Interests My research interests are in the area of applied social psychology. More specifically, I conduct research in Forensic Psychology on such issues as jury decision making, lie detection, and witness identification issues such as false memory reports. My research in the area of Industrial Organizational Psychology have concerned workplace stress, job satisfaction, and personnel selection. If you are interested in taking part in research in the areas of Forensic or Industrial Organizational Psychology, please contact me at myersb@uncw.edu. Education PhD in Experimental Psychology, Ohio University, 1998. M.A. in Experimental Psychology, Carleton University, 1991. Course instruction Industrial Organizational Psychology (psych 336) General Psychology Forensic Psychology Forensic Psychology (graduate) Jury Decision Making (psy 495)
Recent Publications Myers, B., & Greene, E. (2004). The prejudicial nature of victim impact statements: Implications for capital sentencing policy. Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, 10, 492-515. Myers, B., *Latter, R., & *Abdollahi-Arena, M.K. (2006). The court of public opinion: Lay perceptions of polygraph testing. Law and Human Behavior, 30, 509-523. Lecci, L., & Myers, B. (2008) Individual Differences in Attitudes Relevant to Juror Decision Making: Development and Validation of the Pretrial Juror Attitude Questionnaire (PJAQ). Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 38, 2010-2038. *Paclebar, A., Myers, B., & *Brineman, J. (2007). Criminal profiling: Impact on mock juror decision making and implications for admissibility. In R. N. Kocsis (Ed.), Criminal Profiling: International Perspectives in Theory, Practice, and Research (pp.241-262). Totowa , NJ: Humana Press. Myers, B., *Weidemann, E, & *Pearce, G. (2006). Psychology weighs in on the debate surrounding victim impact statements and capital sentencing: Are emotional jurors really irrational? Federal Sentencing Reporter, 19, 13-21.
American Psychological Association Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP)
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