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Kathy Pezdek

Kathy Pezdek is a cognitive psychologist specializing in the study of eyewitness memory. She frequently serves as an Expert Witness in the area of eyewitness memory and identification and has testified on this topic in Federal, State and Superior Court cases. Her extensive research has focused on a range of topics related to Law and Psychology that apply to both adults and children. These topics include face memory, suggestibility of memory, lineup techniques, and autobiographical memory. Kathy Pezdek is a Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science and the Psychonomic Society, and has served as Editor of Applied Cognitive Psychology.

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CONTACT

Email: Kathy.Pezdek@cgu.edu
Mailing address:
Department of Psychology
Claremont Graduate University
123 East 8th Street
Claremont, CA 91711-6175

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See Dr. Pezdek's complete Vita

TEACHING INTERESTS

  • Statistics 

  • Memory

  • Psychology & Law

  • Applied Cognitive Psychology

  • Research Design and Methodology

RESEARCH INTERESTS

  • Eyewitness Memory

  • Suggestibility of Memory

  • Visual Memory

  • Autobiographical Memory

  • Memory and Comprehension

EDUCATION

Ph.D. Psychology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 1975
M.A. Psychology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 1972
B.S. Psychology, University of Virginia, Fredericksburg, 1971

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

  • Association for Psychological Science, Elected APS Fellow, 1999; APS Fellows Committee, 2014 – 2017

  • American Psychology - Law Society, APA Division 41

  • The Psychonomic Society, Elected Fellow

  • ​American Psychology - Law Society, APA Division 41

  • Society for Applied Research in Memory and Cognition (SARMAC)

    • President, 2000-2006

    • Elected Governing Board Member, 1994-present

    • Publications Committee Chair, 2009 - 2013

EDITORIAL EXPERIENCE

North American Editor of Applied Cognitive Psychology (1995- 2000)


Member of the Editorial Board for:

 

  • Journal of Applied Psychology (2002 - 2009)

  • Journal of Applied Research in Memory & Cognition (2011 – 2015, 2017 - 2019)

  • Legal and Criminological Psychology (2005 - present)

  • Journal of Trauma & Dissociation (2014 - present)

  • Applied Cognitive Psychology (1993 - 2011)

  • Child Development (1984‑1985), (1987‑1991)

See Dr. Pezdek's complete Vita

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