UTEP Legal Psychology Ph.D. Program

Preview the Laboratory Facilities utilized by our faculty and students.

LABORATORIES
	Center for Law and Human Behavior Director: Harmon M. Hosch, Ph.D. Dr. Hosch's laboratory (1,440 sq. ft.) is equipped with five cubicles, all connected by one-way mirrors, a large observation room with one-way mirrors, an intercom system to these rooms, a waiting area, and a large storage room for video-taping equipment. Research in this laboratory includes .... To learn more about Dr. Hosch's laboratory please visit http://clhb.utep.edu.
	Eyewitness Identification Research Laboratory Director: Roy S. Malpass, Ph.D. Dr. Malpass's laboratory (816 sq. ft.) consists of four rooms for data collection, data analysis and development of research materials. There are fourteen computer workstations (Macs and PCs), six dedicated to data collection. The Eyewitness Lab is engaged in research on eyewitness memory and identification processes, and related areas of facial recognition. To learn more about Dr. Malpass's laboratory please visit http://eyewitness.utep.edu.
	Forensic Interviewing & Suggestibility Laboratory Director: James M. Wood, Ph.D. Dr. Wood's laboratory (1,200 sq. ft.) is comprised of four rooms: a faculty office, a graduate student office, and two rooms for data collection and analysis. Research in this laboratory focuses on forensic issues, particularly topics concerning memory, suggestibility, and interviewing in legal contexts.
	Investigative Interviewing Research Laboratory Director: Christian A. Meissner, Ph.D. Dr. Meissner's laboratory (950 sq. ft.) is split between two laboratory facilities. The Social Decision-Making Lab includes two interview rooms equipped with state-of-the-art digital video equipment, a graduate student workstation, and a conference table for group testing. Research in this lab includes studies on the detection of deception and the psychology of interrogations and confessions. The Applied Cognition Lab includes three individual computerized testing rooms, two graduate student workstations, and a conference table for group testing. Research in this laboratory is focused on various basic and applied aspects of memory, including eyewitness identification, person descriptions, and false memories. Four additional graduate student workstations are also available in an adjacent room to the labs. For more information on Dr. Meissner's laboratory, please visit http://iilab.utep.edu.
	Social Cognition & Virtual Reality Laboratory Director: Michael A. Zárate, Ph.D. Dr. Zárate's laboratory (189 sq. ft.) is a 3 room lab with one large room and two offices for graduate students. The lab also includes a computer lab that houses four computers to run RT studies. The labs are well equipped with new computers, printers, eye-tracking, and virtual reality equipment. Students working in the lab are focused on how various social cognitive factors influence stereotyping and prejudice, particularly as it relates to the border population.
	Social Neuroscience Laboratory Director: Steve L. Crites, Jr., Ph.D. Dr. Crites' laboratory (350 sq. ft.) is composed of three rooms: a large control/preparation room and two isolated rooms designed for collecting psychophysiological data. Research in the lab focuses on using physiological responses to make inferences about cognitive processes.
	Vinson Computer Laboratory This laboratory (available to all faculty and graduate students) houses 20 personal computers, networked to a series of laser printers. The lab is available for faculty and graduate students to run computer aided research. The computers were recently replaced in 2006 and are well equipped to run all relevant experimental, data analysis, and word processing software.
	Cognitive Development and Juvenile Justice Laboratory Director: Matthew H. Scullin, Ph.D. Dr. Scullin’s laboratory (800 sq. ft.) in Vowell Hall houses 3 rooms. It includes one large observation room with one-way mirrors, an observation area, and two graduate student offices. There are two main streams of basic and applied developmental research in the laboratory. The first focuses on cognitive and social development in childhood, especially in relation to the development of cognitive control and school readiness. The second focuses on juvenile justice issues, including factors that affect children’s eyewitness memory and evaluation of culpability in juvenile delinquents.

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