Conference Presentations

Note: Red names denote TU student co-authors.

AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGY-LAW SOCIETY (AP-LS)


Kukucka, J., Skene, J. H. P., Angel, M., Chu, S. P., Friedman, J., & Dayemo, T. (2024). A new frontier: Using psychology to strengthen forensic science policy and practice. Plenary session. Los Angeles. [PPT]


Perillo, A. D., Kukucka, J., Alexander, A. A., Hodges, H. J., Neal, T. M. S., & Wilford, M. M. (2024). On the hot seat: A beginner’s guide to working and testifying as a psychological expert. Symposium. Los Angeles. [PPT]


Reyes-Fuentes, K., Kukucka, J., Zannella, L., Dada, O. E., Tufte, H. J., Stewart, C. K., & Wariwanchik, A. (2024). Guilty or ruined? Testing competing explanations for discrimination against exonerees. Paper. Los Angeles. [PPT]


Biller, M., & Kukucka, J. (2023). The eyes have it: Gaze location predicts judgments of forensic science evidence. Poster. Philadelphia. [PDF]


Deegan, K., & Kukucka, J. (2023). Under the microscope: Do blind proficiency tests yield more accurate forensic error rates? Poster. Philadelphia. [PDF]


Reyes-Fuentes, K., Kukucka, J., Dardis, C., Batten, H. L., & Lynch, M. B. (2023). Do mental health professionals discriminate against prospective exoneree clients? Poster. Philadelphia. [PDF]


Kukucka, J. (2023). “TMI!”: Investigators overshare potentially biasing information with forensic examiners. Paper. Philadelphia. [PPT]


Growns, B., Dunn, J. D., Helm, R. K., Towler, A., & Kukucka, J. (2023). The low prevalence effect in fingerprint comparison amongst forensic science trainees and novices. Paper. Philadelphia. [PPT]


Rocha, B., Smalarz, L., Smith, A., & Kukucka, J. (2023). The use of a filler-control method to calibrate forensic evidence analysis. Paper. Philadelphia. [PPT]


Growns, B., Kukucka, J., Moorhead, R., & Helm, R. K. (2023). The British post office scandal: Mental health effects of a mass miscarriage of justice. Paper. Philadelphia. [PPT]


Rico, G., Kukucka, J., Alceste, F., & Strange, D. (2023). The effect of audio-visual quality on evaluations of video recorded interrogations. Paper. Philadelphia. [PPT]


Kukucka, J., Horodyski, A. M., & Dardis, C. M. (2022). The exoneree health and life experiences (ExHaLE) study. Poster. Denver. [PDF]


Neal, T. M. S., Franklin, N., Cannon, D., Cutler, B. L., DeMatteo, D., Kukucka, J., & Hodges, H. (2022). Consulting in the legal system. Symposium. Denver.

 *This symposium was accepted but later withdrawn as several panelists could not attend due to the COVID pandemic.


Hamilton, K. M., Zannella, L., Gama, B., Clow, K. A., & Kukucka, J. (2022). The impact of race and labels on assistance and perceptions of exoneree guilt. Data blitz. Denver. [PPT]


Deegan, K., Gayleard, N., Kukucka, J., & Clow, K. A. (2021). Reading between the lines: A content analysis of replies to exonerees' housing inquiries. Poster. Online. [PDF]


Garove, A., & Kukucka, J. (2021). Choose your own adventure: Guilty knowledge and just world beliefs affect innocent suspects' decision-making. Poster. Online. [PDF]


Norr, A. G., & Kukucka, J. (2021). If the shoe fits? Crime stereotypicality as a potential moderator of racially-biased interrogation judgments. Poster. Online. [PDF]


Kukucka, J. (2020). Playing by Saleem's rules: Inquiry, implementation, and injera. Saleem Shah Early Career Award address. New Orleans. [PPT]


Clow, K. A., & Kukucka, J. (2020). What's in a name? Perceptions of exonerated, wrongly convicted, and innocent individuals. Paper. New Orleans. [PPT]


Kukucka, J., Horodyski, A., Peat, A., Deegan, K., & Clow, K. A. (2020). Do exonerees face housing discrimination? An email-based field experiment. Paper. New Orleans. [PPT]


Crozier, W. E., Garrett, B. L., & Kukucka, J. (2020). Low proficiency weakens forensic science examiners' persuasiveness—but not vice versa. Paper. New Orleans. [PPT]


Kukucka, J., Dror, I. E., Yu, M., Hall, L., & Morgan, R. M. (2020). Effects of sequential evidence lineups on novice and expert fingerprint judgments. Paper. New Orleans. [PPT]


Norr, A., & Kukucka, J. (2020). A black and white issue? Effects of suspect and detective race on interrogation judgments. Poster. New Orleans. [PDF]


Despodova, N. M., Hiley, A., & Kukucka, J. (2019). Can defense attorneys detect the possibility of forensic confirmation bias? Paper. Portland, OR. [PPT]


Kassin, S. M., Russano, M. B., Kukucka, J., Amrom, A., Hellgren, J., & Lawson, V. Z. (2018). Does video recording inhibit crime suspects? Evidence from a fully randomized field experiment. Paper. Memphis. [PPT]


Applegarth, H., Kukucka, J., & Mello, A. (2018). Exonerees face employment discrimination similar to actual offenders. Paper. Memphis. [PPT]


Egner, Z., Kukucka, J., & Santoro, A. (2018). Psychoeducation fails to inoculate against forensic confirmation bias. Paper. Memphis. [PPT]


Grove, L., & Kukucka, J. (2018). Does expert testimony sensitize jurors to juveniles' vulnerability in the interrogation room? Paper. Memphis. [PPT]


Rothweiler, J. N., Goodwin, K. A., & Kukucka, J. (2018). Does social facilitation affect cross-race identifications? Paper. Memphis. [PPT]


Matula, H. M., Lucas, A. L., Njoku, S. C., Appleby, S. C., & Kukucka, J. (2018). Graphic content: How and when do gruesome photos influence forensic science judgments? Paper. Memphis. [PPT]


Kukucka, J., Kassin, S. M., Dror, I. E., & Zapf, P. A. (2017). Cognitive bias: A global survey of forensic examiners. Paper. Seattle. [PPT]


Zapf, P. A., Kukucka, J., Kassin, S. M., & Dror, I. E. (2017). Cognitive bias: A survey of forensic evaluators. Paper. Seattle. [PPT]


Evelo, A. J., & Kukucka, J. (2017). False confession as an impediment to exoneree compensation. Paper. Seattle. [PPT]


Kukucka, J., & Perillo, J. (2017). Knowledge of suspect race impacts judgments of forensic evidence. Paper. Seattle. [PPT]


Kukucka, J., & Lawson, V. Z. (2016). Effects of coherence and contamination on juror appraisals of forensic science testimony. Paper. Atlanta. [PPT]


Appleby, S. C., & Kukucka, J. (2016). Seeing interrogations in black and white: Effects of suspect race on perceptions of coerciveness. Paper. Atlanta. [PPT]


Kukucka, J., & Kassin, S. M. (2015). Factors that create and mitigate confirmation bias in judgments of handwriting evidence. Invited AP-LS Dissertation Award poster. San Diego. [PDF]


Kukucka, J., & Kassin, S. M. (2015). Using evidence lineups to reduce the forensic confirmation bias in handwriting judgments. Paper. San Diego. [PPT]


Kukucka, J., & Kassin, S. M. (2015). When do confessions taint judgments of handwriting evidence? Testing three moderators of forensic confirmation bias. Paper. San Diego. [PPT]


Kukucka, J., Lawson, V. Z., Schanz, K., DeCarlo, J., & Kassin, S. M. (2014). Police reports of suspect interrogations: Testing for accuracy and effects on jurors. Poster. New Orleans. [PDF]


Abramowitz, R., Kukucka, J., & Kassin, S. M. (2014). The impact of just world beliefs and public self-consciousness on the cooperativeness of innocent suspects. Poster. New Orleans. [PDF]


Kukucka, J., & Kassin, S. M. (2013). Do confessions change juror perceptions of handwriting evidence over time? Paper. Portland, OR. [PPT]


Kukucka, J., Lawson, V. Z., DeCarlo, J., & Kassin, S. M., (2012). Video recording of interrogations: Does it alter police behavior toward suspects? Poster. San Juan. [PDF]


Kassin, S. M., & Kukucka, J. (2012). Confession errors as "structural defects". Poster. San Juan. [PDF]


Kukucka, J., & Kassin, S. M. (2012). Do confessions taint juror perceptions of handwriting evidence? Paper. San Juan. [PPT]

AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION (APA)


McNerney, D., & Kukucka, J. (2023). Innocent until proven black? Black and white faces differentially affect misjudgments of criminality. Poster. Washington, DC. [PDF]


Golabi, N., & Kukucka, J. (2021). Mixed emotions? Students' perceptions of wrongly incarcerated individuals. Poster. Online. [PDF]


Horodyski, A., & Kukucka, J. (2020). Between the lines: Perceptions of correspondence with exonerees seeking housing. Poster. Washington, DC. [PDF]


Humm, L., Steacy, C., Elkins, J., Sailer, C., Olsen, D., Kukucka, J., Schmidt, C., & Galupo, M. P. (2020). Community partners develop practice simulations to train gender-affirmative therapy skills. Poster. Washington, DC. [PDF]

ASSOCIATION FOR PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE (APS)


Gordon, D., & Kukucka, J. (2018). Does mental health status affect damage awards in wrongful conviction lawsuits? Poster. San Francisco. [PDF]


Grove, L., & Kukucka, J. (2017). Not guilty by reason of youth? Perceptions of coercion in juvenile interrogations. Poster. Boston. [PDF]


Normile, C. J., Goodwin, K. A., & Kukucka, J. (2015). Planting the seeds of doubt: Effects of reconsolidation and tactics on internalized false confessions. Poster. New York, NY. [PDF]


Marion, S., Kukucka, J., Collins, C., Kassin, S. M., & Burke, T. M. (2014). Recanted corroborations: The impact of confessions on alibi evidence. Poster. San Francisco. [PDF]


Kassin, S. M., & Kukucka, J. (2012). Do confessions promote confirmation bias in juror evaluations of forensic evidence? Poster. Chicago. [PDF]


Kukucka, J., & Kassin, S. M. (2012). Accuracy and potential for bias in judgments of handwriting evidence. Poster. Chicago. [PDF]


Kukucka, J. P., & Goodwin, K. A. (2010). Informational social influence drives memory distortion following co-witness discussion. Poster. Boston. [PDF]

EASTERN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION (EPA)


Gordon, D., & Kukucka, J. (2017). Effects of exoneree impairment on damage awards in wrongful conviction lawsuits. Poster. Boston. [PDF]


Adleberg, R., & Kukucka, J. (2017). Does watching "Lie to Me" affect viewers' ability to detect lies? Poster. Boston. [PDF]


Kukucka, J., Darden, T., & Gordon, D. (2016). Testing suspect race as a moderator of forensic confirmation bias. Poster. New York, NY. [PDF]


Matsiyevskaya, I., Goodwin, K. A., Kukucka, J. P., et al. (2010). Co-witness confidence and eyewitness memory: Effects of normative and informational social influence. Poster. Brooklyn, NY. [PDF]


Goodwin, K. A., Kukucka, J. P., Bancroft, C., et al. (2008). Conformity, confidence, and eyewitness memory. Poster. Boston. [PDF]


Maro, C., Kukucka, J., & Basirico, M. (2007). Conformity and misinformation's effects on eyewitness memory. Poster. Philadelphia.

OTHER ACADEMIC CONFERENCES


Kukucka, J., & Famulegun, O. (2023). The impact of stereotypes on evaluations of medical expert testimony. Paper presented at the Innocence Project Just Data Conference. Online. [PPT]


Quigley-McBride, A., Roy, T., Garrett, B. L., & Kukucka, J. (2023). An ounce of prevention: A simple and practical tool for mitigating cognitive bias in forensic decisions. Paper presented at the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Orlando.


Thompson, W. C., Kukucka, J., Stout, P. R., Martire, K. A., & Spellman, B. A. (2022). Human factors in forensic science decision making. Symposium presentation at the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Philadelphia.


Growns, B., Dunn, J., Towler, A., & Kukucka, J. (2021). Does the feature comparison strategy attenuate the low prevalence effect in fingerprint comparisons? Paper presented at the Society for Applied Research in Memory and Cognition. Online. [PPT]


Deegan, K., Kukucka, J., & Growns, B. (2021). Somebody's watching me: Does monitoring attenuate the prevalence effect in fingerprint comparisons? Poster presented at the Society for Applied Research in Memory and Cognition. Online. [PDF]


Growns, B., & Kukucka, J. (2020). The prevalence effect in fingerprint identification: Match and non-match base-rates impact misses and false alarms. Poster presented at the Psychonomic Society. Austin. [PDF]


Hamilton, K. M., Allen, E., Clow, K. A., & Kukucka, J. (2020). Does language matter? Exploring public understanding of wrongful conviction terminology. Paper presented at the Criminology Consortium. Online.  [PDF]


Kassin, S. M., & Kukucka, J. (2015). On the videotaping of interrogations: Testing proposed effects on police, suspects, and jurors. Poster presented at the 21st annual Coalition for National Science Funding, Washington, DC. [PDF]


Darden, T., & Kukucka, J. (2015). The impact of race on evidentiary errors in wrongful conviction cases. Poster presented at the Maryland Psychological Association Graduate Students (MPAGS), Baltimore. [PDF]


Kukucka, J., & Kassin, S. M. (2014). Forensic confirmation bias: Does the evidence speak for itself? Paper presented at the biennial meeting of the International Society for Justice Research, New York, NY. [PPT]


Kassin, S. M., & Kukucka, J. (2014). The forensic confirmation bias: How confessions corrupt perceptions and judgments.  Invited paper presented at the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Seattle.


Dow, E., Kukucka, J., Galazyn, M., Powers, K., & Brooks, P. (2013). A five-slide model for pedagogy. Symposium presented at the 27th Annual Conference on the Teaching of Psychology. Farmingdale, NY.


Kukucka, J. (2012). Smarties, dum dums, and four types of research validity. Presentation at the CUNY Graduate Center's 3rd Annual Conference on the Teaching of Psychology. New York, NY. [PPT]