June 2016

Jeffrey P. Kukucka, Jr. 8000 York Road  Liberal Arts 3123  Towson, MD 21252 [email protected]  (410) 704-3062  http://tinyurl.com/jkukucka

EDUCATION 2014

Ph.D., Psychology, CUNY Graduate Center Dissertation title: An investigation of factors that create and mitigate confirmation bias in judgments of handwriting evidence Advisors: Drs. Saul Kassin, Maria Hartwig, Maureen O’Connor, Emily Balcetis, Itiel Dror

2011

M.A., Forensic Psychology, John Jay College of Criminal Justice Thesis title: Forensic confirmation bias: A review and extension to handwriting evidence Advisors: Drs. Saul Kassin, Deryn Strange, Maria Hartwig

2009

B.A., Psychology, summa cum laude, Loyola College in Maryland

ACADEMIC HONORS 2009 2008 2007 2005-09

Grindall Psychology Medal, Loyola College in Maryland Phi Sigma Tau, Iota of Maryland Chapter Phi Beta Kappa, Epsilon of Maryland Chapter National Psychology Competency Exam, Passed with Great Distinction Psi Chi, The National Honors Society in Psychology Presidential Scholarship, Loyola College in Maryland Honors Program, Loyola College in Maryland Dean’s List, Loyola College in Maryland (Cumulative GPA: 3.992)

PUBLICATIONS Marion, S. B., Kukucka, J., Collins, C., Kassin, S. M., & Burke, T. M. (2016). Lost proof of innocence: The impact of confessions on alibi witnesses. Law and Human Behavior, 40, 65-71. Kukucka, J. (2014). The journey or the destination? Disentangling process and outcome in forensic identification. Forensic Science Policy & Management, 5, 112-114. Kukucka, J. (2014, May 28). Lights, camera, justice: The value of recording police interrogations. Huffington Post Crime. Retrieved from http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jeff-kukucka/lights-camera-justicethe_b_5404579.html?1401291848. Kukucka, J., & Kassin, S. M. (2014). Do confessions taint perceptions of handwriting evidence? An empirical test of the forensic confirmation bias. Law and Human Behavior, 38, 256-270. Kassin, S. M., Kukucka, J., Lawson, V. Z., & DeCarlo, J. (2014). Does video recording alter the behavior of police during interrogation? A mock crime-and-investigation study. Law and Human Behavior, 38, 73-83. Kassin, S. M., Perillo, J. T., Appleby, S. C., & Kukucka, J. (2014). The psychology of confession evidence. In B. L. Cutler & P. A. Zapf (Eds.), APA Handbook of Forensic Psychology: Volume 2 (pp. 245-270). Washington, DC: APA. Kukucka, J. (2013, April 29). Forensic confirmation bias: When the evidence doesn't speak for itself. Huffington Post Science. Retrieved from http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jeff-kukucka/forensic-evidence_b_3178848.html.

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Kassin, S. M., Dror, I. E., & Kukucka, J. (2013). The forensic confirmation bias: Problems, perspectives, and proposed solutions. Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition, 2, 42-52. Dror, I. E., Kassin, S. M., & Kukucka, J. (2013). New application of psychology to law: Improving forensic science and expert witness contributions. Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition, 2, 78-81. Goodwin, K. A., Kukucka, J. P., & Hawks, I. M. (2013). Co-witness confidence, conformity, and eyewitness memory: An examination of normative and informational social influences. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 27, 91-100.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS Kukucka, J., & Lawson, V. Z. (2016). Effects of coherence and contamination on juror appraisals of forensic science testimony. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychology-Law Society, Atlanta, GA. Appleby, S. C., & Kukucka, J. (2016). Seeing interrogations in black and white: Effects of suspect race on perceptions of coerciveness. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychology-Law Society, Atlanta, GA. Kukucka, J., Darden, T., & Gordon, D. (2016). Testing suspect race as a moderator of forensic confirmation bias. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, New York, NY. Kukucka, J. (2015). Combating confirmation bias: Can forensic science benefit from importing eyewitness identification procedures? Paper presented at the International Symposium on Forensic Science Error Management, Washington, DC. Normile, C. J., Goodwin, K. A., & Kukucka, J. (2015). Planting the seeds of doubt: Effects of reconsolidation and tactics on internalized false confessions. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Psychological Science, New York, NY. 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 (on behalf of the APA Science Directorate), Washington, DC. 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) annual convention, Baltimore, MD. Kukucka, J., & Kassin, S. M. (2015). Factors that create and mitigate confirmation bias in judgments of handwriting evidence. Invited award poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychology-Law Society, San Diego, CA. Kukucka, J., & Kassin, S. M. (2015). Using evidence lineups to reduce the forensic confirmation bias in handwriting judgments. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychology-Law Society, San Diego, CA. Kukucka, J., & Kassin, S. M. (2015). When do confessions taint judgments of handwriting evidence? Testing three moderators of forensic confirmation bias. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychology-Law Society, San Diego, CA. 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. Marion, S., Kukucka, J., Collins, C., Kassin, S. M., & Burke, T. M. (2014). Recanted corroborations: The impact of confessions on alibi evidence. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Psychological Science, San Francisco, CA. Kukucka, J., Lawson, V. Z., Schanz, K., DeCarlo, J., & Kassin, S. M. (2014). Police reports of suspect interrogations: Testing for accuracy and effect on jurors. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychology-Law Society, New Orleans, LA. 2

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 presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychology-Law Society, New Orleans, LA. Kassin, S. M., & Kukucka, J. (2014). The forensic confirmation bias: How confessions corrupt perceptions and judgments. Invited paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Seattle, WA. Kukucka, J., & Kassin, S. M. (2013). Do confessions change juror perceptions of handwriting evidence over time? Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychology-Law Society, Portland, OR. Kassin, S. M., & Kukucka, J. (2012). Do confessions promote confirmation bias in juror evaluations of forensic evidence? Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Psychological Science, Chicago, IL. Kukucka, J., & Kassin, S. M. (2012). Accuracy and potential for bias in judgments of handwriting evidence. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Psychological Science, Chicago, IL. Kukucka, J., Lawson, V. Z., DeCarlo, J., & Kassin, S. M. (2012). Video recording of interrogations: Does it alter police behavior toward suspects? Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychology-Law Society, San Juan, Puerto Rico. Kukucka, J., & Kassin, S. M. (2012). Do confessions taint juror perceptions of handwriting evidence? Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychology-Law Society, San Juan, Puerto Rico. Kassin, S. M., & Kukucka, J. (2012). Confession errors as ‘structural defects.’ Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychology-Law Society, San Juan, Puerto Rico. Kukucka, J. P., & Goodwin, K. A. (2010). Informational social influence drives memory distortion following co-witness discussion. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Psychological Science, Boston, MA. Matsiyevskaya, I., Goodwin, K. A., Kukucka, J. P., Hartmann, M., Lipscomb, M., Russell, B., & Zenitz, J. (2010). Cowitness confidence and eyewitness memory: Effects of normative and informational social influence. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, New York, NY. Goodwin, K. A., Kukucka, J., Bancroft, C., Bukowski, A., Mahfouz, S., Minott, T., Moise, G., & Thorn, K. (2008). Conformity, confidence, and eyewitness memory. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Boston, MA. Maro, C., Kukucka, J., & Basirico, M. (2007). Conformity and misinformation’s effects on eyewitness memory. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Philadelphia, PA.

GRANTS, AWARDS, AND FELLOWSHIPS 2016 2014 2013

2012 2011 2010 2009

Psi Chi Distinguished Graduate Faculty Award Psi Chi Faculty Advisor Travel Grant ($500) American Psychology-Law Society (APA Division 41) Dissertation Award (Third Place) National Science Foundation Dissertation Improvement Grant ($352) Writing Across the Curriculum Fellowship, John Jay College of Criminal Justice CUNY Doctoral Student Council Travel and Research Grant ($300) Doctoral Students Research Grant, CUNY Graduate Center ($1,255) CUNY Doctoral Student Council Travel and Research Grant ($300) CUNY Doctoral Student Council Travel and Research Grant ($200) Sue Rosenberg Zalk Student Travel and Research Award ($300) Enhanced Chancellor’s Fellowship, The Graduate Center, CUNY First Place, 10th Annual Loyola College Student Research & Scholarship Colloquium

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2008 2007

First Place, 9th Annual Loyola College Student Research & Scholarship Colloquium Academic Achievement Award, Highest Score on the Psychology Competency Exam First Place, 8th Annual Loyola College Student Research & Scholarship Colloquium First Prize, Loyola College Honors Program Essay Contest American Psychological Foundation Summer Research Fellowship ($4,500)

OTHER RESEARCH EXPERIENCE 2008-09 2007-08

Research Assistant, Dr. Maggie Bruck, Johns Hopkins Medical Institute Research Assistant, Dr. Kerri Goodwin, Loyola College in Maryland Research Assistant, Dr. David Crough, Loyola College in Maryland

COURSES TAUGHT AT TOWSON UNIVERSITY PSYC 687: Advanced Experimental Design I PSYC 212: Behavioral Statistics PSYC 314: Research Methods in Psychology PSYC 383: Proctoring in Psychology HONR 370: Psychology, Law, and Social Justice

INVITED LECTURES AND SYMPOSIA 2016 2014

2013 2012

The Hoffman Report. Loyola University Maryland, Baltimore, MD Central Park Five: Race and wrongful conviction. Towson University, Towson, MD Confirmation bias and its impact on perceptions of forensic evidence. New York University, New York, NY The psychology of interrogations and false confessions. Columbia University Law School, New York, NY Eyewitness memory and identification. CUNY Hunter College, New York, NY The forensic confirmation bias. The St. Paul’s Schools, Brooklandville, MD Children in the courts: Child witnesses and child suspects. CUNY Hunter College, New York, NY The forensic confirmation bias. Yeshiva University, New York, NY The intersections between developmental and forensic psychology. CUNY Graduate Center, New York, NY

OTHER TEACHING EXPERIENCE 2013 2012 2011 2010

Instructor, Intermediate Statistics in the Social Sciences, John Jay College (PSY 769) Faculty Reader, Honors Independent Research, CUNY Hunter College (HONS 301) Instructor, General Experimental Psychology, CUNY Hunter College (PSYCH 250) Instructor, Statistical Methods in Psychology, CUNY Hunter College (PSYCH 248) Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Psychology, John Jay College (PSY 101) Teaching Assistant, Social Psychology, John Jay College (PSY 221)

SCHOLARSHIP IN PEDAGOGY Santoro, A., Cates, K., Clark, S., Blandford, J., Hooper, P., & Kukucka, J. (2016). Getting psyched about Psi Chi: Ideas for invigorating your chapter. Invited symposium presentation at the annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, New York, NY. Kukucka, J. (2014, March 18). Socrates in the classroom: Helping students to discover what’s already there. APA Division 2 Graduate Student Teaching Association Blog. Retrieved from http://teachpsych.org/ Default.aspx?pageId=1784686&mode=PostView&bmi=1518822.

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Dow, E., Kukucka, J., Galazyn, M., Powers, K., & Brooks, P. (2013). A five-slide model for pedagogy. Symposium presented at the annual Conference on the Teaching of Psychology at Farmingdale State College. Kukucka, J. (2012). Smarties, dum dums, and four types of research validity. Oral presentation at the 3rd annual Conference on the Teaching of Psychology at the CUNY Graduate Center.

MENTORING AND SUPERVISION Towson U (Graduate):

Heather Applegarth, Margaret Behlen, Eric Boorman, Taylor Darden, Lauren Grove, Chris Normile, Jesse Rothweiler, Maria St. Pierre

Towson U (Undergraduate):

Rebecca Adleberg, Daniel Gordon, Erin Shea

Other Programs/Institutions:

Megan Bard (CUNY Hunter College); Rachel Abramowitz (John F. Kennedy HS); Stephanie Spiegel (John Jay College of Criminal Justice); Kimberley Schanz (New York University); Eric Speciale (John Jay College of Criminal Justice)

EDITORIAL ACTIVITIES Ad hoc reviewer for National Science Foundation Law and Social Sciences program Ad hoc reviewer for the following journals: Applied Cognitive Psychology; Law and Human Behavior; Law and Social Inquiry; Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B; Psychology, Crime and Law

OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE / VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES 2015

2013 2010-12 2008-09 2007-08

Affiliate Member, OSAC Forensic Science Human Factors Committee Faculty Co-Advisor, Psi Chi and Psychology Club, Towson University Search Committee, Tenure-Track Position in Social Psychology, Towson University Admissions Committee, Towson University Experimental M.A. Program The Psychology Writing Initiative, John Jay College of Criminal Justice Program Evaluation, Psychology Department, CUNY Hunter College Doctoral Student Mentor, John Jay College of Criminal Justice Psi Chi Secretary, Loyola College in Maryland Student Professional Development Program, Loyola College in Maryland Psi Chi Publicity Officer, Loyola College in Maryland

CONTRIBUTIONS IN POPULAR MEDIA Quartz (2/2/16); Chicago Magazine (12/23/14); Yale Daily News (9/30/14); The Huffington Post (5/28/14, 4/29/13)

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