Curriculum Vitae
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here.
Publications
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Book
Bottoms, B. L., Kovera, M. B., &
McAuliff, B. D. (Eds.) (2002). Children, social science, and the law.
New York: Cambridge University Press.
Articles
and Book Chapters
(student authors indicated by
bold print)
Penrod, S.
& Kovera, M. B. (in press). Recent developments in North American
identification science and practice. T. Williamson, R. Bull, & T. Valentine
(Eds.), Handbook of psychology of investigative interviewing: Current
developments and future directions. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons.
McAuliff,
B. D., Kovera, M. B., & Gilstrap, L. L. (in press). An updated review of
the effects of system and estimator variables on child witness accuracy in
custody cases. Chapter to appear in R. Galatzer-Levy & L. Kraus (Eds.),
The scientific basis of child custody decisions (2nd Ed.).
New York: John Wiley & Sons.
Crocker,
C. B. & Kovera, M. B. (in press). The American
Psychology-Law Society. In I. B. Weiner & W. E. Craighead (Eds.), The
Corsini Encyclopedia of Psychology, 4th edition. New York:
Wiley.
Crocker, C., & Kovera,
M. B. (in press). Systematic jury selection. In R. L. Wiener and
B. H. Bornstein (Eds.), Trial consulting: A psychological handbook.
New York: Springer.
Greathouse, S.
M., Levett, L. M., & Kovera, M. B. (in press). Sexual harassment:
Antecedents, consequences, and juror decisions. In J. Lieberman and D.
Krauss (Eds.), Psychology in the courtroom. Hampshire, UK:
Ashgate Publishing.
Greathouse,
S. M., & Kovera, M. B. (2008). Instruction bias and lineup
presentation moderate the effects of administrator knowledge on eyewitness
identification. Law and Human Behavior.
DOI 10.1007/s10979-008-9133-0.
Retrieved at
http://www.springerlink.com/content/653110767808kt43/fulltext.pdf on
July 7, 2008.
McAuliff,
B. D., Kovera, M. B., & Nunez, G. (2008). Can jurors
recognize missing control groups, confounds, and experimenter bias in
psychological science? Law and Human Behavior.
DOI 10.1007/s10979-008-9133-0.
Retrieved at
http://www.springerlink.com/content/653110767808kt43/fulltext.pdf on
June 30, 2008.
Levett, L. M.,
& Kovera, M. B. (2008). The effectiveness of educating jurors about
unreliable expert evidence using an opposing witness. Law and Human
Behavior, 32, 363-374.
McAuliff, B. D., &
Kovera, M. B. (2008). Juror Need for Cognition and sensitivity to
methodological flaws in expert evidence. Journal of Applied Social
Psychology, 38, 385-408.
Cutler, B. L., &
Kovera, M. B. (2008). Introduction to commentaries on the
Illinois field study of lineup reforms. Law and Human Behavior, 32,
1-2.
Barnard, D. D.,
& Kovera, M. B. (2008). Juries and joined
trials. In B. L. Cutler (Ed.), The encyclopedia of psychology and
law (pp. 392-395). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Copple,
R., Torkildson, J., & Kovera, M. B. (2008). Expert psychological
testimony: Admissibility standards. In B. L. Cutler
(Ed.), The encyclopedia of psychology and law (pp. 271-275).
Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Crocker, C., Sothmann, F. C., & Kovera, M.
B. (2008). Voir dire. In B. L. Cutler (Ed.), The encyclopedia of
psychology and law (pp. 855-858). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Greathouse,
S. M., Busso, J., & Kovera, M. B. (2008). Pretrial publicity,
impact on juries. In B. L. Cutler (Ed.), The encyclopedia of psychology
and law (pp. 615-618). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Greathouse,
S. M., Copple, R., & Kovera, M. B. (2008). Double-blind lineup
administration. In B. L. Cutler (Ed.), The encyclopedia of psychology
and law (pp. 242-244). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Sothmann,
F. C., Crocker, C., & Kovera, M. B. (2008). Jury selection. In B.
L. Cutler (Ed.), The encyclopedia of psychology and law (pp.
420-423). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
McAuliff, B. D., &
Kovera, M. B. (2007).
Estimating the effects of misleading information on witness accuracy: Can
experts tell jurors something they don’t already know?
Applied Cognitive
Psychology,
21,
849-870.
Kovera, M. B., &
Greathouse,
S. M.
(2007). Pretrial publicity: Effects, remedies and judicial knowledge.
In E. Borgida and S. T. Fiske (Eds.),
Psychological science in court: Beyond
common knowledge
(pp. 261-280).
Blackwell Publishers.
Kovera, M. B. (2008).
Applying social psychology to law. In R. Baumeister and B. Bushman
(Eds), Social Psychology and Human Nature
(pp. C1-C16). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.
Kovera, M. B. (2007). Implications of automatic and
controlled processes in stereotyping for hate crime perpetration and
litigation. In R. L. Wiener, B. Bornstein, R. Schopp, & S. Willborn (Eds.),
Social
consciousness in legal decision making: Psychological perspecives
(pp. 227-246).
New York: Springer.
Mitchell, T., &
Kovera, M. B. (2006). The Americans with Disabilities Act: What is a
reasonable accommodation? Law and Human Behavior,
30, 733-748.
Russano, M. B.,
Dickinson, J. J., Greathouse, S. M., & Kovera, M. B. (2006). “Why
don’t you take another look at number three?” Investigator knowledge and
its effects on eyewitness confidence and identification decisions.
Cardozo Public Law, Policy,
and Ethics Journal, 4,
355-379.
Levett, L. M.,
Danielsen, E. M, &
Kovera, M. B., Cutler, B. L. (2005). Juror decision making. In N.
Brewer & K. Williams (Eds.), Psychology and law: An empirical perspective
(pp. 365-406).
New York: Guilford.
Kovera, M. B. (2004). Psychology, law, and the workplace: An overview
and introduction to the special issue. Law and Human Behavior, 28,
1-7.
Collett, M. E., &
Kovera, M. B. (2003). The effects of British and American trial
procedures on the quality of juror decision making. Law and Human
Behavior, 27, 403-422.
Kovera, M. B.,
Dickinson, J., &
Cutler, B. L. (2003). Voir dire and jury
selection. In A. M. Goldstein (Ed.), Comprehensive Handbook of
Psychology, Volume 11: Forensic Psychology (pp. 161-175). New York:
John Wiley & Sons.
Kovera, M. B.,
Russano, M. B., & McAuliff, B. D. (2002). Assessment of
the commonsense psychology underlying Daubert: Legal decision
makers’ abilities to evaluate expert evidence in hostile work environment
cases. Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, 8, 180-200.
Kovera, M. B., &
Cass, S. A. (2002).
Compelled mental health examinations, liability decisions, and damage awards
in sexual harassment cases: Issues for jury research. Psychology, Public
Policy, and Law, 8, 96-114.
Kovera, M. B. (2002). The effects of general pretrial publicity on juror
decisions: An examination of moderators and mediating mechanisms. Law
and Human Behavior, 26, 43-72.
Greene, E., Chopra, S., Kovera,
M. B., Penrod, S. D., Rose, V. G., Schuller, R., & Studebaker., C. (2002).
Jurors and juries: A review of the field. In J. Ogloff (Ed.), Taking
psychology and law into the 21st century. New York: Kluwer
Academic/Plenum Publishers.
Bottoms, B. L., Kovera, M. B., &
McAuliff, B. D. (2002). Children, law, social science, and policy: An
introduction to the issues. In B.L. Bottoms, M. B. Kovera, & B. D. McAuliff
(Eds.), Children, social science, and the law (p. 1-12). New York:
Cambridge University Press.
McAuliff, B. D., & Kovera, M. B.
(2002). The status of evidentiary and procedural innovations in child abuse
proceedings. In B.L. Bottoms, M. B. Kovera, & B. D. McAuliff (Eds.),
Children, social science, and the law (p. 412-445). New York: Cambridge
University Press.
Kovera, M. B., &
McAuliff. B. D.
(2000). The effects of peer review and evidence quality on judge
evaluations of psychological science: Are judges effective gatekeepers?
Journal of Applied Psychology, 85, 574-586.
Phillips, M.,
McAuliff, B. D., Kovera, M. B., & Cutler, B. L. (1999).
Double-blind lineup administration as a safeguard against investigator bias.
Journal of Applied Psychology, 84, 940-951.
Kovera, M. B.,
McAuliff, B. D., & Hebert, K. S. (1999). Reasoning about
scientific evidence: Effects of juror gender and evidence quality on juror
decisions in a hostile work environment case. Journal of Applied
Psychology, 84, 362-375.
Kovera, M. B., & McAuliff, B. D.
(1999). Child witnesses in custody cases: The effects of system and
estimator variables on the accuracy of their reports. In R. Galatzer-Levy &
L. Kraus (Eds.), The scientific basis of child custody decisions
(pp. 157-187). New York: John Wiley & Sons.
Kovera, M. B. & Borgida, E.
(1998). Expert scientific testimony on child witnesses in the age of
Daubert. In S. J. Ceci & H. Hembrooke (Eds.), Expert witnesses in
child abuse cases: What can and should be said in court (p. 185-215).
Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
Kovera, M. B., & Borgida, E.
(1997). Expert testimony in child sexual abuse trials: The admissibility of
psychological science. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 11, S105-S129.
Kovera, M. B., Penrod, S. D.,
Pappas, C., & Thill, D. L. (1997). Identification of computer-generated
facial composites. Journal of Applied Psychology, 82, 235-246.
Kovera, M. B., Gresham, A. W.,
Borgida, E., Gray, E., & Regan, P. C. (1997). Does expert testimony inform
or influence juror decision-making? A social cognitive analysis.
Journal of Applied Psychology, 82, 178-191.
Kovera, M. B., & Borgida, E.
(1996). Children on the witness stand: The use of expert testimony and
other procedural innovations in U.S. child sexual abuse cases. In B. L.
Bottoms & G. S. Goodman (Eds.), International perspectives on child abuse
and children’s testimony: Psychological research and law (p. 201-220).
Newbury Park, CA: Sage.
Gonzales, M. H., Kovera, M. B.,
Sullivan, J. L., & Chanley, V. (1995). Private reactions to public
transgressions: Predictors of evaluative responses to allegations of
political misconduct. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin,
21, 136-148.
Kovera, M. B., Levy, R. J.,
Borgida, E., & Penrod, S. D. (1994). Expert witnesses in child sexual
abuse cases: Effects of expert testimony and cross-examination. Law and
Human Behavior, 18, 653-674.
Chanley, V., Sullivan, J. L.,
Gonzales, M. H., & Kovera, M. B. (1994). Lust and avarice in politics:
Damage-control for four politicians accused of wrongdoing (or, politics as
usual). American Politics Quarterly, 22, 297-333.
Kovera, M. B, Borgida, E.,
Gresham, A. W., Swim, J., & Gray, E. (1993). Do child sexual abuse experts
hold pro-child beliefs? A survey of the International Society for Traumatic
Stress Studies. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 6, 383-404.
Kovera, M. B., Park, R. C., &
Penrod, S. (1992). Jurors’ perceptions of eyewitness and hearsay evidence.
Minnesota Law Review,
76, 703-722.
Borgida, E., Gresham, A. W.,
Kovera, M. B., & Regan, P. C. (1992). Children as witnesses in court: The
influence of expert psychological testimony. In A. W. Burgess (ed.),
Child trauma, Volume 1: Issues and research, (p.131-165). New
York: Garland Publishing, Inc.
Borgida, E., Gresham, A. W.,
Swim, J., Bull (Kovera), M. A. & Gray, E. (1989). Expert testimony in child
sexual abuse cases: An empirical investigation of partisan orientation.
Family Law Quarterly, 23, 432-445.
Penrod, S., Bull (Kovera), M. A.,
& Lengnick, S. (1989). Children as observers and witnesses: The empirical
data. Family Law Quarterly, 23, 411-431.