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CURRICULUM VITAE
Jodi Anne Quas
Addresses:
EMPLOYMENT
2000-2006
2006-2010
2010-present
2010-present
EDUCATION
1992
1992
1994
1998
1998-2000
Department of Psychology and Social Behavior
4201 Social and Behavioral Sciences Gateway
University of California
Irvine, California 92697-7085
http://www.seweb.uci.edu/faculty/quas/
Phone: (949) 824-7693
Fax: (949) 824-3002
E-mail: [email protected]
Assistant Professor
Associate Professor and Graduate Program Advisor
Professor
Joint Appointment, Professor, Department of Nursing Sciences
B.S., Psychology, with honors. Arizona State University
B.S., Communication, with honors. Arizona State University
M.A., Developmental Psychology. University of California, Davis
Ph.D., Developmental Psychology. University of California, Davis
Postdoctoral Fellow, MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Psychopathology and
Development, Institute of Human Development, University of California, Berkeley
FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS
1994
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Center for Child
Abuse and Neglect Predoctoral Research Fellowship ($10,000)
“Predictors of Attributions of Self-Blame in Child Sexual Abuse Victims.”
1995
Division 41 of the APA Predoctoral Small Grant-in-Aid
1997
State Judicial Council of Council of California Dissertation Fellowship ($8,000)
“Effects of Repeated Interviews on Children’s True and False Event Reports.”
2000
California Professional Society on the Abuse of Children Outstanding Dissertation
Award
2002
Louise Kidder Early Career Award from the Society for the Psychological Study of
Social Issues (Division 9 of the APA)
2004
Saleem Shah Award for Early Career Excellence in Psychology and Law from the
American Psychology and Law Society (Division 41 of the APA)
2008
American Psychological Association Award for Scientific Early Career Contributions
Developmental Psychology
2008
American Psychological Foundation’s Robert L. Fantz Memorial Award Recipient
2013
Outstanding Mentoring Award, University of California, Irvine Emeriti Association
GRANTS
1997-2001
1999
2001-2004
National Science Foundation
“Effects of Legal Involvement on Child Victims: A 10-Year Follow-Up.”
Co-Principal Investigator ($402,257)
National Science Foundation
“Overcoming Adversity: Child Maltreatment, School Success, and Transitions to the
Workforce.” Conference Grant and Co-Chair
National Center on Child Health and Human Development (R03)
“Emotion, Reactivity, and Memory in Early Childhood” Principal Investigator ($140,595)
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2003-2005
2005
2005-2007
2006-2011
2007-2011
2008-2009
2011-2016
2012-2014
2013-2014
2013-2014
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Fellowship for Doctoral Candidates
and Faculty: Investigator-Initiated Research in Child Abuse and Neglect
“Children’s Knowledge of Dependency Court” Principal Investigator ($210,000)
State of California, University of California, Davis, Subcontract Principal
Investigator ($79,000) “Strengthening Families: A Pilot Study on Child
Maltreatment, Foster Care, and Welfare Utilization in Los Angeles
UCI Council on Research, Computing, and Library Resources Collaborative
Research Grant co-PI “Physiological Reactivity, Gender, and Memory” ($4,900)
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (R01)
“Child Maltreatment and Honesty” (Total award, $2,300,000)
Co-Principal Investigator (Subcontract PI $440,000)
National Science Foundation
“Stress, Physiological Reactivity, and Memory across Development”
Principal Investigator ($330,000)
National Science Foundation
Research Experience for Undergraduates Supplemental Award
Principal Investigator ($14,500)
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (R01)
“Motivational and Linguistic Influences on Children’s Disclosure”
Co-Principal Investigator (Subcontract PI $540,000)
National Science Foundation
“The Use of Narrative Enhancement to Facilitate Children’s Productivity”
Principal Investigator ($120,000)
UCI Council on Research, Computing, and Library Resources Collaborative
“Empathy and Altruism in Maltreated Youth” ($7000)
American Psychological Foundation Visionary Grant
“Empathy and Altruism: Missing Pieces in the Peace Building Process”
Principal Investigator ($20,000)
PUBLICATIONS
Peer-reviewed journal articles
Hobbs, S., Goodman, G. S., Oran, D., Block, S. D., Quas, J. A., Park, A., Widaman, K. F., &
Baumrind, N.. (in press). Child maltreatment victims' attitudes about appearing in dependency
and criminal courts. Children and Youth Services Review.
*Klemfuss, J. Z., Quas, J. A., & Lyon, T. L. (in press). Attorneys’ questions and
children’s productivity in child sexual abuse criminal trials. Applied Cognitive
Psychology.
Lyon, T. D., Wandrey, L., Ahern, E., Licht, R., Sim, M., & Quas, J. A. (in press). Eliciting
maltreated and non- maltreated children’s transgression disclosures: Narrative practice,
rapport building, and a putative confession. Child Development.
*Malloy, L., Quas, J. A., Ahern, & Lyon, T. D. Disclosing adult wrongdoing: Maltreated and
non-maltreated children's expectations and preferences. Journal of Experimental Child
Psychology.
Quas, Yim, I. S., Oberlander, T., Nordstokke, D., Essex, M., Armstrong, J., Bush, N.,
Obradovic, J., & Boyce, W. T. (in press). The symphonic structure of childhood stress
reactivity: Patterns of sympathetic, parparasympathetic, and adrenocortical responses to
psychological challenge. Development and Psychopathology.
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*Rush, E., Lyon, T. D., Ahern, E., & Quas, J. A. (in press). Disclosure suspicion bias and abuse
disclosure: Comparing physical and sexual abuse. Child Maltreatment.
*Klemfuss, J.Z., Milojevich, H., Rush, E., Yim, I., & Quas, J. A. (2013). Stress at encoding,
context at retrieval and children’s narrative content. Journal of Experimental Child
Psychology.
Quas, J. A., Rush, E., Yim, I. S., & Sumaroka, R. (2013). Effects of stress on memory in
children and adolescents: Testing causal connections. Memory.
*Rush, E., Quas, J. A., Yim, I., Clark, S. E., & Larson, R. (2013). Stress, interviewer support,
and children’s eyewitness identification abilities. Child Development.
Lyon, T. D., Carrick, N., & Quas, J. A. (2012). Right and righteous: Children’s incipient
understanding and evaluation of true and false statements. Cognition and Development, 14,
437-454. 10.1080/15248372.2012.673187
*Wandrey, L., Quas, J.A., & Lyon, T. D. (2012). Does valence matter? Effects of negativity
on children’s early understanding of truths and lies. Journal of Experimental Child
Psychology, 113, 295-303. DOI: 10.1037/a0026146.
Quas, J. A., Yim, I. F., Rush, E., & Sumaroka, M. (2012). Hypothalamic pituitary adrenal
axis and sympathetic activation: Joint predictors of memory in children, adolescents, and
adults. Biological Psychology, 89, 335-341.
Quas, J.A., & Goodman, G. S. (2012). Consequences of criminal court involvement for child
victims. Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, 18, 392-414. DOI: 10.1037/a0026146.
*Wandrey, L., Lyon, T. D., Quas, J. A., & Friedman, W. (2011). Maltreated children’s
ability to estimate temporal location and numerosity of placement changes and court visits.
Psychology, Public, Policy, and Law, 18, 79-104.
*Ahern, E., Lyon, T. D., & Quas, J. A. (2011). Young children’s emerging ability to make
false statements. Developmental Psychology, 47, 61-66.
Quas, J. A. (2011). Measuring physiological stress responses: Lessons from a novice. Journal
of Cognition and Development, 12, 261-274.
Quas, J. A., Yim, I., Edelstein, R., Cahill, L., & Rush, E. (2011). The role of cortisol
reactivity in children’s and adults’ memory of a prior stressful experience. Developmental
Psychobiology, 53, 166-174.
*Rush, E., Quas, J. A., & Yim, I. (2011). Memory narrowing in children and adults. Applied
Cognitive Psychology, 25, n/a. doi: 10.1002/acp.1757.
*Carrick, N. C., Quas, J. A., & Lyon, T. D. (2010). Maltreated and nonmaltreated children’s
evaluations of emotional fantasy. Child Abuse and Neglect, 34, 129-134.
*Cooper, A. D., Quas, J. A., Wallin, A. R., & Lyon, T. D. (2010). Maltreated and
nonmaltreated children’s knowledge of the juvenile dependency court system. Child
Maltreatment, 15, 255-260.
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*Davis, E. L., Levine, L. L., Lench, H., & Quas, J. A. (2010). Metacognitive emotion
regulation: Children’s awareness that changing thoughts and goals can alleviate negative
emotions. Emotion, 10, 498-510.
*Edelstein, R., Yim, I., & Quas, J. A. (2010). Narcissism Predicts Heightened Cortisol
Reactivity to a Psychosocial Stressor in Men. Journal of Personality, 44, 565-572.
Goodman, G. S., Quas, J. A., & Ogle, C. (2010). Child maltreatment and memory. Annual
Review of Psychology, 61, 325-354.
Lyon, T. D., Ahern, E., Malloy, L., & Quas, J. A. (2010). Children’s reasoning about
disclosing adult transgressions: Effects of maltreatment, child age, and adult identity. Child
Development, 81, 1714-1728.
Lyon, T. D., Carrick, N. C., & Quas, J. A. (2010). Young children’s competency to take the
oath: Effects of task, maltreatment, and age. Law and Human Behavior, 34, 141-149
Quas, J.A. Goodman, G. S., Alexander, K. A., Ghetti, S.& Edelstein, R. (2010). Long-term
memory for criminal court involvement. Cognitive Development, 25, 294-409.
Yim, I., Quas, J. A., & Granger, D. (2010). Children’s and adults’ salivary alpha-amylase
responses to a laboratory stressor and to verbal recall of the stressor. Developmental
Psychobiology, 52, 598-602.
Yim, I. S., Quas, J. A., Cahill, L., & Hayakawa, C. (2010). Children's and adults' salivary
cortisol responses to an identical psychosocial laboratory stressor.
Psychoneuroendocrinology, 35, 241-248.
*Zoccola, P.M., Quas J.A., & Yim, I.S. (2010). Cortisol responses to a psychosocial
laboratory stressor and later verbal recall of the stressor: The role of trait and state rumination.
Stress, 13, 435-443.
Quas, J. A., Wallin, A. R., Horwitz, B., Davis, E., & Lyon, T. (2009). Maltreated children’s
knowledge of and emotional reactions to dependency court involvement. Behavioral Sciences
and the Law, 27, 97-117.
Goodman, G. S., & Quas, J. A. (2008). Repeated interviews and children’s memory: It’s more
than just how many. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 17, 386-390.
Lyon, T. D., Malloy, L., Quas, J. A., & Talwar, V. (2008). Coaching, truth induction, and
young maltreated children’s false allegations and false denials. Child Development, 79, 914929.
Redlich, A. R., Ghetti, S., & Quas, J. A. (2008). Perceptions of children during a police
interrogation: A comparison of alleged victims and suspects. Journal of Applied Social
Psychology, 38, 705-735.
Redlich, A. D., Quas, J. A., & Ghetti, S. (2008). Perceptions of children during a police
interview: Guilt, confessions, and interview fairness. Psychology, Crime, and Law, 14, 201223.
*Malloy, L., Lyon, T. D., & Quas, J. A. (2007). Recantation of child sexual abuse
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allegations. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 46.
Quas, J. A., Davis, E., Goodman, G. S., & Myers, J. E. B. (2007). Repeated questions,
deception, and children’s true and false reports of body touch. Child Maltreatment, 12,
60-67.
Quas, J. A., & Lench, H. (2007). Arousal at encoding, arousal at retrieval, interviewer
support, and children’s memory for a mild stressor. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 21,
289-305.
Quas, J. A., Malloy, L., Goodman, G. S., Melinder, A., Schaaf, J., & D’Mello, M. (2007).
Developmental differences in the effects of repeated interviews and interviewer bias on
young children’s false reports. Developmental Psychology, 43, 823-837.
*Carrick, N., & Quas, J. A. (2006). Effects of discrete emotions on young children’s ability
to discern fantasy and reality. Developmental Psychology, 42, 1278-1288.
Goodman, G. S, Myers, J., Qin, J., Quas, J. A., Castelli, P, Redlich, A. D., & Rogers, L. (2006).
Children’s out-of-court statements: Effects of truthful and deceptive hearsay on jurors’
decisions. Law and Human Behavior, 30, 363-401.
*Lench, H. C, Quas, J. A., & Edelstein, R. S. (2006). My child is better than average: The
extension and restriction of unrealistic optimism. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 36,
2963-2979.
Quas, J. A., Carrick, N., Alkon, A., Goldstein, L. H., & Boyce, W. T. B. (2006). Children’s
memory for a mild stressor: The role of parasympathetic withdrawal and sympathetic
activation. Developmental Psychobiology, 48, 686-702.
Ghetti, S., Edelstein, R., Goodman, G. S., Cordon, I., Quas, J. A., Alexander, K., Redlich, A.,
& Jones, D. P. H. (2006). What can subjective forgetting tell us about memory for
childhood trauma? Memory and Cognition, 34, 1011-1025.
*Edelstein, R., Ghetti, S., Quas, J. A., Goodman, G. S., Alexander, K. W., Redlich, A., &
Cordon, I. (2005). Individual differences in emotional memory: Adult attachment and
long-term memory for child sexual abuse. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 31,
1537-1548.
Quas, J. A., Goodman, G. S., Ghetti, S., Alexander, K., Edelstein, R., Redlich, A., Cordon, I.,
& Jones, D. P. H. (2005). Childhood sexual assault victims: Long-term outcomes after
testifying in criminal court. Monographs of the Society for Research in Child
Development, Vol. 70, Serial No. 280.
Quas, J. A., Thompson, W. C., & Clarke-Stewart, A. (2005). Do jurors know what isn’t so
about child witnesses? Law and Human Behavior, 29, 425-456.
Quas, J. A., Wallin, A., Papini, S., Lench, H., & Scullin, M. (2005). Suggestibility, social
context, and memory for a novel experience in young children. Journal of Experimental
Child Psychology, 91, 315-341.
Alexander, K. W., Quas, J. A., Goodman, G. S., Ghetti, S., Edelstein, R., Redlich, A., Cordon,
I., & Jones, D. P. H. (2005). Traumatic impact predicts predicts long-term memory for
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documented child sexual abuse. Psychological Science, 16, 33-40.
Quas, J. A., Bauer, A B., & Boyce, W. T. B. (2004). Emotion, reactivity, and memory in
early childhood. Child Development, 75, 1-18.
*Edelstein, R. S., Alexander, K. W., Shaver, P. R., Schaaf, J. M., Quas, J. A., & Goodman, G.
S. (2004). Adult attachment style and parental responsiveness during a stressful event.
Attachment and Human Development, 6, 31-52.
Pezdek, K., Morrow, A., Blandon-Gitlin, I., Goodman, G. S., Quas, J. A., Saywitz, K. J.,
Bidrose, S., Pipe, M-E., Rogers, M., & Brodie, L. (2004). Detecting deception in children:
The effect of event familiarity on criterion based content analysis ratings. Journal of
Applied Psychology, 89, 119-126.
Goodman, G. S., Ghetti, S., Quas, J. A., Edelstein, R., Alexander, K., Redlich, A. R., Cordon,
I., & Jones, D. (2003). A prospective study of memory for child sexual abuse: New
findings relevant to the repressed/lost memory controversy. Psychological Science, 14,
113-118.
Quas, J. A., Goodman, G. S., & Jones, D. (2003). Predictors of attributions of self-blame in child
sexual abuse victims. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines, 44,
723-746.
Alexander, K. W., Goodman, G. S., Schaaf, J. M., Edelstein, R. S., Quas, J. A., & Shaver, P.
R. (2002). The role of attachment and cognitive inhibition in children’s memory for a
stressful event. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 83, 262-290.
Quas, J. A., Murowchick, E., Bensadoun, J., & Boyce, W. T. (2002). Predictors of children’s
cortisol activation during the transition to kindergarten. Journal of Developmental and
Behavioral Pediatrics, 23, 304-313.
Quas, J. A., & Schaaf, J. M. (2002). Children’s memories of experienced and nonexperienced
events across repeated interviews. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 83, 304-338.
Alexander, K., Quas, J. A., & Goodman, G. S. (2002). Theoretical advances in understanding
children’s memory for distressing events. Developmental Review, 22, 490-519.
*Bauer, A.M., Quas, J.A., & Boyce, W.T. (2002) Associations between physiological
reactivity and children's behavior: Advantages of a multi-system approach. Journal of
Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, 23, 102-113.
Quas, J. A., Bottoms, B. L, Nysse, K., & Haegerich, T. (2002). Effects of victim, defendant,
and juror gender on decisions in child sexual abuse cases Journal of Applied Social
Psychology, 32, 1993-2021.
Boyce, W. T., Quas, J. A., Alkon, A., Smider, N. Essex, M., & Kupfer, D. (2001). Autonomic
reactivity and psychopathology in middle childhood. British Journal of Psychiatry, 179, 144150.
Quas, J. A., Hong, M., Alkon, A. A., & Boyce, W. T. (2000). Dissociations between
psychobiologic reactivity and emotional expressiveness in children. Developmental
Psychobiology, 37, 153-175.
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Quas, J. A., Goodman, G. S., Ghetti, S., & Redlich, A. (2000). Questioning the child witness:
What can we conclude from the research thus far? Trauma, Abuse, and Violence, 1, 223-249.
Goodman, G. S., Quas, J. A., Bulkley, J., & Shapiro, C. (1999). Innovations for child witnesses:
A national survey. Psychology, Public Policy, and the Law, 5, 255-281.
Quas, J. A., Goodman, G. S., Bidrose, B. L., Pipe, M-E., Craw, S., & Ablin, D. (1999). Emotion
and memory: Children's long-term remembering, forgetting, and suggestibility. Journal of
Experimental Child Psychology, 72, 235-270.
Goodman, G., Quas, J. A., & Redlich, A. (1998). The ethics of conducting false memory studies
with children: Reply to Hermann and Yoder. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 12, 207-217.
Goodman, G. S., Quas, J. A., Batterman-Faunce, J. L., Riddlesberger, M., & Kuhn, G. (1997).
Children’s reactions to and memory for a stressful event: Influences of age, anatomical dolls,
knowledge, and parental attachment. Applied Developmental Science, 1, 54-75.
Goodman, G. S., Quas, J. A., Bottoms, B. L., Qin, J., Shaver, P. R., Orcutt, H., & Shapiro, C.
(1997). Children’s religious knowledge: Implications for understanding satanic ritual abuse
allegations. Child Abuse and Neglect, 11, 1111-1130.
Quas, J. A., Qin, J., Schaaf, J., & Goodman, G. S. (1997). Individual differences in children's
and adults' suggestibility and false event memory. Learning and Individual Differences, 9,
359-390.
Goodman, G. & Quas, J. (1995). De l'utilite des poupees fideles sur le plan anatomiques lors
de l'interrogatoire d'enfants [On the utility of anatomically detailed dolls]. Psychologie
Francaise, 10, 295-302.
Goodman, G. S., Quas, J. A., Batterman-Faunce, J. L., Riddlesberger, M., & Kuhn, G. (1994).
Predictors of accurate and inaccurate memories of traumatic events experienced in
childhood. Consciousness and Cognition, 3, 269-294.
Book chapters and encyclopedia articles
Cleveland, K. & Quas, J. A., (in press). Ethical considerations when conducting research on
children’s eyewitness abilities. To appear in R. Sternberg & S. Fiske (Eds.), Ethical behavior
in research, teaching, and service. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press.
Quas, J. A., & Klemfuss, J. Z. (in press). Physiological stress reactivity and episodic memory in
children. To appear in P. Bauer & R. Fivush (Eds.), Handbook of memory development. Oxford,
England: Oxford University Press.
*Carrick, N., Rush, E., & Quas, J. A. (2013). Imagination and children’s suggestibility. To
appear in M. Taylor (Ed.) Handbook of imagination. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press.
*Rush, E., Quas, J.A., & McAuliff, B. (2012). Child witnesses’ experiences in criminal court. In
M. Miller & B. Bornstein (Eds.), Trauma, stress, and well-being in the legal system. Oxford,
England: Oxford University Press.
Quas, J. A., & Sumaroka, M. (2011). Consequences of legal involvement on child victims of
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maltreatment. To appear in M. Lamb, D. LaRooy, C. Katz, & L. Malloy (Eds.), Children’s
testimony. Cambridge, England: University of Cambridge Press.
*Malloy, L., & Quas, J. A. (2009). Children’s suggestibility. Areas of consensus and
controversy. In M. Kuehnle & M. Connoll (Eds.), Critical issues in child sexual
abuse assessment. Sarasota, FL: Professional Resource Press.
Quas, J. A., Cooper, A., & Wandrey, L. (2009). Child victims in dependency court. In
B. L. Bottoms, G. S. Goodman, & C. Nadjowski (Eds.), Child victims, child offenders:
Psychology and law. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
Quas, J. A., & McAuliff, B. D. (2009). Accommodating child witnesses in the criminal justice
system: Implications for death penalty cases. In R. F. Schopp, R. L. Weiner, B. H. Bornstein, &
S. L. Willborn (Eds.), Mental Disorder and Criminal Law. NY: Springer.
*Wallin, A., Quas, J. A., & Federenko (2009). Physiological Stress Responses and Children’s
Event Memory: New Directions in Research. In J. A. Quas & R. Fivush (Eds.),
Emotion and memory in development (pp. 313-341). Oxford, England: Oxford University Press.
*Davis, E., Quas, J. A., & Levine, L. J. (2008). Children’s memory for stressful events:
Exploring the role of discrete emotions. To appear in M. Howe, D. Cicchetti, & G. Goodman
(Eds.), Stress, trauma, and children’s memory development: Neurobiological, cognitive,
clinical, and legal perspectives (pp. 236-265). Oxford, England: Oxford University Press.
Bottoms, B. L., Quas, J. A., & Davis, S. (2007). The influence of interviewer-provided social
support on children’s suggestibility, memory, and disclosures. To appear in M-E Pipe, M.
Lamb, & Y. Orbach (Eds.), Children’s disclosures of sexual abuse. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
*Malloy, L., Mitchell, E., Block, S., Quas, J. A., & Goodman, G. S. (2007). Children’s
eyewitness memory: Balancing children’s needs and defendants’ rights when seeking
the truth. In M. Toglia, J. D. Read, D. F. Ross, & R. C. L. Lindsay (Eds.), Handbook of
eyewitness psychology, Vol. 1 (pp. 545-575). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
Quas, J. A., & Beck, B. (2004). Children’s testimony. In C. Spielberger (Ed.) Encyclopedia of
Applied Psychology. San Diego, CA: Academic Press.
*Edelstein, R.S., Goodman, G.S., Ghetti, S, Alexander, K.W., Quas, J. A., Redlich, A., Cordon, I.,
& Schaaf, J. (2002). Child witnesses’ experiences post-court: The effects of legal involvement.
In H. Westcott, G. Davies, & R. Bull (Eds.). Children’s testimony (pp. 261-278). NY: Wiley.
Quas, J. A. (2002). The child witness. In D. Levinson (Ed.), Encyclopedia of crime and
punishment, Vol. 1 (pp. 207-210). New York: Sage Publications.
Goodman, G. S., & Quas, J. A. (2000). Family violence and the law. In A. Kazdin (Ed.),
Encyclopedia of psychology, Vol. 3 (pp. 333-336). Washington DC: American Psychological
Association.
Quas, J. A., Schaaf, J. M., Alexander, K. A., & Goodman, G. S. (2000). Do you really remember
it happening or do you remember me asking you about it? Children’s source monitoring in
forensic contexts. In K. Roberts & M. Blades (Eds.), Children’s source monitoring (pp. 197226). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
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Pipe, M-E., Goodman, G. S., Quas, J. A., Bidrose, S., Ablin, D., & Craw, S. (1997). Remembering
early experiences during childhood: Are traumatic events special? In D. Read & S. Lindsay (Eds.),
Recollections of trauma: Scientific research and clinical practice (pp. 417-423). NY: Plenum.
Qin, J., Quas, J. A., Redlich, A., & Goodman, G. S. (1997). Children’s eyewitness testimony:
Memory development in the legal context. In N. Cowan (Ed.), The development of memory in
children (pp. 301-342). London: UCL Press.
Goodman G. S., & Quas, J. A. (1996). Children's memory for traumatic events. In N. Stein, C.
Brainerd, P. Ornstein, & B. Tversky (Eds.), Memory for everyday and emotional events
(pp. 267-294). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
Reprinted articles
Alexander, K. W., Quas, J. A., Goodman, G. S., Ghetti, S., Edelstein, R., Redlich, A., Cordon,
I., & Jones, D. P. H. (2005). Traumatic impact predicts predicts long-term memory for
documented child sexual abuse. Article reprinted in Japanese Journal of Psychology.
Quas, J. A., Goodman, G. S., Bidrose, B. L., Pipe, M-E., Craw, S., & Ablin, D. (1999). Emotion
and memory: Children's long-term remembering, forgetting, and suggestibility. Article
reprinted in R. Bull (Ed.), Children and the law: Essential readings in developmental
psychology. NY: Blackwell publishers.
Goodman, G. S., Quas, J. A., Batterman-Faunce, J. L., Riddlesberger, M., & Kuhn, G. (1994).
Predictors of accurate and inaccurate memories of traumatic events experienced in
childhood. Article reprinted in K. Pezdek & W. Banks (Eds.) The recovered memory/false
memory debate (pp. 3-28). San Diego, CA: Academic Press.
Other writing
*Wallin, A. R., & Quas, J. A. (2009). Transitions, stress, and adaptation in childhood. California
Psychologist.
Quas, J. A., & Hayakawa, C. (2008). New directions in the study of children's memory for stressful
Events. APA Online Science Directorate.
Retrieved December 1, 2008, http://www.apa.org/science/psa/quas.html.
Bottoms, B. L., & Quas, J. A. (2006). Recent advances and new challenges in child
maltreatment research, practice, and policy: Previewing the issues. Journal of Social
Issues, 62, 653-662.
Quas, J. A., Bottoms, B. L., & Nunez, N. (2002). Child maltreatment and delinquency: Framing
issues of causation and consequence. Children’s Services: Social Policy, Research, &
Practice, 5, 245-248.
Quas, J. A., DeCicco, V., Bulkley, J., & Goodman, G. S. (1996). District attorneys’ views
regarding innovations for child witnesses. American Psychology and Law Society
Newsletter, 16 (2), 5-8.
Edited volumes
Quas, J. A., & Fivush, R. (2009). Emotion and memory in development. Oxford, England: Oxford
University Press.
Bottoms, B. L. & Quas, J. A. (2006). Emerging directions in child maltreatment research:
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Perspectives on theory, research, practice, and policy. Special Issue, Journal of Social Issues,
62.
Quas, J. A., Bottoms, B. L., & Nunez, N. (Eds.) (2002). Linking juvenile delinquency and
child maltreatment: Causes, correlates, and consequences. Special Issue, Children’s
Services: Social Policy, Research, and Practice, 5.
Eisen, M., Quas, J. A., & Goodman, G. S. (Eds.) (2002). Memory and suggestibility in the
forensic interview. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Manuscripts under review
*Cleveland, K., Quas, J. A., & Lyon, T. D. Valence effects on children’s susceptibility to
interviewer bias.
*Klemfuss, J. Z., Wallin, A., & Quas, J. A. Parental attachment, family chaos, and children’s
mental and physical health functioning.
*Milojevich, H., & Quas, J. A. Parental attachment and children’s memory for
attachment-relevant stories.
Quas, J. A., Rush, E., Yim, I., Edelstein, R., Otgaar, H., & Smeets, T. Arousal, valence,
and true and false memories: Nonlinear trends across development
* = Current/former student or postdoctoral fellow collaborator and lead author
SELECTED INVITED ADDRESSES
Orange County Judicial Conference, Irvine, CA (May, 2014)
San Diego International Conference on Child Maltreatment, San Diego, CA (January, 2014)
Whittier University Undergraduate Research Conference, Plenary Address (May, 2013)
Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, Orlando, FL (August, 2012)
Western Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA (April, 2012)
Simon Frasier University, Psychology Colloquia Series (January 2011)
University of British Columbia, Health Psychology Colloquia Series (November, 2010)
Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, San Diego, CA (August, 2010)
Arizona State University, Departmental Colloquia Series (April, 2010)
Orange County Juvenile Court, Dependency Division (June, 2009)
Carolina Consortium on Human Development Colloquium (March, 2009)
Department of Psychology, Developmental Psychology Colloquium, University of
California, Riverside (November, 2008)
Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, Boston, MA (August, 2008)
Program of Excellence in Psychology and Law, 2007 Conference; University of Nebraska (May,
2007)
California State University, Northridge, CORE Honors Program Address (May, 2006)
Emory Cognition Project Conference: Stress and Memory in Development (April, 2006)
UCI Think: Beyond CSI. Social Ecology Public Forum (May, 2005)
Biennial Conference of the American Psychology Law Society, San Diego, CA (March 2005)
Program of Human Development, Invited Colloquia Speaker, University of California, San Diego
(February 2005)
Department of Psychology, Developmental Colloquia Series, University of California,
Davis (December 2004)
University of Southern California Consortium of Trauma and Violence (June 2004).
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Department of Psychology, Developmental Psychology Brown Bag Presentation, University of
California, Riverside (November 2002)
Invited Colloquium, University of California Humanities Research Institute (December 2001)
POST 2000-2012 SELECTED CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS (others available upon request)
*Cleveland, K.C., Quas, J.A., & Lyon, T.D. (2014, March). Narrative enhancement and young children’s
recall productivity. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the American Psychology-Law
Society, New Orleans, LO.
*Klemfuss, J.Z., Cleveland, K., Quas, J. A., & Lyon, T. D. (2014, March). Scaffolding children’s
testimony: Relations of narrative structure and format of attorney questions with child witness
responses. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the American Psychology-Law Society,
New Orleans, LO.
Malloy, L., Mugno, A., Rivard, J., Lyon, T. D., & Quas, J. A. (2014, March). A detailed investigation of
recanted child sexual abuse cases. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the American
Psychology-Law Society, New Orleans, LO.
*Cleveland, K.C., Quas, J.A., & Lyon, T.D. (2013, September). Young children’s false event reports:
Emotional and suggestive influences. Poster presented at the annual New Beginnings Partnership
Conference for Children and Families in Los Angeles County. Los Angeles, CA.
Cleveland, K.C., Quas, J.A., & Lyon, T.D. (2013, April). The roles of emotion and suggestion in
children’s false r. Paper presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child
Development. Seattle, WA.
*Klemfuss, J. Z., Milojevich, H., Yim, I. Rush, E. B., & Quas, J. A. (2013, April). Stress, interviewer
support, and children’s narrative content. Paper presented at the Biennial meeting of the Society
for Research in Child Development, Seattle, WA.
Lyon, T. D., Quas, J. A., Rush, E. B., Evans, A. D., & Ahern, E. (2013, April). Novel methods of
inducing honestly in children: A putative confession. Paper presented at the Biennial meeting of
the Society for Research in Child Development, Seattle, WA.
*Rush, E. B., Quas, J. A., Edelstein, R., & Yim, I. (2013, April). Effects of stress on children’s and
adolescents’ true and false emotional memories. Paper presented at the Biennial meeting of the
Society for Research in Child Development, Seattle, WA.
*Rush, E. B., Wandrey, L., Quas, J. A., & Lyon, T. D. (2013, April). The role of parents in children’s
disclosures. Paper presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child
Development, Seattle, WA.
Cleveland, K.C., Quas, J.A, & Lyon, T.D. (2013, March). Emotional and motivational influences on
young children’s false event reports. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American
Psychology Law Society, Portland, OR.
Quas, J.A., Rush, E., & Lyon, T. D. (2012, August). When promising isn't enough: Novel interview
methods to elicit disclosures from children. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the
American Psychological Association, Orlando, Florida.
*Rush, E. B., Wandrey, L., Quas, J. A., & Lyon, T. D. (2012, March). Children's true and false
disclosures of transgressions: Balancing costs and benefits of a novel interviewing technique.
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Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the American Psychology-Law Society, San Juan,
Puerto Rico.
*Wandrey, L., Lyon, T. D., Mascia, J., & Quas, J. A. (2012, March). Attorneys’ strategies when
questioning child witnesses about numerosity in court. Paper presented at the Annual Conference
of the American Psychology-Law Society, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Lyon, T. D., Ahern, E.C., Wandrey, L., & Quas, J. A. (2011, April ). The effects of a putative confession
On young maltreated and nonmaltreated children’s true and false reports. Paper presented at the
Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development. Montreal, Quebec.
*Wandrey, L., Quas, J. A., & Lyon, T. D. (2011, April). Wrongdoing and children’s emergent
understanding of truth and lies. Paper presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for
Research in Child Development. Montreal, Quebec.
*Cooper, A., & Quas, J. (2010, March) Boys don’t cry…But what happens when they do? Child witness
demeanor and jurors’ perceptions of child victims of sexual abuse. Paper presented at the Annual
Conference of the American Psychology-Law Society, Vancouver, BC.
*Cooper, A., Quas, J., & Lyon, T. (2010, March). Out-of-home placement: Maltreated children’s
perceptions of their placement. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the American
Psychology- Law Society, Vancouver, BC.
*Rush, E., Quas, J. A., Yim, I. S., & Sumaroka, M. (2010, March). Stress, social support, and the young
eyewitness: Examining memory for a stressful experience. Paper presented at the Annual
Conference of the American Psychology-Law Society, Vancouver, BC.
*Wandrey, L., Licht, R., Ahern, E., Cooper, A., Quas, J., Lyon, T. (2010). Rapport building and putative
confession: Enhancing children’s disclosures. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the
American Psychology- Law Society, Vancouver, BC.
*Licht, R., Wandrey, L., Ahern, E., Cooper, A., Sim, M., Quas, J., & Lyon, T. (2009, November). The
Effect of rapport building and putative confessions upon maltreated and nonmaltreated
children’s disclosure of a minor transgression. Paper presented at the annual conference of the
Center for Empirical Legal Studies, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA.
*Rush, E., Quas, J. A., Larson, R. P., Clark, S. E., & Sumaroka, M. (2009, November). Eyewitness
identification abilities in children, adolescents, and young adults: The influence of stress and
interview context. Paper presented at the annual conference of the Center for Empirical Legal
Studies, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA.
*Ahern, E. C., Lyon, T. D., Wandrey, L. E., & Quas, J. A. (2009, April). Young children's emergent ability
to make false statements. Paper presented at the biennial meetings of the Society for Research
in Child Development, Denver, CO.
*Davis, E. L., Lench, H. C., & Quas, J. A. (2009, April). Metacognitive emotion regulation: Children's
awareness that changing thoughts and goals can alleviate negative emotions. Paper presented at
the biennial meetings of the Society for Research in Child Development, Denver, CO.
*Kellstrand, E., Quas, J. A., Larson, R. P., Clark, S., & Sumaroka, M. (2009, April). Eyewitness
identification abilities in children and adolescents: Influence of stress and interview context.
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Paper presented at the biennial meetings of the Society for Research in Child Development,
Denver, CO.
*Kellstrand, E., Quas, J. A., Yim, I., & Hayakawa, C. (2009, April). Memory for a stressful event:
Comparison of children and adults. Paper presented at the biennial meetings of the Society for
Research in Child Development, Denver, CO.
*Licht, R., Wandrey, L. E., Ahern, E. C., Quas, J. A., & Lyon, T. D. (2009, April). Rapport building and
transgression disclosure in maltreated children. Paper presented at the biennial meetings of the
Society for Research in Child Development, Denver, CO.
*Wandrey, L. E., Lyon, T. D., Quas, J. A., & Friedman, W. J. (2009, April). Maltreated children's temporal
memory for court visits and foster placements. Paper presented at the biennial meetings of the
Society for Research in Child Development, Denver, CO.
*Ahern, E.C., Lyon, T.D., Quas, J.A., & Malloy, L.C. (2008, March). Maltreated and non-maltreated
children's attitudes about transgression secrecy. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the
American Psychology Law Society, Jacksonville, FL.
*Malloy, L.C., Quas, J.A., Lyon, T.D., & Ahern, E.C. (2008, March). Maltreated and non-maltreated
children's perceptions of the consequences of disclosing an adult's wrongdoing. Paper
presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychology Law Society, Jacksonville, FL.
*Malloy, L.C., Quas, J.A., Lyon, T.D., & Ahern, E.C. (2008, March). Anticipatory supportiveness:
Maltreated and non-maltreated children's predictions of caregiver belief. Paper presented at the
annual meeting of the American Psychology Law Society, Jacksonville, FL.
*Carrick, N., Lyon, T. D., & Quas, J. A. (2007, March). Young children's incipient understanding of truth
and lies. Paper presented at the biennial meetings of the Society for Research in Child
Development. Boston, MA.
Quas, J. A. (2007, March). General versus discrete physiological reactions in children: Implications for
memory. Roundtable paper discussion presented at the biennial meetings of the Society for
Research in Child Development. Boston, MA.
Quas, J. A., Wallin, A. R., & Germo, G. (2007, March). Physiologic responses, narrative cohesion, and
children's memory for mildly arousing stories. Paper presented at the biennial meetings of the
Society for Research in Child Development. Boston, MA.
*Wallin, A. R., Quas, J. A., & Lyon, T. D. (2007, March). Maltreated children’s experiences in court:
Distress and understanding. Paper presented at the biennial meetings of the Society for Research
in Child Development. Boston, MA.
*Malloy, L.C., & Quas, J.A. (2007, March). Taking a closer look at the consequence of repeated
interviews on child witnesses. Paper presented at the Off the Witness Stand: Psychology in the
Practice of Justice conference, New York, NY.
Quas, J. A., & Wallin, A. (2006, April). Physiologic responses and children’s encoding and retrieval of
memories of an emotional event. Paper presented at the Emory Cognition Project Conference:
Stress and memory in development, Atlanta, GA.
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*Malloy, L., Lyon, T. D., & Quas, J. A. (2006, March). Recantation reversals in a sample of
substantiated child sexual abuse cases. Symposium paper presented at the Annual Conference of
the American Psychology-Law Society, Tampa FL.
Goodman, G. S., Ghetti, S., Quas, J. A., Edelstein, R., & Alexander, K. (2005, May). Subjective and
objective forgetting of doumented child sexual abuse. Symposium paper presented at the
American Psychological Society Annual Convention, Los Angeles, CA.
*Malloy, L.C., Lyon, T.D., Quas, J.A., Forman, J. (2005, May). Factors affecting children’s sexual abuse
disclosure patterns in a social services sample. Symposium paper presented at the annual
meeting of the American Psychological Society, Los Angeles, CA.
*Carrick, N., Malloy, L., Quas, J. A., & Levine, L. (2005, April). Young children's memory for images
depicting discrete emotions. Symposium paper presented at the biennial meetings of the Society
for Research in Child Development, Atlanta, GA.
*Carrick, N., Quas, J. A., & Lyon, T.D. (2005, April). Maltreated and nonmaltreated children's
understanding of reality and fantasy. Poster presented at the biennial meetings of the Society for
Research in Child Development, Atlanta.
*Davis, E., Wallin, A., Lyon, T. D., Horwitz, B., & Quas, J. A. (2005, April). Maltreated and
nonmaltreated children’s knowledge of the legal system. GA. Symposium paper presented at the
biennial meetings of the Society for Research in Child Development, Atlanta, GA.
*Malloy, L.C., Lyon, T.D., Quas, J.A., & Forman, J. (2005, March). Denial and recantation of sexual
abuse in a social services sample. Symposium paper presented at the Annual Conference of the
American Psychology-Law Society, La Jolla, CA.
Lyon, T.D., Malloy, L.C., Talwar, V., & Quas, J.A. (2005, March). Detecting maltreated children’s false
reports with truth induction. Symposium paper presented at the Annual Conference of the
American Psychology-Law Society, La Jolla, CA.
Quas, J.A., Horwitz, B., Wallin, A., Davis, E., & Lyon, T. D. (2005, March). Maltreated and
nonmaltreated children’s knowledge of the legal system. Paper presented at the Annual
Conference of the American Psychology-Law Society, San Diego, CA.
Goodman, G. S., & Quas, J. A. (2004, July). Parental attachment and child memory for distressing
events. American Psychological Association Convention. Honolulu, Hawaii.
Cordon, I., Quas, J., Ghetti, S., Edelstein, R., Alexander, K., Redlich, A., & Goodman, G. S. (2004, July).
Revictimization in child sexual abuse victims. American Psychological Society. Chicago, IL.
Lyon, T.D., Malloy, L., Talwar, V., Quas, J.A. (2004, March). Truth induction: Reducing maltreated
children’s lies and secrets. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the American
Psychology-Law Society, Scottsdale, AZ.
*Malloy, L. C., Quas, J.A., Melinder, A., D’Mello, M., Goodman, G.S. (2004, March). The effects of
repeated interviewing and leading instructions on young children’s event reports. Paper
presented at the Annual Conference of the American Psychology-Law Society, Scottsdale, AZ.
Redlich, A. D., Ghetti, S. , & Quas, J. (2004, March). Mothers and witnesses in the interrogation room:
Likelihood of obtaining true and false confessions from children. Paper presented at the Annual
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Conference of the American Psychology-Law Society, Scottsdale, AZ.
*Carrick, N., & Quas, J. (2003, October). Children’s memory for a mild stressor. Poster session
presented at the annual meeting of the Cognitive Development Society, Salt Lake City, UT.
Quas, J. A. (2003, October). Stress, social Support, and memory in young children. Paper presented at the
biennial conference of the Cognitive Development Society, Park City, Utah.
Lyon, T. D. S., Quas, J. A., & Malloy, L. (2003, August). Truth induction in young maltreated children.
Paper presented at the Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, Toronto.
Quas, J. A., Alexander, K., Ghetti, S., Goodman, G. S., Edelstein, R., Redlich, A., & Cordon, I. (2003,
August). Traumatization, post-traumatic stress disorder, and memory for child sexual abuse.
Paper presented at the Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, Toronto.
Redlich, A. D., Quas, J. A., Ghetti, S., & Agama, M. (2003, July). Perceptions of child suspects versus
child victims during a police interview. Paper presented at the joint European Association of
Psychology and the Law and the American Psychology-Law Society, Edinburgh, Scotland.
*Lench, H., Quas, J. A., & Beck, B. (2003, April). The influence of coping on child memory and
suggestibility. Paper presented at the Biennial Convention of the Society for Research in Child
Development, Tampa, FL.
Alexander, K., Goodman, G. S., Quas, J. A., Ghetti, S., Edelstein, R., Redlich, A., Cordon, I., & Jones, D.
P. H. (2002, September). Long-term memory for child sexual abuse and legal experiences. Paper
presented at the European Conference on Psychology and Law, Leuven, Belgium.
Quas, J. A., Kromer, M., Clarke-Stewart, A., & Thompson, W. (2002, March). Jurors’ perceptions of
children’s eyewitness capabilities: Implications for expert witnesses. Paper presented at the
biennial Convention of the American Psychology and Law Society, Austin, Texas.
Redlich, A. D., Quas, J. A., Tupaz, K. (2002, March). Perceptions of child suspects during a police
interrogation. Paper presented at the American Psychology-Law Society Conference, Austin, TX.
Ghetti, S., Goodman, G. S., Quas, J. A., Alexander, K. W., Edelstein, R. S., Redlich, R. D., & Cordon, I.
M. (2001, August). Long-term memory of documented child sexual abuse. Paper presented at the
European Conference of Developmental Psychology, Uppsala, Sweden.
Quas, J. A., Goodman, G. S., Redlich, A. R., & Ghetti, S. (2001, April). Long-term memory for testifying
in criminal court. Paper presented at the biennial meetings of the Society for Research in Child
Development, Minneapolis, MN.
Quas, J. A., Bauer, A., Ewig, M., & Boyce, W. T. (2001, April). Emotional reactivity and social support:
Joint predictors of memory and suggestibility in early childhood. Paper presented at the biennial
meetings of the Society for Research in Child Development, Minneapolis, MN.
*Edelstein, R. Alexander, K., Schaaf, J., Goodman, G. S., Shaver, P.R., & Quas, J. (2001, February).
Parental attachment style and children’s reactions to a stressful event. Paper presented at the
Society for Personality and Social Psychology Annual Conference. San Antonio, Texas.
Ghetti, S., Goodman, G. S., Quas, J. A., Redlich, A., Alexander, K., Edelstein, R., Cordon, I., & Jones, D.
P. H. (2000, October). Sistema giudiziario e Child sexual abusePercezioni anni dopo il
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coinvolgimento. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Italian Psychology-Law
Society, Milan, Italy.
Qin, J., Goodman, G. S., Myers, J. E. B., Orcutt, H., Quas, J., & Redlich, A. (2000, July). Children's
deception and jurors' detection. Paper presented at the Meetings of the International Society for
the Study of Behavioral Development, Beijing, China.
Ghetti, S., Goodman, G.S., Quas, J.A., Alexander, K. W., Edelstein, R.S., Redlich, A.D., & Cordon, I.M.
(2000, June). Children in the legal system: Memories and experiences. Paper presented at the
American Psychological Society Annual Conference, Miami, FL.
Alexander, K.W., Goodman, G.S., Schaaf, J.M., Edelstein, R.S., Quas, J.A., & Shaver, P.R. (2000,
March). Individual differences in children’s memory and suggestibility for a stressful event. Paper
presented at the American Psychology-Law Society Biennial Conference, New Orleans, LA.
*Edelstein, R., Quas, J. A., Ghetti, S., Redlich, A. Goodman, G. S., & Alexander, K. (2000, March).
Remembering, disclosing, and discussing sexual abuse and legal experience. Paper presented at
the biennial Convention of the American Psychology and Law Society, New Orleans, LA.
Ghetti, S., Goodman, G., Quas, J.A., Redlich, A., Alexander, K., & Edelstein, R. (2000, March). Child
abuse victims' experiences and perceptions of the legal system years after legal involvement.
Paper presented at the biennial Convention of the American Psychology and Law Society,
New Orleans, LA.
Qin, J., Goodman, G. S., Myers, J. E. B., Orcutt, H., Redlich, A., & Quas, J. A. (2000, March). Children's
deception and jurors' deception detection. Paper presented at the American Psychology-Law
Society Conference, New Orleans, LA.
Quas, J. A., Eisen M., & Rivers, V. (2000, March). The influence of social support on maltreated
children’s memory and suggestibility. Paper presented at the biennial Convention of the
American Psychology and Law Society, New Orleans, LA.
POST 2000 CHAIRED SYMPOSIA (pre 2000 available upon request)
*Cleveland, K.C., & Quas, J.A, (2013, April). Emotions, valence, and false memories: Mechanisms and
consequences. Symposium conducted at the biennial meetings of the Society for Research in
Child Development. Seattle, WA.
*Rush, E., & Quas, J. A. (2012, March). Eliciting accurate reports from suspected victims. Symposium
conducted at the Annual Conference of the American Psychology-Law Society, San Juan Puerto
Rico.
*Malloy, L.C., & Quas, J. A. (2005, March). Disclosing child abuse: Insight from forensic and courtroom
settings. Symposium conducted at the Annual Conference of the American Psychology-Law
Society, La Jolla, CA.
Ghetti, S., & Quas, J. (2004, March). The next step in forensic interviewing. Symposium conducted at the
Annual Conference of the American Psychology-Law Society, Scottsdale, AZ.
Fivush, R., & Quas, J. A. (2003, October). New directions in research on stress and memory. Symposium
conducted at the biennial conference of the Cognitive Development Society, Park City, Utah.
*Lench, H., & Quas, J. A. (2003, April). Emotion regulation and reactivity: Predictors of negative
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outcomes in childhood and adolescence. Symposium conducted at the Biennial Convention of
the Society for Research in Child Development, Tampa, Fl.
Melinder, A., & Quas, J. A. (2002, September), Child witnesses. Symposium conducted at the European
Psychology and Law Association, Leuven, Belgium.
Bottoms, B., & Quas, J. (2002, August). Cutting edge research in child maltreatment and treatment. Symposium
conducted at the Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, Chicago, Il.
Alexander, K. W., & Quas, J. A. (2001, April). Stress and trauma: Short- and long-term mnemonic
consequences. Symposium conducted at the biennial meetings of the Society for Research in
Child Development, Minneapolis, MN.
Quas, J. A., & Bottoms, B. L. (2001, August). Linking juvenile delinquency and child maltreatment:
Causes, correlates, and consequences. Invited symposium conducted at the American
Psychological Association Annual Convention, San Francisco, CA.
Goodman, G., Quas, J., & Ghetti, S. (2000, March), Children's experiences in the legal system: Legal
practice and consequences. Symposium conducted at the biennial Convention of the American
Psychology and Law Society, New Orleans, LA.
Roberts, K., & Quas, J. A. (2000, March). Evaluations of strategies to improve the completeness and
accuracy of children’s eyewitness accounts. Symposium conducted at the biennial convention of
the American Psychology and Law Society, New Orleans, LA.
* = Graduate student or postdoctoral fellow lead author
ASSOCIATION MEMBERSHIPS
Member, American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children
Member and Fellow, American Psychological Association (Divisions 7, 37, and 41)
Member and Fellow, Association for Psychological Science
Member, Cognitive Development Society
Member, Society for Research in Child Development
TEACHING
Courses
Undergraduate Courses
Introductory Psychology
Lifespan Developmental Psychology
Psychology and Law
Developmental Psychology
Other Pedagogical Activities
Graduate Seminars
Principles of Human Development
Developmental Psychology and the Law
Memory Development
Psychology and the Law
Child Development
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2012-13
Faculty sponsor for Dissertation Fellowship from the National Science Foundation to
doctoral advisee
2012
American Psychological Association, Invited address: “Networking for graduate
students and postdoctoral fellows”
2009, 2010, 2012 Summer Undergraduate Research Program Sponsor and Guest Speaker
2008, 2009, 2010 Summer Academic Enrichment Program, guest speaker.
2007-08
Faculty sponsor for Doctoral Level National Research Service Award (NRSA)
from the National Institute of Health to doctoral advisee
2007-08
Faculty sponsor for Dissertation Fellowship from the National Science Foundation to
doctoral advisee
2005-06
Faculty sponsor for Dissertation Fellowship from the Fred Rogers Memorial
Foundation to doctoral advisee
2005-2012
Served as primary advisor for 8 doctoral students
2002-2012
Served as a primary advisor (12) or committee member (14) for Masters Thesis
2000-2012
Served as academic mentor for 42 undergraduate honors, independent research
experience, or McNair program students
SERVICE
Professional Academic
Program Chair, Section on Child Maltreatment of Division 37 of the APA (2001, 2002)
Treasurer, Section on Child Maltreatment of Division 37 of the APA (2003-2006)
Member-at-Large, Division 37 of the APA (2003-2005)
Conference Submission Reviewer, Society for Research in Child Development (2003, 2005,
2007)
Conference Submission Reviewer, American Psychology-Law Society (2003, 2004, 2005)
Conference Submission Reviewer, APA Annual Convention, Division 37 Submissions (2004,
2005, 2006), Division 41 Submissions (2004)
Member, Book Award Committee for the American Psychology-Law Society (2005-2007)
Program Co-Chair for the APA Annual Convention, Division 7 (2008)
Program Chair for the APA Annual Convention, Division 7 (2009)
Member at Large, Division 7 (2012-2015)
Selected Professional Training and Community Service (other news reports available upon request)
California Public Defenders Association, Continuing Education Training (2013, January)
Canadian Society for the Investigation of Child Maltreatment Continuing Education Presenter
(2013)
PBS Orange County, Real Orange Interview: OC children in foster care (2012, September)
Canadian Society for the Investigation of Child Maltreatment Continuing Education Presenter
(2012)
Advisory Panel and Program Evaluation Consultant, “Girls’ Court” Orange County Juvenile
Court, Dependency Division (2008-2010)
Continuing Education Training, Psychological Evaluators for Orange County Court (2009)
NBC News: Interview on Samantha Smart’s Testimony Performance in Court (2009, October)
Program Evaluation Consultant, Orange County Court, Juvenile Division, Girls’ Court (2009)
American Academy of Forensic Psychologists Continuing Education Workshop Presenter
(2007, 2008, 2010)
Canadian Society for the Investigation of Child Maltreatment Annual Conference Presenter
(2008)
California Department of Social Services, Staff Council Presentation (2006)
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Editorial Board Member
Child Maltreatment, Journal of Applied Cognitive Psychology, Journal of Social Issues, Law and
Human Behavior, Perspectives in Child Development
Ad-Hoc Reviewer
Journals: Applied Developmental Science, Child Development, Child Maltreatment, Development and
Psychopathology, Developmental Psychology, Developmental Review, Journal of Cognition and
Development, Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, Journal of Experimental Psychology:
Applied, Memory, Psychological Science, Psychoneuroendocrinology
Funding Agencies: National Institute of Health, National Science Foundation, Canadian Social
Science Research Council, Netherlands Research Council, Center for Disease Control
University
Graduate Curriculum Committee (2003-present; committee chair 2008)
Graduate Admissions Committee (2001, 2002)
Curriculum Committee (2003-present)
Postdoctoral Candidate Selection Committee (2004)
Graduate Advisor (2006-present)
Chair Transition Team (2009)
Space Committee (2008-2009)
Advisory Committee Member, Center for Women and Men (2002-2005)
Academic Senate Representative from the School of Social Ecology (2003-2004)
Irvine Representative to the University of California System wide Assembly (2005-2007)
Graduate Studies Office Graduate Fellowship Selection Committee (Fletcher Jones,
SURF) (2008, 2009)
Center for Unconventional Security Affairs Advisory Committee (2009-present)
School of Nursing Faculty Search Committee (2009-2010)
School of Social Ecology Faculty Chair (2011-2013)
School of Social Ecology Equity Advisor (2012-2014)