CURRICULUM VITAE
Heather M. Kleider-Offutt, PhD.
Associate Professor
Chair Cognitive Sciences
Department of Psychology
Georgia State University
[email protected]
(404) 413-6280
EDUCATION
2001
Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology, Arizona State University, Tempe
Major: Cognitive Psychology
1997
Master of Psychology, Arizona State University, Tempe
1995
Bachelor of Arts, in Psychology, Arizona State University, Tempe
1985
Bachelor or Science in Business, University of Arizona, Tucson
PROFESSIONAL CREDENTIALS
2012-present Chair, Cognitive Sciences program, Georgia State University
2010-present Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Georgia State University
Cognitive Sciences program
2004-2009
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Georgia State University
Cognitive Sciences program
2008-present Associate Member, Georgia State University’s Neuroscience Institute
2008-present Affiliate Member, Georgia State University’s Partnership for Urban Health
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2010-present Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Georgia State University
2004-2009
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Georgia State University
1999-2000
Course Instructor, Arizona State University
BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
2004-present
Volunteer Advisor and Expert Witness for The Georgia Innocence Project; An
organization that works to free prisoners who were falsely incarcerated based on
eyewitness testimony.
PUBLICATIONS
Kleider-Offutt, H.M., Cavrak, S.E., & Knuycky, L.R. (in press). “Do police officers' beliefs
about emotional witnesses influence the questions they ask?".Applied Cognitive Psychology.
Cavrak, S.E.& Kleider-Offutt, H.M., (2014). Pictures are worth a thousand words and a moral
decision or two: Religious symbols prime moral judgments. International Journal for the
Psychology of Religion.
Knuycky, L.R., Kleider, H.M., & Cavrak, S.E., (2014). Lineup Misidentifications:
When Being “Prototypically Black” is Perceived as Criminal. Applied Cognitive Psychology.
Kleider, H.M., Cavrak, S. E., & Knuycky, L. R. (2012). Looking like a criminal:
Stereotypical Black facial features promote face categorization error. Memory & Cognition.
Kleider, H.M., Knuycky, L. R., & Cavrak, S. E. (2012). Deciding the fate of others: The
cognitive underpinnings of racially biased juror-decision-making. The Journal of General
Psychology.
Kleider, H.M., Parrott, D.J. & King, T. Z. (2010). Shooting behavior: How working memory,
arousal and affect influence police officer shoot decisions. Applied Cognitive Psychology.
Kleider, H.M. & Parrott, D. J. (2009). Aggressive shooting behavior: How working memory and
threat influence shoot decisions. Journal of Research in Personality.
Flemming, T.M., Beran, M.J., Thompson, R.K., Kleider, H. M. & Washburn, D.A.(2008).
“What meaning means for same and different: Analogical reasoning in humans,
chimpanzees and Rhesus monkeys”. Journal of comparative Psychology, 2, 176-185.
Kleider, H.M., Goldinger, S.D. & Knuycky, L. (2008). “Stereotypes Influence False Memory for
Imagined Events”. Memory, 16, 91-114.
Kleider, H.M., Pezdek, K., Goldinger, S. D. & Kirk, A. (2008). Schema-Driven source
misattributions errors: Remembering the expected from a witnessed event. Applied
Cognitive Psychology, 22, 1-20.
Kleider, H.M., & Goldinger, S.D. (2006). “The Generation and Resemblance Heuristics in Face
Recognition: Cooperation and Competition”. Journal of Experimental Psychology:
Learning, Memory & Cognition, 32, 259-276.
Kleider, H.M., & Goldinger, S.D. (2004). Illusions of face memory: Clarity breeds
familiarity. Journal of Memory and Language, 50, 196-211.
Goldinger, S.D., Kleider, H.M., Azuma, T., & Beike, D. (2003). "Blaming the victim" under
memory load. Psychological Science, 14, 1, 81-85.
Goldinger, S.D., Azuma, T., Kleider, H.M., & Holmes, V. (2002). Font-specific memory:
More than meets the eye? In J. Bowers & C. Marsolek (Eds.), Rethinking Implicit
Memory. Oxford University Press. pp. 157-196.
Kleider, H.M., & Goldinger, S.D. (2001). Stereotyping ricochet: Complex effects of racial
distinctiveness on identification accuracy. Law and Human Behavior, 25, 6, 605-627.
Goldinger, S.D., Kleider, H.M., & Shelley, E. (1999). The marriage of perception and memory:
Creating two-way illusions with words and voices. Memory & Cognition, 27, 328-338.
Manuscripts under review
Kleider-Offutt, H.M., Knuycky, L. R., & King, T. Z. (under review). Difficulty with
Remembering Crime: The Impact of Negative Valence and Arousal on Accurate Event
Memory. Memory.
Kleider, H.M., King, T. Z., Revill, K. P. & Hegerty, S.E (in prep). My brain told me, it must be
true? The neural underpinnings of falsely remembering imagined events. Learning &
Memory.
IV. PROFESSIONAL PRESENTAIONS & STUDENT CONFERENCES
Kleider-Offutt, H. M., & Hegerty, S.A. (2014). Are Emotionally Aroused Witnesses Better
Witnesses? Annual Meeting of the Psychonomics Society, Long Beach, CA.
Clevinger, A. M., Hegerty, S. E. A., Kleider, H. M. (2014, March). The Relationship among
Working Memory, Emotional Arousal, and Reading Comprehension. Annual Meeting of the
Southeastern Psychological Association, Nashville, TN.
Bassett, A., Ray, S., Hegerty, S.E.A., & Offutt, H., (2014, April). The differences between true
and false memories in the brain. Annual meeting of the Georgia State Undergraduate
Research Conference, Atlanta, GA.
Ray, S., Hegerty, S.E.A. & Kleider-Offutt, H., (2014, October). Texas vs. Georgia: An
investigation of stereotypes and prejudice attitudes. Annual meeting of the Georgia State
Psychology Undergraduate Research Conference, Atlanta, GA.
Kleider, H. M., & King, T. Z. & K. Revill (2013). Vivid imagining of false events leads to false
memories: Comparisons of neural activity show differences in rejection and acceptance of
imagined events. Annual Meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society, Hawaii.
Clevinger, A. & Kleider, H. M. (2013). The effects of working memory and emotional arousal
on reading comprehension. Psychonomic Society Annual Meeting, Toronto, CA.
Cavrak, S. & Kleider, H. M. (2013). Moral decisions: Religious beliefs override logic when
cognitive capacity is reduced. Psychonomic Society Annual Meeting, Toronto, CA.
Hegerty, S. E. A., Knuycky, L. R., Kleider, H. M., & King, T. Z. (2013). Arousal Reduces
Memory Accuracy Only for Negatively Valenced Events. Annual Meeting of the
Southeastern Psychological Association, Atlanta, GA.
King, F. M., Bassett, A. L., Clevinger, A. M., & Kleider, H. M. (2013). The Effects of
Cognitive Load on Working Memory while Reading. Poster presented at the Psychology
Undergraduate Research Conference (PURC), Georgia State University, Atlanta,
Georgia.
Theodore, R. & Kleider, H. M. (2013). Stereotypical Black faces are most representative of the
category ‘Black’. Georgia State University Undergraduate Research Conference.
Kleider, H.M., Knuycky, L. R., & Anastasi, J. (2012). Racial influences on death penalty
decisions by region. Annual Meeting of the Psychology and Law Society, Puerto Rico.
Cavrak, S.E., Kleider, H.M., & Washburn, D.A. (2012). Priming an Implicit Religious Network
Using Religious Symbols. Psychonomic Society Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN.
Booker,B., Knuycky, L. R., & Kleider, H.M. (2012). Why the prototypical Black guy is the more
likely targe of misidentifications. Psychology Undergraduate Research Conference (PURC),
Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
Theodore, R.A., Cavrak, S.E., & Kleider, H.M. (2012). Recognition versus recall? The negative
influence of arousal on eyewitness memory. Psychology Undergraduate Research
Conference (PURC), Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
Adams, S. E., Knuycky, L. R, Kleider, H. M., & King, T. Z. (2011). Valance of event stimuli
differentially affects memory for central and peripheral items under conditions of high
arousal. Annual Meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society, Boston, MA.
Adams, S. E., Knuycky, L. R, Kleider, H. M., & King, T. Z. (2011). Valance of event stimuli
differentially affects memory for central and peripheral items under conditions of high
arousal. Annual Meeting of the Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference, Atlanta,
GA.
Austin, E. L., Knuycky, L. R., & Kleider, H. M. (2011). Bias against Blacks: The effect of racial
prejudice and cognitive availability on mock-juror decision making. Annual Meeting of the
Colonial Academic Alliance Undergraduate Research Conference, Long Island, NY.
Austin, E. L., Knuycky, L. R., & Kleider, H. M. (2011). Bias against Blacks: The effect of racial
prejudice and cognitive availability on mock-juror decision making. Annual Meeting of the
Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference, Atlanta, GA.
*Bond, A.D., Cavrak, S.E., & Kleider, H.M. (2011). Recognition and recategorization of
stereotypical faces. Psychology Undergraduate Research Conference (PURC), Georgia State
University, Atlanta, GA. (1st place Diversity award).
Cavrak, S. E., Knuycky, L. R., & Kleider, H. M. (2011). Linking religion and moral judgments
through access to cognitive resources. Annual Meeting of the Psychonomics Society, Seattle,
WA.
Cavrak, S.E., & Kleider, H.M. (2011). “Loading” up on emotions: Cognitive interference and
moral judgment. Southeastern Psychological Association (SEPA), Convention, Jacksonville,
FL.
Kleider, H. M., Knuycky, L. R., King, T. Z., & Pearman, A. (2011). Event valence affects false
alarm rate for event actions when witnesses are highly aroused: Witness age is not a factor.
Annual Meeting of the American Psychology Law Society, Miami, FL.
Knuycky, L. R, Kleider, H. M., & King, T. Z. (2011). Event valance affects false alarm rate for
never before seen actions under conditions of high arousal. Annual Meeting of the
International Neuropsychological Society, Boston, MA.
Knuycky, L. R., Kleider, H. M., & Cavrak, S. E. (2011). The cross race effect: The influence of
stereotypicality on memory errors. Annual Meeting of the Psychonomics Society, Seattle,
WA.
Kleider , H. M., (2010). The cognitive cost of emotion-based memories. Annual Meeting of the
Southern Society of Philosophy and Psychology. Atlanta, GA.- session chair
Ambarus, P., & Knuycky, L., Kleider, H. M (2010). Confident misidentifications: The influence
of stereotypicality on eyewitness lineup decisions. Annual Meeting of the Georgia State
Undergraduate Research Conference, Atlanta, GA.
Knuycky, L. & Kleider, H. M. (2010). The cross-race effect: The influence of stereotypicality on
face recognition. Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Psychological Association,
Chattanooga, TN.
Cavrak, S. E. & Kleider, H. M. (2010). The Malleability of Moral Judgment: The Effects of
Information Focus and Cognitive Ability. Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology,
Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA.
Cavrak, S. E. & Kleider, H. M. (2010). The Malleability of Moral Judgment: The Effects of
Information Focus and Cognitive Ability. Hard Data Café Seminar Series, Georgia State
University, Atlanta, GA.
Austin, E., Cavrak, S.E., & Kleider, H.M. (2010). The effect of emotional arousal and cognitive
ability on change detection. Psychology Undergraduate Research Conference (PURC),
Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA.
Cavrak, S. E., & Kleider, H. M. (2010). Emotions speak louder than words: The impact of
cognitive ability on moral judgment. Georgia Psychological Association, Annual Meeting,
Marietta, GA.
Cavrak, S. E. & Kleider, H. M. (2010). Religion and moral decisions: Peering at the moral
judgment process through a cognitive lens. Mid-Year Conference on Religion and
Spirituality, Columbia, MD.
Latu, I.M. & Kleider, H.M. (January, 2010) Racial bias reduction in the shooting task: The
effects of counterstereotypes and mood. Poster accepted for the annual meeting of the
Society of Personality and Social Psychology, Las Vegas, NV.
Kleider, H. M & Parrott, D. J. (2009). Shooting Behavior: How Working Memory, Arousal and
Affect Influence Police Officer Shoot Decisions. Annual Meeting of the Psychology and Law
Society, SanAntonio, TX.
Knyucky, L.& Kleider, H. M.(2009). The effects of racial stereotypes on face recognition and
lineup identification: Does processing style matter? Annual Meeting of the Psychology and
Law Society, SanAntonio, TX.
Latu, I. & Kleidier, H. M. (2009). The influence of positive thinking on shoot decisions. Society
for Southeastern Psychological Association (SEPA)* Award winner
Cavrak, S. & Kleider, H. M. (2009). Crime scene typicality: Shifting attention and the criminal
stereotype. Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology. * Award winner
King C., Anderson, A., Cavrak, S. & Kleider, H. M. (2009). Crime scene typicality: Shifting
attention and the criminal stereotype. Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference
(GSURC)
Kleider, H. M. & Knyucky L. (2008). Misremembering murderers. Annual Meeting of the
Psychonomics Society, Chicago, IL.
Kleider, H. M. & Knyucky L. (2007). The influence of Operation Span on aggressive shooting
behavior. Annual Meeting of the Psychonomics Society, Long Beach, CA.
Knyucky, L. & Kleider, H. M. (2007). The effect of Race on Guilty Verdicts: Order Matters.
Annual Meeting of the Psychonomics Society, Long Beach, CA.
Cavrak, S. & Kleider, H.M. (2007). The effect of race on crime scene memory. Annual
Meeting of the Psychology and Law Society, Jacksonville, FL.
Kleider, H. M. & Riddick, L. (2006). The Influence of Cognitive Load on Guilty Verdicts:
Operation Span Matters. Annual Meeting of the Psychonomics Society, Houston TX.
Kleider, H. M. (2006). The Effects on Individual Differences in Working Memory Capacity on
Jury Decision Making. Annual Meeting of the Psychology and Law Society, Fort Lauderdale,
FL.
Kleider, H. M. & Goldinger, S. D. (2005). Heuristic Influences on the False Recollection of
Imagined Events. Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Toronto, Canada.
Kleider, H. M. & Goldinger, S. D. (2005). Heuristic Influences on the False Recollection of
Imagined Events. Annual Meeting of the Psychology and Law Society, Long Beach, CA.
Kleider, H.M. (2004). Heuristic-Driven Memory Errors: Remembering the Expected from a
Witnessed Event. Annual Meeting of the American Psychology & Law Society, Scottsdale, AZ.
Kleider, H.M. (2003). The influence of stereotypes on eyewitness memory. Annual Meeting of
the Psychonomic Society, Vancouver, B.C.
Kleider, H.M. (2002). Stereotypes as vehicles for memory suggestion. Annual Meeting of the
Psychonomic Society, Kansas City.
Kleider, H.M., & Goldinger, S.D. (2000). Stereotyping ricochet: Effects of distinctiveness on
identification accuracy. Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, New Orleans.
EDITORIAL/REVIEW PROJECTS
Reviewer for Scholarly Journals
Cognition
Memory & Cognition
Law & Human Behavior
Psychonomics Bulletin & Review
Criminal Justice Review
Journal of General Psychology
Book Reviewer
2004
Introduction to Psychology, Wiley Publishers
2005
Introductory Psychology, McGraw-Hill Publishers
2005
Introductory Psychology, Thomson Wadsworth.
2007
Cognitive Psychology, McGraw-Hill Publishers.
2008
Cognitive Psychology, Thomson Wadsworth
2008
Cognitive Psychology, Wiley Publishers
Referee for Professional Organization
2014- Social Sciences and Humanities Grant reviewer- Canada
2012- Louisiana State University – external grant reviewer
2012- Southern Psychological Association – conference proposal reviewer
2010- National Science Foundation (LSS program), grant reviewer
2005 -present Psychology and Law Society, Division 41 (APA)
GRANTS AND INTERNAL FUNDING
Reality monitoring breakdown in psychosis transition. $370,000: Heather Kleider-Offutt PI,
Jessica Turner, Co-I. Under review NIMH. Submitted 2014.
Cognitive Overburden. $344,214 (GSU portion): Contract in collaboration with Purdue and
Georgia Institute of Technology. Submitted to Army Research Lab, under review: past the
first few review cuts. Heather Kleider-Offutt, Tom Reddick; Randy Engle consultant.
Submitted 2014.
Vivid imagining of false events leads to false memories: Comparisons of neural activity
show differences in rejection and acceptance of imagined events. $9,500: Heather Kleider PI,
King co-I. Brains and behavior seed grant 2013-2014.
The neural activation associated with false memories for imagined events. $572,000: Heather
Kleider PI, King co-I. Submitted NSF (2013). Not Funded.
The influence of event valance and arousal on memory retrieval in older and younger adults.
$150,000: Heather Kleider PI, King and Pearman co-Is. Re -Submitted NIH (2012). Not
funded.
PRL funds, Summer 2011, Title: “The influence of event valance and arousal on memory
retrieval in older adults”. $5,000: Heather Kleider PI, King and Pearman co-Is.
Research Initiation Grant, 6/2010-6/11 Title: “An Investigation of the neural underpinnings
of false memories for imagined events”. $10,000: Heather Kleider PI, Tricia King, co-I.
Center for Advanced Brain Imaging, Seed grant, Title: The neural underpinnings of false
memories: A comparison of witnessed and imagined event memories. $ 10,000. Heather
Kleider PI, Tricia King co-I.
Research Team Grant- 2009-2010, The influence of event valance and arousal on memory
retrieval in older and younger adults. $15,000: Heather Kleider PI, King and Pearman co-Is.
Mentor Grant, 6/2007 –6/2008, Title: “An Integrated Investigation of Aggression-Related
Shooting Behavior”. $11,000: Heather Kleider PI
Research Team Grant [RPE] – present, “Physiological Correlates of Human Behavior”.
$24,000 yearly: Tricia King PI.
SAGE Foundation Grant- (2009-2010), “Consider the situation: Reducing intergroup bias
through attribution training”: $ 83,000: PI Tracie Stewart, Consultant: Heather Kleider
Research Initiation Grant, 6/2006 –6/2007, Title: “Individual Differences in Shoot/Don’t
Shoot Decisions”. $10,000: Heather Kleider PI
NRSA (NIH) Post-Doctoral Grant, 2/02- 5/04 Proposal Title: "Stereotypes as vehicles for
memory influence" (NIH Grant Number F32-MH63521)
Graduate College Travel Grant, Arizona State University, November, 2000.
PROFESSIONAL AND HONOR ORGANIZATION ACTIVITIES
Psychonomics Society—full member
Southern Psychological Society
American Psychological Association
Psychology and Law Society – Division 41 of the APA
American Psychological Society
Associate Member, Georgia State University’s Neuroscience Institute
Partnership for Urban Health, Georgia State University