Jodi A. Quas

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Professor, Psychological Science
School of Social Ecology
B.S., Arizona State University, 1992, Psychology
B.S., Arizona State University, 1992, Communication
M.A., University of California, Davis, 1994, Psychology
Ph.D., University of California, Davis, 1998, Psychology
Phone: (949) 824-7693, 5574
Fax: (949) 824-3002
Email: jquas@uci.edu
University of California, Irvine
Psychology and Social Behavior
3367 Social Ecology Building II
Mail Code: 7085
Irvine, CA 92697
Research Interests
memory development, the effects of stress on memory, emotional reactivity in childhood, childrens' involvement in the legal system, childrens' eyewitness testimony
Research Abstract
Memory development in early childhood and children's involvement in the legal system. Specific interests include the effects of stress on children's memory; emotional regulation and physiological reactivity as predictors of children's coping with and memory for stressful events; interview strategies that facilitate and impede children's eyewitness abilities; jurors' perceptions of child witnesses; and consequences of legal involvement on child victims.
Publications
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Other Experience
MacArthur Postdoctoral Fellow
University of California, Berkeley 1998—2000
Last updated
07/28/2021