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Meredith Allison

Associate Professor - Psychology
Long 204A
2337 Campus Box
Elon, NC 27244
mallison5@elon.edu (336) 278-5123

Professional Expertise

Psychology and law

Education

Ph.D. University of Victoria, Canada

M. A. University of Victoria, Canada

B. A. H. Queen's University, Canada

Courses Taught

Nonexperimental Research Methods and Statistics

Social Psychology

Psychology and Law

Criminal Behavior

Introduction to Psychology

 

Research

I study several areas of psychology and law, including eyewitness testimony, the believability of alibis, people's knowledge of crime and punishment, stereotypes of criminals and victims, and investigative interviewing. I also study interpersonal communication (e.g., discourse analysis, gestures).

Publications

 

Allison, M., Jung, S., Sweeney, L., & Culhane, S. E. (in press). The impact of illegal alibi activities, corroborator involvement, and corroborator certainty on mock juror perceptions. Psychiatry, Psychology and Law.

Allison, M. & Brimacombe, C. A. E. (in press). A credible crime report? Communication and perceived credibility of elderly eyewitnesses. In M. P. Toglia, D. F. Ross, J. Pozzulo, & E. Pica (Eds.). The Elderly Eyewitness in Court. New York: Routledge, Taylor & Francis.

Jung, S., Allison, M., Bohn, L. (2013). Legal decision-making on crimes involving an alibi. Applied Psychology in Criminal Justice, 9, 45-58.

Overman, A. A., Wiseman, K. D., Allison, M., & Stephens, J.D.W. (2013). Age differences and schema effects in memory for crime information. Experimental Aging Research, 39, 215-234.

Allison, M., Mathews, K.R., & Michael, S.W. (2012).  Alibi believability: The impact of salacious alibi activities. Social Behavior and Personality: An International Journal, 40, 605-612.

Gerwing, J. & Allison, M. (2011). The flexible semantic integration of gestures and words: Comparing face-to-face and telephone dialogues. Gesture, 3, 308-329.

Allison, M., Michael, S.W., Mathews, K.R., & Overman, A.A. (2011). Brief report: The narrative qualities and perceptions of generated alibis. North American Journal of Psychology 13, 359-366.

MacLean, C., Brimacombe, C. A. E., Allison, M., Dahl, L., & Kadlec, H. (2011). Post-identification feedback effects: Investigators and evaluators. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 25, 739-752. doi: 10.1002/acp.1745.

Bavelas, J. B., Gerwing, J., Allison, M., & Sutton, C. (2011). Dyadic evidence for grounding with abstract deictic gestures. In Integrating Gestures: The Interdisciplinary nature of Gesture. G. Stam & M. Ishino (eds.). Philadelphia: Benjamins (pp. 49-60).

Allison, M., & Brimacombe, C. A. E. (2010). Alibi believability: The effect of prior convictions and judicial instructions. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 40, 1054-1084. doi:10.1111/j.1559-1816.2010.00610.x

Gerwing, J.,& Allison, M. (2009). The relationship between verbal and gestural contributions in conversation: A comparison of three methods. Gesture, 9, 312-336. doi 10.1075/gest.9.3.03ger

Allison, M., & Lindsay, R. C. L. (2006). Age-related expectations of child witness credibility. Modern Psychological Studies, 11, 37-48.

Allison, M., Brimacombe, C. A. E., Hunter, M. A., & Kadlec, H. (2006). Young and older adult eyewitnesses’ use of narrative features in testimony. Discourse Processes, 41, 289-314. doi: 10.1207/s15326950dp4103_3

Brimacombe, C. A. E., Jung, S., Garrioch, L., & Allison, M. (2003). Perceptions of older adult eyewitnesses: Will you believe me when I’m 64? Law and Human Behavior, 27, 507-522. doi: 10.1023/A:1025486006769

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