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James Michael Lampinen, Ph.D. is a Distinguished Professor of Psychological Science at the University of Arkansas. His research explores eyewitness identification, false memories, dual process models, and prospective person memory. He has published over 90 works and co-authored Memory 101.

Jeffrey S. Neuschatz, Ph.D. is Core Faculty at Fielding Graduate University and Professor of Psychology. His research centers on eyewitness memory, lineup procedures, secondary confessions, and jury decision-making, with major contributions on showup reliability and jailhouse informants. He has published 65 works and co-authored Jailhouse Informants: Psychological and Legal Perspectives.

Stacy A. Wetmore, Ph.D. is Associate Professor of Psychology at Butler University. Her research examines cognitive psychology in legal contexts, with a focus on wrongful convictions, eyewitness memory, informant reliability, and jury decision-making. She earned her Ph.D. at the University of Oklahoma and has published more than 35 scholarly articles and chapters.

William Blake Erickson, Ph.D. is Associate Professor of Psychology at Texas A&M University–San Antonio. His research applies face recognition to law enforcement and national security, focusing on eyewitness memory, forensic imaging, and older witnesses. He also writes for the Popular Culture Psychology series, analyzing franchises such as Star Trek, Handmaid’s Tale, and Stranger Things.