Education
Education
2008 Ph.D. Florida International University (Psychology)
2007 M.S. Florida International University (Psychology)
2004 B.A. University of Virginia (Cognitive Science & Economics)
Professional
Experience
2025-present: Full Professor, Department of Psychology, Florida International University; Legal Psychology Ph.D. Program Director
2019-2025: Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Florida International University; Legal Psychology Ph.D. Program Director
2013-2019: Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Florida International University
2011-2013: Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology & Counseling, University Texas at Tyler
2010-2011: Research Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Texas at El Paso
2008-2010: Post-Doctoral Fellow, Department of Psychology, University of Texas at El Paso
Publications
Sparacino, M., Evans, J.R., Sneyd, D., & Vallano, J.P. (2026). Quantity, accuracy, and precision: Comparing interviewee responses to Cognitive Interviews and structured interviews. Journal of Criminal Psychology, 16(1), 32–46, https://doi.org/10.1108/JCP-11-2024-0122https://doi.org/10.1108/JCP-11-2024-0122
Evans, J.R., Mindthoff, A., LaBat, D., Sparacino, M., Schreiber Compo, N., Polanco, K., & Hagsand A.V. (2025). The impact of alcohol intoxication and short-sighted decision-making in the interrogation room. Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition, 14(1), 62–73. https://doi.org/10.1037/mac0000173
Shaffer, S.A., Matuku, K., & Evans, J.R (2025). Repeated interrogations of sources of human intelligence using the Scharff technique. Journal of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism, 20(1), 128–145. https://doi.org/10.1080/18335330.2024.2407833
Goldfarb, D., Chae, H., Dawson, H.R., Evans, J.R., Fisher, R.P., Daneshbodi, A., & Meissner, C.A. (2024). Efficacy of memory protocols in 9- to 89-year-olds' memory for prior contacts. Scientific Reports, 14, 5775, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-55267-3
Peek, J., Carol, R. N., Evans, J.R., Arms-Chavez, C., & Tidwell, P. (2024). I helped the interviewer and I liked it: Rapport building and benevolence transfer. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 38(1). https://doi.org/10.1002/acp.4156
Meldrum, R.C., Mindthoff, A., Evans, J.R., & Piquero, A. R. (2024). Experimental evidence that alcohol intoxication diminishes the inhibitory effect of self-control on reactive aggression. Journal of Experimental Criminology, 20, 635–660. doi: 10.1007/s11292-022-09549-3
Deeb, H., Evans, J.R., & Vrij, A. (2023). Editorial: Contextualizing interviews to detect verbal cues to truths and deceit. Frontiers in Psychology, 14, doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1300160
LaBat, D.E., Goldfarb, D., Evans, J.R., Schreiber Compo, N., Koolmees, C.J., LaPorte., G., & Lothridge, K. (2023). A forensic science informational video can help mock jurors evaluate forensic expert testimony. Criminal Justice and Behavior. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1177/00938548231195112
LaBat, D.E., Goldfarb, D., Evans, J.R., Schreiber Compo, N., Koolmees, C.J., LaPorte., G., & Lothridge, K. (2023). Improving juror assessments of forensic testimony and its effects on decision-making and evidence evaluation. Law and Human Behavior. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1037/lhb0000539
Hagsand, A.V., Kelly, C., Mindthoff, A., Evans, J.R., Schreiber Compo, N., Karhu, J., & Huntley, R. (2023). The interrogator-suspect dynamic in custodial interrogations in Sweden: An application of the interrogation taxonomy framework. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, 64, 352-367. https://doi.org/10.1111/sjop.12889
Mattes, K., Popova, V., & Evans, J.R. (2023). Deception detections in politics: Can voters tell when politicians are lying? Political Behavior, 5, 395-418. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11109-021-09747-1
Wylie, K. & Evans, J.R. (2023). Investigating the utility of Cognitive Interview mnemonics among non-native English speakers. Psychology of Language and Communication, 27, 1, 226-255. doi: 10.58734/plc-2023-0012
Evans, J.R., Dawson, H.R., Chae, H., Goldfarb, D., Fisher, R.P., Dianiska, R., Daneshbodi, A. & Meissner, C.A. (2022). Enhancing the effectiveness of contact tracing interviews: A randomized controlled experiment of an enhanced cognitive interview protocol. American Journal of Infection Control, 50, 631-637. doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2021.12.015
Hagsand, A.V., Evans, J.R., Pettersson, D., & Schreiber Compo, N. (2022). A survey of police officers encounters with sober, alcohol- and drug-intoxicated suspects in Sweden. Psychology, Crime, & Law, 28, 523-544. doi: 10.1080/1068316X.2021.1929978
Hagsand, A.V., Pettersson, D., Evans, J.R., & Schreiber Compo, N. (2022). Police survey: Procedures and prevalence of intoxicated witnesses and victims in Sweden. European Journal of Psychology Applied to Legal Context, 14, 11-21. doi: 10.5093/ejpalc2022a3
Hagsand, A.V., Zajac, H., Lidell, L., Kelly, C.E., Schreiber Compo, N., & Evans, J. R. (2022). Police- suspect interactions and confession rates are affected by suspects’ alcohol and drug use status in low-stakes crime interrogations. Frontiers in Psychology, 13, 983362. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.983362
Hess K., Wolfs, A.C.F., Goldfarb, D., Evans, J.R., Hayes, T., Granitur, C., & McClaney, S. (2022). The influence of gender and other extralegal factors on student loan bankruptcy decisions. Psychology, Public Policy, & Law, 28, 137-150. doi: 10.1037/law0000338
Mindthoff, A., Evans, J.R., Wolfs, A., Polanco, K., Goldstein, N.E.S., & Schreiber Compo, N. (2022). Alcohol intoxication’s detrimental impact on facets of Miranda comprehension. Law and Human Behavior, 46, 264-276. doi: 10.1037/lhb0000490
Mindthoff, A., Evans, J.R., Schreiber Compo, N., Polanco, K., & Hagsand, A.V. (2021). No evidence that low levels of intoxication at both encoding and retrieval impact scores on the Gudjonsson Suggestibility Scale. Psychopharmacology, 238(6), 1633-1644. doi: 10.1007/s00213-021-05797-9
Evans, J.R., Shaffer, S.A., & Walsh, D. (2020). Interpreters in Investigative Interviewing Contexts. In R. Bull & I. Blandon-Gitlin (Eds.), Routledge International Handbook of Legal and Investigative Psychology (pp. 133-148). New York: Routledge.
Mindthoff, A., Evans, J.R., Perez, G., Woestehoff, S.A., Olaguez, A.P., Klemfuss, J.Z., Vallano, J.P., Woody, W.D., Normile, C.J., Scherr, K.C., Carlucci, M.E., Carol, R.N., Hayes, T., Meissner, C.A., Michael, S.W., Russano, M.B., & Stocks, E.L. (2020). Juror perceptions of intoxicated suspects' interrogation-related behaviors. Criminal Justice and Behavior, 47, 222-246. doi: 10.1177/0093854819888962
Evans, J.R., Schreiber Compo, N., Carol, R.N., Nichols-Lopez, K., Holness, H., & Furton, K.G. (2019). The impact of alcohol intoxication on witness suggestibility immediately and after a delay. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 33, 358-369. doi: 10.1002/acp.3502
Mindthoff, A., Hagsand, A. V., Schreiber Compo, N., & Evans, J. R. (2019). Does alcohol loosen the tongue? Intoxicated persons' willingness to report transgressions or criminal behavior carried out by themselves or others. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 33, 414-425. doi: 10.1002/acp.3480
Altman, C., Schreiber Compo, N., Hagsand, A.V., & Evans, J.R. (2019). State of intoxication: A review of the effects of alcohol on witnesses’ memory. In J. Dickinson, N. Schreiber Compo, R.N., Carol, M. McCauley & B. Schwartz (Eds.). Evidence-based investigative interviewing: Applying Cognitive Principles (pp. 74-92). New York: Routledge.
Mosser, A.E. & Evans, J.R. (2019). Increasing the number of contacts generated during contact tracing interviews. Memory, 27, 495-506. doi: 10.1080/09658211.2018.1529247
Mosser, A.E. & Evans, J.R. (2019). From the police station to the hospital bed: Using the Cognitive Interview to enhance epidemiologic interviewing. In J. Dickinson, N. Schreiber Compo, R.N., Carol, M. McCauley & B. Schwartz (Eds.). Evidence-based investigative interviewing: Applying Cognitive Principles (pp. 93-115). New York: Routledge.
McCarthy, R., Skowronski, J., Hoogesteyn, K., Verschuere, B., Meijer, E.H., Jim, A., …Evans, J.R.,… & Yıldız, E. (2018). Registered Replication Report: Srull & Wyer (1979). Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science, 1, 321-336. doi: 10.1177/2515245918777487
Mindthoff, A, Evans, J.R., Perez, G., Woestehoff, S.A., Olaguez, A.P., Klemfuss, J.Z., Normile, C.J., Scherr, K.C., Carlucci, M.E., Carol, R.N., Meissner, C.A., Michael, S.W., Russano, M.B., Stocks, E.L., Vallano, J.P., & Woody, W.D. (2018). Potential jurors’ perceptions of interrogations and confessions: Are jurors finally believing in false confessions? Psychology, Public Policy, & Law, 24, 430-448. doi: 10.1037/law0000182
Shaffer, S.A., & Evans, J.R. (2018). Interpreters in law enforcement contexts: Practices and preferences according to investigators. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 32, 150-162. doi: 10.1002/acp.3388
Verschuere, B., Meijer, E. H., Jim, A., McCarthy, R., Hoogesteyn, K., Skowronski, J., …Evans, J.R., … & Yıldız, E. (2018). Registered Replication Report: Mazar, N., Amir, O., & Ariely, D. (2008). Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science, 1, 299-317. doi: 10.1177/2515245918781032
Charman, S.D., Reyes, A., Villalba, D., & Evans, J.R. (2017) The (Un)reliability of Alibi Corroborators: Failure to Recognize Faces of Briefly Encountered Strangers Puts Innocent Suspects at Risk. Behavioral Sciences and the Law, 35, 18-36. doi: 10.1002/bsl.2264
Evans, J.R., Pimentel, P.S., Pena, M.M. & Michael, S.W. (2017). The ability to detect false statements as a function of the type of statement and the language proficiency of the statement provider. Psychology, Public Policy, & Law, 23, 290-300. doi: 10.1037/law0000127
Evans, J.R., Schreiber Compo, N., Carol, R.N., Schwartz, B.L., Holness, H., Rose, S., & Furton, K. G. (2017). Alcohol intoxication and metamemory: Little evidence that moderate intoxication impairs metacognitive monitoring processes. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 31, 573-585. doi: 10.1002/acp.3373
Schreiber Compo, N., Carol, R.N., Evans, J.R., Pimentel, P., Holness, H., Nichols-Lopez, K., Rose, S., & Furton, K.G. (2017). Witness memory and alcohol: The effects of state-dependent recall. Law & Human Behavior, 41, 202-215. doi: 10.1037/lhb0000224
Hagger, M. S., Chatzisarantis, N. L. D., Alberts, H., Anggono, C. O., Birt, A., Brand, R., … Evans, J.R., Fay, B.A., …., Mosser, A.E., …. Zweinenberg, M. (2016). A Multi-Lab Pre-Registered Replication of the Ego-Depletion Effect. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 11, 546-573. doi: 10.1177/1745691616652873
Vallano, J.P., Evans, J.R., Kieckhaefer, J.M., & Schreiber Compo, N. (2015). Rapport-building during witness and suspect interviews: A survey of law enforcement. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 29, 369-380. doi: 10.1002.acp.3115
Evans, J.R., Houston, K.A., Meissner, C.A., Ross, A.B., LaBianca, J.R., Woestehoff, S.A., & Kleinman, S.M. (2014). An empirical evaluation of intelligence-gathering interrogation techniques from the United States Army Field Manual. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 28, 867-875. doi: 10.1002/acp.3065
Evans, J.R., & Michael, S.W. (2014) Detecting deception in non-native English speakers. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 28, 226-237. doi: 10.1002/acp.2990
Houston, K. A., Meissner, C. A. & Evans, J.R. (2014). Psychological processes that distinguish true and false confessions. In R. Bull’s (Ed.), Investigative Interviewing (pp. 19-34). New York: Springer.
Kelly, C.E., Redlich, A.D., Evans, J.R., & Meissner, C.A. (2014). Meta-analysis of the interview and interrogation literature. In Gerben Bruinsma & David Weisburd (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Criminology and Criminal Justice. New York, NY: Springer.
Meissner, C.A., Redlich, A.D., Michael, S.W., Evans, J.R., Camilletti, C.R., Bhatt, S., & Brandon, S. (2014). Accusatorial and information-gathering methods and their effects of true and false confessions: A meta-analytic review. Journal of Experimental Criminology, 10, 459-486. doi: 10.1007/s11292-014-9207-6
Evans, J.R., Meissner, C.A., Ross, A.B., Houston, K.A., Russano, M.B., & Horgan, A.J. (2013). Obtaining guilty knowledge in human intelligence interrogations: Comparing accusatorial and information-gathering approaches with a novel experimental paradigm. Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition, 2, 83-88. doi:10.1016/j.jarmac.2013.03.002
Evans, J.R., Michael, S.W., Meissner, C.A., & Brandon, S.E. (2013). Validating a new assessment method for deception detection: Introducing a psychologically based credibility assessment tool. Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition, 2, 33-41. doi: 10.1016/j.jarmac.2013.02.002
Evans, J.R., Houston, K.A., & Meissner, C.A. (2012). A positive, collaborative, and theoretically-based approach to improving deception detection. Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition, 1, 122-123. doi: 10.1016/j.jarmac.2012.04.007
Horgan, A.J., Russano, M.B., Meissner, C.A., & Evans, J.R. (2012). Minimization and maximization techniques: assessing the perceived consequences of confessing and confession diagnosticity. Psychology, Crime & Law, 18, 65-78. doi: 10.1080/1068316X.2011.561801
Schreiber Compo, N., Evans, J.R., Carol, R.N., Villalba, D., Ham, L., Garcia, T. & Rose, S. (2012). Intoxicated Eyewitnesses: Better than their reputation? Law and Human Behavior, 36, 77-86. doi: 10.1007/s10979-011-9273-5
Evans, J.R. & Fisher, R.P. (2011). Eyewitness memory: Balancing the accuracy, precision, and quantity of information through metacognitive monitoring and control. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 25, 501-508. doi: 10.1002/acp.1722
Schreiber Compo, N., Evans, J.R., Carol, R., Kemp, D., Villalba, D., Ham, L. & Rose, S. (2011). Alcohol intoxication and memory for events: A snapshot of a real world drinking scenario. Memory, 19, 202-210. doi: 10.1080/09658211.2010.546802
Evans, J.R., Meissner, C.A., Brandon, S.E., Russano, M.B., & Kleinman, S. M. (2010). Criminal versus HUMINT interrogations: The importance of psychological science in improving interrogative practice. Journal of Psychiatry & Law, 38, 215-249.
Evans, J.R., & Schreiber Compo, N. (2010). Mock jurors’ perceptions of identifications made by intoxicated eyewitnesses. Psychology, Crime & Law, 16, 191-210. doi: 10.1080/10683160802612890
Wright, D., Carlucci, M., Evans, J.R., & Schreiber Compo, N. (2010). Turning a blind eye to non-blind line-ups. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 24, 849-867. doi: 10.1002/acp.1592
Evans, J.R., Marcon, J.L., & Meissner, C.A. (2009). Cross-racial lineup identification: The potential benefits of context reinstatement. Psychology, Crime & Law, 15, 19-28. doi: 10.1080/10683160802047030
Evans, J.R., Schreiber Compo, N., & Russano, M.B. (2009). Intoxicated eyewitnesses, victims and suspects: How common are they? Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, 15, 194-221. doi: 10.1037/a0016837
Funding
2025-2026 American Psychology-Law Society, Research to Enhance the Impact and Diversification of Psychology and Law Research (co-PI). Exploring hypothetical Title IX reports in university employees: A new approach to boost university employees’ participation and recall.
2023-2024 National Science Foundation, Law and Science Program (co-PI). RAPID: Impact of changing death penalty unanimity requirements on case decisions
2023-2024 National Science Foundation, I-Corps (co-PI). Analyzing customer interest in a psychologically-informed contact tracing tool
2020-2023 High-value Detainee Interrogation Group, Federal Bureau of Investigation (PI) Interpreters memories for their interpreted interactions
2020-2023 National Institute of Justice (co-PI) Improving juror comprehension of forensic testimony and its effects on decision-making and evidence evaluation
2021-2023 Endowment for Education Grant, National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges. How Gender Affects Judges' and Layperson's Student Loan Debt Discharge Decisions.
2016-2022 National Science Foundation, Law and Social Sciences Program & Decision, Risk and Management Sciences Program (PI) The impact of intoxication in legal contexts
2020-2021 National Science Foundation, Developmental Sciences Program (co-PI) RAPID: Flattening the COVID-19 curve by flattening the developmental curve: Influence of age and interview protocol on the ability to remember familiar and unfamiliar contacts
2015-2016 High-value Detainee Interrogation Group, Federal Bureau of Investigation (co-PI) Confirmation bias among interpreters in interrogative settings
2013-2014 American Psychology-Law Society, Early Career Professional Grant-in-Aid (PI) Detecting deception in non-native speakers
2012-2013 High-value Detainee Interrogation Group, Federal Bureau of Investigation/UTEP Center for Law and Human Behavior (subcontrated PI) The role of ego depletion in intelligence interrogations
2011-2012 High-value Detainee Interrogation Group, Federal Bureau of Investigation/UTEP Center for Law and Human Behavior (subcontracted PI) Detecting deception in non-native English speakers
2009-2011 Intelligence Community Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship Scientific development of a psychologically-based credibility assessment tool (PBCAT)