Dr Joanne Rechdan

I am interested in how our social interactions with others (e.g. live conversations; computer mediated communication) influence our recall of events.

I have previously examined how post-event factors such as co-witness discussion, or receiving feedback regarding memory performance, can affect individual recall reports.

My current research is focused on the development and assessment of approaches for interviewing eyewitnesses and victims of crime in cross-cultural contexts.

• Institute for Psychological Science

Social Influences on Human Memory; Investigative Interviewing

Forensic Psychology; Research Methods

BA; Mphil; PhD

• Empirical Psychology; Criminological & Forensic Psychology; Research Methods

• Erasmus Mundus Joint Doctorate (EMJD) Fellowship—Full PhD tuition and stipend, 2013-2016
  
  
• Said Foundation Scholarship, administered by Cambridge Trusts—Full Mphil tuition and stipend, 2010-2011
  
  
• Michel Alexandre Namour Memorial Endowed Scholarship, American University of Beirut—Partial undergraduate tuition fees, 2005-2009

Fellow of the Higher Education Academy

• Rechdan, J., Cassidy, H., Hope, L., & Vrij, A. (2017, May). Applying the model statement technique in investigative interviews with eyewitnesses. Paper presented at the annual conference of the European Association of Psychology and Law (EAPL), Mechelen, Belgium.
• Rechdan, J., Hope, L., Sauerland, M., Ost, J., Sauer, J.D., & Merckelbach, H. (2016, July). The effects of social comparative feedback on grain-size and confidence in eyewitness reports. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the European Association of Psychology and Law (EAPL), Toulouse, France.
• Rechdan, J., Hope, L., Sauerland, M., Ost, J., Sauer, J.D., & Merckelbach, H. (2016, July). Was that how it happened? Exploring the effects of co-witness discussion on metamemory. In J. Gawrylowicz (Chair), Memory in the ‘Real World’: Factors Influencing Memory in Forensic Settings. Paper presented at the Sixth International Conference on Memory (ICOM), Budapest, Hungary.
• Rechdan, J., Sauer, J.D., Hope, L., Sauerland, M., & Ost, J. (2015, June). The effects of social comparative feedback on grain size and confidence in eyewitness reports. Paper presented at the Eleventh Conference of the Society for Applied Research in Memory and Cognition (SARMAC), Victoria, BC, Canada.

Miss Ngosa Kambashi, PhD candidate (2nd supervisor)

ESRC UK-Japan Connections Grant - 47,527 GBP; Co-Investigator, in collaboration with PI Professor Dave Walsh (DMU Law School); Title: Towards the development of a framework for the interviewing of vulnerable people in Japan