Curriculum Vitae
Heather D. Flowe, Ph.D
Lecturer 2008-present, University of Leicester School of Psychology
http://www2.le.ac.uk/departments/psychology/ppl/hf49
Education
2005
1997
Ph.D. Experimental Psychology, University of California, San Diego
Thesis Advisor: Professor Ebbe B. Ebbesen, Ph.D.
B.A. Psychology, University of California, San Diego
Phi Beta Kappa, Departmental Honors with Highest Distinction
Select Awards
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Proof of Concept Funding, University of Leicester (2014-Present) Piloting an Innovative
Lineup Procedure £18,000 (PI, with Co-I Dr Lisa Smith)
British Academy (2014-present): Knowledge Exchange Workshops: Developing a Shared
Research Agenda for the Creation of National Guidelines for Interviewing Survivors of Sexual
Violence who were Intoxicated during the Offense (PI with Co-I’s Drs. Anne Carline and
Deborah Wright) £8,959
Economic and Social Research Council (2013-2015): Alcohol and women’s memory for sexual
assault £86,000 (PI, with Co-I’s Drs Melanie Takarangi and Robyn Holliday)
Alcohol Education Research Council (2011): Alcohol and memory for sexual assault £3,500
(PI)
Nuffield Foundation (2010): Between two deep breaths: Are the negative effects of stress on
eyewitness memory moderated by the timing of stressor onset and the negative face
advantage? £6,449 (PI)
British Academy: Occulomotor evidence of the weapon focus effect £8000 (PI, with Co-I’s
Drs Lorraine Hope and Anne Hillstrom)
University of California Postdoctoral Faculty Fellow Award (2005-2007)
National Science Foundation Graduate Student Fellow (1999-2002)
Select Peer Reviewed Publications
Flowe, H. D., *Smith, H. M. J., *Karoğlu, N., *Onwuegbusi, T., & *Rai, L. (In press). Configural and
component processing in simultaneous and sequential lineup procedures. Memory. doi:
10.1080/09658211.2015.1004350
*Humphries, J. E., & Flowe, H. D. (In press). Receiver operating characteristic analysis of age-related
changes in lineup performance. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology. doi:
10.1016/j.jecp.2014.12.009
*Smith, H. M. J., & Flowe, H. D. (In press). ROC analysis of the verbal overshadowing effect: Testing
the effect of verbalisation on memory sensitivity. Applied Cognitive Psychology. doi:
10.1002/acp.3096
*Humphries, J. E., Flowe, H. D., *Hall, L., *Williams, L., & *Ryder, H. (In press). The impact of
beliefs about face recognition ability on memory retrieval processes in young and older adults.
Memory. doi: 10.1080/09658211.2015.1006236
Flowe, H. D., & *Karoğlu, N (2014). Reforming eyewitness identification evidence. Criminal Justice &
Law Weekly, 78 (44).
Flowe, H. D., *Klatt, T., & *Coloff, M. F. (2014). Selecting fillers on emotional appearance improves
lineup identification accuracy. Law and Human Behavior. 38(6), 509-519. doi:
10.1037/lhb0000101
Flowe, H. D., Hope, L., & Hillstrom, A. (2013). Oculomotor examination of the weapon focus effect:
Does a gun automatically engage visual attention? PLoS ONE.
*Palmer, F., Flowe, H. D., Takarangi, M. K., & *Humphries, J. E. (2013). Intoxicated witnesses and
suspects: An archival analysis of their involvement in criminal case processing. Law and
Human Behavior, 37 (1), 54-59. doi: 10.1037/lhb0000010.
Mickes, L., Flowe, H. D., & Wixted, J. T. (2012). Receiver Operating Characteristic Analysis of
Eyewitness Memory: Comparing the Diagnostic Accuracy of Simultaneous vs. Sequential
Lineups. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 18(4):361-76. doi: 10.1037/a0030609.
Flowe, H. D. (2012). Do characteristics of faces that convey trustworthiness and dominance underlie
perceptions of criminality? PLoS ONE. 7(6): e37253. doi:10.1371
Flowe, H. D., *Swords, E., & Rockey, J. C. (2012). Women's behavioural engagement with a masculine
male: Evidence for the Cycle Shift Hypothesis. Evolution and Human Behavior. 33(4),
285-290. doi: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2011.10.006
*Ward, C., Flowe, H. D., & *Humphries, J. E. (2012). The effects of masculinity and suspect gender on
perceptions of guilt. Applied Cognitive Psychology. 26(3), 482-488. doi: 10.1002/acp.2823
*Humphries, J. E., Holliday, R., & Flowe, H. D. (2012). Faces in motion: Age related changes in
eyewitness identification performance in simultaneous, sequential, and elimination video
lineups. Applied Cognitive Psychology. 26, 149-158. doi:10.1002/acp.1808
Flowe, H. D., & Cottrell, G. (2011). An examination of simultaneous lineup decision processes using
eye tracking. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 25, 443-451. doi: 10.1002/acp.1711
Flowe, H. D., *Mehta, A., & Ebbesen, E. B. (2011). The role of eyewitness identification evidence in
felony case processing. Psychology, Public Policy and Law, 17, 140-159. doi:
10.1037/a0021311
Flowe, H. D. & *Humphries, J. E. (2011). An examination of criminal face bias in a random sample of
police lineups. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 25: 265-273. doi: 10.1002/acp.1673
Flowe, H. D., *Stewart, J. S., Sleath, E. R., & *Palmer, F. (2011). Public house patrons’ engagement in
hypothetical sexual assault: A test of alcohol myopia theory in a field setting. Aggressive
Behavior, 37, 547-558. doi: 10.1002/ab.20410
Flowe, H. D. (2011). An exploration of visual processing strategies in eyewitness identification tests.
Applied Cognitive Psychology, 25: 244-254. doi: 10.1002/acp.1670
Flowe, H. D., & *Besemer, A. N. (2011). The effect of target-foil discriminability on criterion
placement in sequential and simultaneous lineups. Psychology Crime and Law, 17, 587-610.
doi: 10.1080/10683160903397540
Flowe, H. D., *Shaw, S. E., *Nye, E., & Jamel, J. (2009). Rape stereotyping and public delusion. British
Journalism Review, 20(4), 21-25.
*Shaw, S. E., *Nye, E., & Jamel, J., & Flowe, H. (2009). The print media and rape. The Psychologist,
22(10).
Flowe, H., Finklea, K., & Ebbesen, E. (2009). Limitations of expert psychology testimony on
eyewitness identification. In B.L. Cutler (Ed) Expert testimony on the psychology of eyewitness
identification (pp. 201-221). New York, NY US: Oxford University Press.
doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195331974.003.009.
Flowe, H.D. & Ebbesen, E.B. (2007). The effect of lineup member similarity on recognition accuracy in
simultaneous and sequential lineups. Law and Human Behavior, 31,1, 33-52.
Flowe, H.D. & Ebbesen, E.B. (2007). Rape shield laws and sexual behavior evidence: Effects of
consent level and women’s sexual history on rape allegations. Law and Human Behavior, 1,
159-175.
Flowe, H.D. (2007). Selecting Fillers for Lineups. Encyclopedia of Psychology and Law.
* Denotes Postdoctoral, Masters, or Undergraduate student collaborator