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RESEARCH AFFILIATIONS
EVOCAVI has a long history of collaborating on a variety of science-based interview research projects. We find these practitioner-researcher collaborations to be invaluable. The researchers become more informed about what investigators do and the challenges they encounter, while the practitioners get to learn the value of conducting good research and how it can make them better interviewers. Because of our continued interest in facilitating these studies, we have established "research affiliations" with several science-based interview research labs at universities in the U.S.
Below, we invite you to learn more about these research labs and the incredible work they do to further the field of science-based interviewing.
APPLIED COGNITION LAB
ABOUT THE APPLIED COGNITION LAB
Researchers at the Iowa State University's Applied Cognition Lab apply basic theory in cognition and use experimental research designs to assess a variety of real-world phenomena. Their team includes collaborators with significant professional experience in the law enforcement, military, and intelligence communities, and their research has been supported by the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Departments of Defense, Justice, and Homeland Security, and the U.S. Intelligence Community.
RESEARCH
More specifically, their research has evaluated:
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strategies and tactics that facilitate the disclosure of information in interviews and interrogations of cooperative and non-cooperative individuals
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biases and strategic approaches to assessing credibility in forensic interviews
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factors that influence eyewitness memory and lineup identification
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extra-legal biases and the influence of expert testimony on legal decision-making
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human perception and factors that influence comparative forensic science decisions
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meta-analytic reviews of various basic and applied findings in the literature
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To learn more about the Applied Cognition Lab and its Director, Christian Meissner Ph.D., click the link below.
ADOLESCENT AND CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCE ACE LAB
ABOUT THE ACE LAB
The University of California-Irvine's Adolescent and Childhood Experience ACE Lab is run by Jodi Quas Ph.D. Dr. Quas and her team are conducting cutting-edge research testing methods of talking with children and adolescents to find out what—if anything—happened to them, and to learn about their needs, knowledge, and desires in non-leading and open manners. Knowledge of all of these topics is incredibly important for effective identification of and interventions for children and adolescents who may have been exposed to violence, harm, or exploitation.
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RESEARCH
Listed below are just a few of the recent studies that Dr. Quas's ACE Lab has participated in.
Quas, J. A., & Lyon, T. D. (2019). Questioning unaccompanied immigrant children: Lessons from developmental science on forensic interviewing. SRCD Child Evidence Brief.
Dianiska, R. E., Quas, J. A., & Lyon, T. D. (2024). Using rapport building to improve information yield when interviewing adolescents: A systematic review and call for research. Child Abuse & Neglect, 154, 106898.
Baugerud, G. A., Johnson, M. S., Dianiska, R., Røed, R. K., Powell, M. B., Lamb, M. E., ... & Quas, J. (2025). Using an AI-based avatar for interviewer training at Children’s Advocacy Centers: Proof of Concept. Child maltreatment, 30(2), 242-252.
To learn more about Dr. Quas’s Adolescent and Childhood Experience ACE Lab, select this link.
