International Journal of Psychology and Behavioral Sciences

International Journal of Psychology and Behavioral Science is an international interdisciplinary journal dedicated to the advancement of basic knowledge in the social and behavioral sciences. It contains articles pertaining to theoretical integration of ideas, epistemology of social and biological sciences, and original empirical research articles of general scientific value.

Christine Ruva

Editorial Board Member of International Journal of Psychology and Behavioral Sciences

Associate Professor, University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee, USA

Research Areas

Juror/Jury Decision Making, Pretrial Publicity, Eyewitness Memory and Credibility, Memory, Decision Making, Emotion

Education

2001Ph.DUniversity of South Florida. Tampa, FL
1997M.A.University of South Florida. Tampa, FL
1990B.A.University of Tampa, Tampa, FL

Experience

2011-presentAssociate Professor, Department of Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences, University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee, Sarasota, FL.
2004-2011Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences, University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee, Sarasota, FL.
2003-2004Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences, University of South Florida, Sarasota, FL.
2001-2003Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL.
2001-2003Member of the Psychology Department's IRB Committee, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL.
2000-2001Graduate Research Assistant, Alcohol And Substance Use Research Institute, Department of Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL.
1994-2000Teaching Assistant, Department of Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL.
1991-1993Correctional/Probation Officer, State of Florida Department of Corrections

Membership

2011-2012 College of Arts and Sciences Senate Representative
2010-2011 Search Committee Chair: Generalist Instructor
2010-2011 Search Committee Member: IO Tenure-Earning Professor Psychology
2010 Search Committee Member: Clinical Psychology Instructor
2010-2011 IRB College of Arts & Sciences Reviewer for USF SM
2009 Grievance Committee
2009 Judge for Graduate Student Research Symposium
2009 Tenure and Promotion Committee
2009-2010 MAPP Assessment Committee
2008 & 2011 NSF: Law & Social Science Program-ad Hoc Reviewer of Grants
2008 Search Committee Member for Psychology Instructor
2004-2010 CAS Internal Awards Reviewer
2004-2009 Psychology Departments Course Planning Committee at USF
2001-2003 Member of the Psychology Department's IRB Committee

Publications: Journals

[1]  Ruva, C. L., Guenther, C. C., & Yarbrough, A (2011). Deciphering the effects of positive and negative PTP: Examining the roles of impression formation, emotion and predecisional distortion. Criminal Justice and Behavior, 38, 511-534, DOI: 10.1177/0093854811400823
[2]  Ruva, C. L. & LeVasseur, M. A. (2011). Behind closed doors: The effect of pretrial publicity on jury deliberations. Psychology, Crime and Law, DOI: 10.1080/1068316X.2010.502120
[3]  Ruva, C.L. (2010). How Pretrial publicity affects jury decision making. Nova Science Publishers: Hauppauge, NY.
[4]  Ruva, C.L. (2010). Pretrial publicity affects jury decision making. In F. Columbus (Ed.) Perspectives on cognitive psychology. Nova Science Publishers: Hauppauge, NY.
[5]  Ruva, C. L. & McEvoy, C. (2008). Negative and positive pretrial publicity affect juror memory and decision making. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 14 (3), 226-235.
[6]  Ruva, C. L., McEvoy, C., & Bryant, J. B. (2007). Effects of pretrial publicity and collaboration on juror bias and source monitoring errors. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 21 (1), 45-67.
[7]  Ruva, C. L. & Bryant, J. B. (2004). The impact of age, speech style, and question form on perceptions of witness credibility and trial outcome. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 34, 1919-1944.

Publications: Conferences/Workshops/Symposiums

[1]  Ruva, C.L., McGowan, A. M., Cirks, C. K., & Guenther, C. C., The Impact of Pretrial Publicity and need for cognition on juror's decisions and deliberation behavior. American Psychology & Law Society International Conference, Miami, FL (March 2011). (Refereed)
[2]  Edwards, J. D., Ruva, C. L., Christine B. Haley, Elizabeth M. Hudak. Divided attention gains mediate transfer of speed of processing training to everyday functioning. Entertainment Software and Cognitive Neurotherapeutics Society Conference, San Francisco, CA (September 2011). (Refereed)
[3]   Ruva, C.L., Mayes, J. L., Dickman, M. C., & Guenther, C. C. Timing and type of pretrial publicity affect jurors' decisions and predecisional distortion. American Psychology & Law Society International Conference, Miami, FL (March 2011). (Refereed)
[4]  Ruva, C.L. & Hudak, E.M. (2010, April). Pretrial publicity and juror age affect juror decision making. Paper accepted to be presented at the Cognitive Aging Conference, Atlanta, GA. (Refereed)
[5]  Ruva, C.L. & Hudak, E.M. (2010, March). Pretrial publicity and juror age affect juror decision making. Paper accepted to be presented at the American Psychology & Law Society Conference, Vancouver, BC. (Refereed)
[6]  Ruva, C. L., Guenther, C. C., & Yarbrough, A. (2010, March). The emotional decision maker: Jurors' emotional responses to pretrial publicity mediate their decisions. Paper accepted to be presented at the American Psychology & Law Society Conference, Vancouver, BC. (Refereed)
[7]  Ruva, C.L. & Donaldson-Guenther, C.C. (2009, March). Coding the effect of pretrial publicity on jury deliberations. Invited symposium paper presented at the American Psychology & Law Society Conference, San Antonio, TX. (Refereed)
[8]  Ruva, C.L., LeVasseur, M.A., & Frei, A.M. (2009, March). Behind closed doors: Pretrial publicity affects the nature and quality of mock-jury deliberations. Paper presented at the American Psychology & Law Society Conference, San Antonio, TX. (Refereed)
[9]  Donaldson-Guenther, C.C. & Ruva, C.L. (2009, March). The effects of pretrial publicity on evidence evaluation: A story model framework. Paper presented at the American Psychology & Law Society Conference, San Antonio, TX. (Refereed)
[10]  Ruva, C. L. & LeVasseur, M.A. (2008, May). Behind closed doors: A content analysis of the mock-jury deliberation process. Paper presented at the Association for Psychological Science Annual Convention, Chicago, IL. (Refereed)
[11]  Ruva, C. L. & LeVasseur, M.A. (2008, March). Observing jury interaction: pretrial publicity affects the qualitative nature of mock-jury deliberations. Paper presented at the American Psychology & Law Society Conference, Jacksonville, FL. (Refereed)
[12]  Ruva, C. L. (2007, May). Pretrial publicity affects memory for and interpretation of trial evidence. Paper presented at Association for Psychological Science Annual Convention, Washington, DC. (Refereed)
[13]  Loftus, H. & Ruva, C.L. (2007, March). Individual differences and their association with suggestibility and source monitoring errors. Paper presented at Off the Witness Stand: Using Psychology in the Practice of Justice, John Jay College, New York, NY. (Refereed)
[14]  Ruva, C.L. (2006, November). Pretrial publicity and collaboration affect juror memory and decision making. Paper to be presented at the Psychonomic Society Annual Meeting, Houston, TX. (Refereed)
[15]  Ruva, C.L. (2006, March). Eyewitness Memory: What judges and attorneys need to know. Presentation delivered at the Inns of Court, Tampa, FL.
[16]  Ruva, C.L. (2005, May). Pretrial publicity and length of delay effect juror memory and decision making. Paper presented at the American Psychological Society Annual Convention, Los Angles, CA. (Refereed)
[17]  Ruva, C. L. (2004, March). Leveling the playing field? The effect of positive versus negative PTP on trial outcome and source monitoring errors. Paper delivered at the American Psychology-Law Society Annual Conference, Scottsdale, AZ. (Refereed)
[18]  Ruva, C. L. (2003, May). Does exposure to pretrial publicity affect juror's memory for trial facts? Paper presented at the American Psychological Society Annual Convention, Atlanta, GA. (Refereed)
[19]  Ruva, C. L., McEvoy, C. & Bryant, J. B. (2002, June). Effects of collaboration and pretrial publicity on juror bias and source monitoring errors. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Society, New Orleans, Louisiana. (Refereed)
[20]  Gonzalez, L. P., Bryant, J. B. & Ruva, C. L. (1999, April). Perceptions of witness credibility as a function of witness age and language translation. Paper presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Albuquerque, NM. (Refereed)
[21]  Ruva, C., & Bryant, J. B. (1998, July). Perceptions of witness credibility as a function of witness age, speech style, and question form. Paper presented at the XVth Meetings of the International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development, Bern, Switzerland. (Refereed)
[22]  Ruva, C., & Bryant, J. B. (1998, March). The impact of age, speech style, and question form on perceptions of witness credibility and trial outcome. Paper presented at the American Psychology-Law Society Biennial Conference, Redondo Beach, CA. (Refereed)
[23]  Ruva, C., Bryant, J. B. & Brannick, M. (1996, March). Development of the Adults' General Beliefs about Children Scale for research on witness credibility. Paper presented at the Conference on Human Development, Birmingham, AL. (Refereed)
[24]  Ruva, C. (1995, December). How does attorney questioning techniques and witness speech affect both perceived credibility of child witnesses and trial outcomes? National Science Foundation Conference (Women and Science), Washington, DC.