T'awna Williams
EDUCATION
- California State University, Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA) --- 2020
- Master of Science in Forensic Psychology
- GPA: 4.0
- Master’s Thesis: TBD
- California State University, Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA) --- 2018
- Bachelor of Arts in Psychology
- Honors: cum laude
- Honors Thesis: “The Efficacy of Online to Lab Eyewitness Identifications”
AWARDS
- Research Initiative for Scientific Enhancement (RISE) M.S.– Ph.D. --- 2018 – 2020
- Grant: 5R25GM061331-19
- California State University, Los Angeles
- Research Initiative for Scientific Enhancement (RISE) B.S.– Ph.D. --- 2017 – 2018
- Grant: 5R25GM061331-18
- California State University, Los Angeles
- Honors College --- 2014 – 2018
- California State University, Los Angeles
- Honors College Scholarship --- 2014 – 2018
- California State University, Los Angeles
- Dean’s Honors List – Honors Convocation --- 2014, 2015, 2017
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- California State University, Los Angeles
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
- Graduate Research Assistant --- 2018 – 2020
- California State University, Los Angeles
- Advisor: Dr. Mitchell Eisen
- Online survey creation for eyewitness identifications in Qualtrics
- Ran protocol for a showup field simulation paradigm
- Taught current protocols for incoming research assistants
- Formulated abstracts for submitted conference proposals
- Undergraduate Research Assistant --- 2016 – 2018
- California State University, Los Angeles
- Advisor: Dr. Mitchell Eisen
- Review past research in collaboration with Dr. Eisen to formulate a research thesis topic
- Assisted in editing a submitted manuscript for publication
- Analysis of past relevant research for current experiments and manuscripts
- Majority participation in creating online condition of thesis experiment
- Administration of the NEO-PI R and MMPI personality measures
- Entered and project-specific data for 3 large research studies
- Reviewed current research paper in preparation of publication
- Performed the role of a confederate in 3 experiments
- Reported scores of participants in an experiment examining witness response time
- Created randomized lists of participants for a research experiment attempting to examine the factors that distinguish witness results from the field and the lab
INTERNSHIPS
- Los Angeles Dependency Lawyers, Inc. --- 2018
- 901 Corporate Center Drive, Suite 520
- Monterey Park, CA 91754
- Review the by-laws of L.A. County Dependency
- Worked alongside a social worker and an attorney
- Created reports documenting juvenile and parental information
- Conducted interviews with clients
PUBLICATIONS
- Eisen, M. L., Cedré, G. C., Williams, T. Q., & Jones, J. M. (2018). Does anyone else look familiar? Influencing identification decisions by asking witnesses to re-examine the lineup. Law and Human Behavior, doi:10.1037/lhb0000291.
PRESENTATIONS
- Williams, T. Q. & Jones, J. M. (2019, June). Does getting a better view of the culprit's face make eyewitnesses less susceptible to administrator influence when making identifications from photo arrays? Not necessarily... Poster will be presented at the 13th Biennial Conference of Society for Applied Research in Memory and Cognition (SARMAC), Cape Cod, MA.
- Williams, T. Q. & Lacsamana, M. (2019, April). Administrator influence effects on witness identifications made under varying conditions. Paper will be presented at the Western Psychological Association (WPA) 99th Annual Convention, Pasadena, CA.
- Williams, T. Q. & Lacsamana, M. (2019, February). Examining the potency of administrator bias on eyewitness identifications made from photographic lineups. Paper was presented at the 27th Annual Student Symposium on Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activities (RSCA), Los Angeles, CA.
- Williams, T. Q. (2018, September). The social influence of lineup identifications. Poster presented at the 7th Annual Minority Opportunities in Research (MORE) Programs Research Retreat, Big Bear, CA.
- Williams, T. Q. (2018, March). The efficacy of online to lab eyewitness identifications. Poster presented at the Minority Opportunities in Research (MORE) Programs Research Symposium, Los Angeles, CA.
- Williams, T. Q. (2017, September). Online vs. Lab: A prospectus. Poster presented at the 6th Annual Minority Opportunities in Research (MORE) Programs Research Retreat, Big Bear, CA.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
- Society for Applied Research in Memory and Cognition (SARMAC) --- 2018 – 2019
- American Psychology – Law Society (APLS) --- 2017 – 2019
- Western Psychological Association (WPA) --- 2017 – 2019
- American Psychological Association (APA) --- 2017 – 2018
- Association for Psychological Science (APS) --- 2017 – 2018