Stephen Charman is a forensic and legal psychologist who is known for his research in eyewitness memory. [1] Charman is an associate professor of psychology at Florida International University. [1]
Charman received his Bachelors of Science degree in Psychology from Queens University. [2] He attended graduate school at Iowa State University where he obtained a Master in Science and a PhD in Social Psychology. [2] Charman's dissertation was titled Using counterfactuals to assess eyewitnesses' abilities to estimate the effects of external influences on their lineup identifications and discusses the limitations to eyewitness reliability in a legal context. [3] Charman was mentored by Dr. Gary Wells, who he collaborated with on a number of articles and book chapters. [4] [5] [6]
Charman began his career at Florida international University in 2006 as an assistant professor. [7] He became an associate professor in psychology in 2012 [7] and has since continued to teach and produce research as of 2024. [8] Iowa State University hosted The Psychology and Law Colloquia Series where Charman spoke on Improving lineup identification outcomes by screening out witnesses in September of 2019. [9]
Charman's research has explored applied lineup theory [5] and the external bias that can affect eyewitness memory and testimony. [10] [11] Charman's research was awarded by the American Psychological Association (2011–2014), [12] National Institute of Justice (2021–2022; 2019–2023), [13] [14] and the National Science Foundation (2019–2025). [15] He has been the co-principal investigator on a grant awarded by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. [1] [16] As of 2024, Charman has served as a peer reviewer for the following journals: Law and Human Behavior, Journal of Experimental Psychology, Applied Cognitive Psychology, Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition, Current Directions in Psychological Science. [17]