Julie Gawrylowicz

Department of Psychology, Royal Holloway, Egham, Surrey TW20 0EX Tel: 01784276548 Email: [email protected] Web page: http://www.pc.rhul.ac.uk/sites/rheg/ Full and clean UK driving licence

Personal Statement and Research Interests My research interests lie in the area of cognitive and social psychology, both theoretical and applied, encompassing research regarding memory, face recognition and learning. My research experience to date involves projects with an applied focus, specifically related to eyewitness memory and investigative interviewing. At present, I am a Postdoctoral Research Assistant at Royal Holloway, University of London. I am working under the direction of Professor Memon on a Leverhulme funded project. The research investigates metacognition and memory performance in older adults, specifically, exploring methods to improve the accuracy of elderly eyewitnesses.

As well as being a passionate researcher, I also have a high interest in teaching. I was a member of the academic supply pool at the University of Abertay from 2007 until 2011. During this time, I have engaged in both small and large group teaching. Currently, my main responsibilities are research orientated, however, I still engage in teaching activities as a Visiting Lecturer and Tutor at Royal Holloway, University of London.

My future professional goals include the development of my career in academia. I am keen to not only engage with projects that encompass my research interests, but also those within new or related areas that afford me challenges in respect of my research and academic experience.

1 Education Sept 2007 - Dec 2010 PhD University of Abertay Dundee (UK)

 Dissertation “The construction of facial composites by mild learning disabled witnesses”  Thesis supervisors: Prof. Derek Carson, Dr. Fiona Gabbert, Prof. William Lindsay and Prof. Peter Hancock  Responsible for designing and conducting high-quality research, involving participant recruitment, data collection and analysis, and effective dissemination of research findings

Feb 2007 - Jul 2007 Research Internship (UK)  Travelled abroad to complete an internship in a UK-renowned psychology and law research laboratory headed by Professor Amina Memon  Worked in a team organising and managing the successful daily running of experiments

Sept 2006 - Aug 2007 MSc ‘Psychology and Law’ University of Maastricht (NL)  Dissertation “The influence of emotions and type of detail on memory conformity”  Thesis supervisors: Professor Amina Memon and Dr Ingrid Candel  Participated in electives offered by the law and psychology faculty

Sept 2003 - Aug 2006 BSc Applied Cognitive Psychology University of Maastricht (NL)  Research project “The influence of automatic attitudes on judging others”; research project supervisor: Dr Saskia van Bergen  Dissertation “The detection of deception in psychopaths. A literature review”; Thesis supervisor: Dr Ewout Meijers

Sept 1990 - Jun 2002 Bilingual Abitur (English-German) Goethe Gymnasium Stolberg (GER)

Employment

Jan 2011 - present Postdoctoral Researcher, Royal Holloway, University of London (UK)  Responsible for the recruitment of young and elderly research participants  Administering research protocols, including structured eyewitness interviews  Responsible for managing the experimental studies, encompassing creating and preparing testing materials, and maintaining, analysing, and interpreting obtained data

Oct 2011 - present Visiting Lecturer, Royal Holloway, University of London (UK)  Teaching and preparing undergraduate Psychology tutorials and marking exams and essays  Organising and presenting MSc Applied Cognitive Psychology seminars

Sept 2007 - Jan 2011 Demonstrator Academic Supply Pool, University of Abertay Dundee (UK)

 Experience in small and large group teaching and in preparing and delivering lectures  Responsible for marking essays and exams

Aug 2006 - Sep 2006 Volunteer Research Assistant at Armed Forces Office, Bonn (GER)  Worked in the military psychology department, which focuses on the development of assessment tools for the recruitment of army officers  Responsible for maintaining and analysing highly confidential data

Jul 2005 & Aug 2006 Volunteer Youth Tour Guide Höffmann Reisen GmbH, Vechta (GER)  Responsible for the organisation and execution of 2-week tours for groups of juveniles  Learned to work under pressure through dealing with large groups of people

Jan 2003 - Sep 2007 Part-time worker at geriatric intensive-care unit, Stolberg (GER)  Responsible for the daily care of 11 elderly people who suffered either from physical or cognitive impairments or both  Worked in a successful team consisting of five other members of staff

2 Teaching and Supervision Experiences As a member of the academic supply pool at the University of Abertay, Dundee, from 2007 until 2011, I have engaged in tutoring introductory cognitive as well as biological psychology tutorials and have experience in lecturing on forensic psychology topics. I also supervised three volunteer research assistants, who supported me with coding and analysing data during my PhD project. Currently, I am supervising three research volunteers and assist in the supervision of three third year project students. Moreover, I have been appointed to the role of a Visiting Lecturer and Tutor and am engaging in small and large group teaching and marking.

National and International Conference and Seminar Presentations Gawrylowicz, J., Carson, D & Gabbert, F. (June, 2011). The suitability of EvoFIT for mild learning disabled witnesses. 4th Annual Conference of the International Investigative Interviewing Research Group (iIIRG), Dundee, (Poster) Gawrylowicz, J., Carson, D., Gabbert, F. & Hancock, P. (June, 2010). The suitability of EvoFIT for mild learning disabled witnesses. 20th Conference of the European Association of Psychology and Law, Gothenburg, Sweden (Talk) Gawrylowicz, J., Carson, D., Gabbert, F., Lindsay, W. & Hancock, P. (October, 2009).The fitness of E-FIT with mild learning disabled witnesses. Research Student Conference, Abertay University, Dundee, Scotland (Talk & Short paper) Gawrylowicz, J., Carson, D., Gabbert, F., Lindsay, W. & Hancock, P. (September, 2009). The construction of facial composites by mild learning disabled witnesses. 3rd SIPR Annual Conference, Dundee, Scotland (Poster) Gawrylowicz, J., Carson, D. & Gabbert, F. (July, 2009). The construction of facial composites by people with mLD. 8th Biennial Meeting of the Society for Applied Research in Memory and Cognition, Kyoto, Japan (Talk) Gawrylowicz, J., Carson, D., Gabbert, F., Lindsay, W. & Hancock, P. (December, 2008). The ability of witnesses with mLD to describe and recognize unknown faces. Seattle Club Conference, Newcastle, England (Talk) Gawrylowicz, J., Carson, D., Gabbert, F., Lindsay, W. & Hancock, P. (October, 2008). Eyewitnesses with mLD: Face recognition and description abilities. Scottish institute of Policing Seminar: Obtaining evidence from vulnerable witnesses, Aberdeen, Scotland. (Talk) Gawrylowicz, J., Carson, D., Gabbert, F., Lindsay, W. & Hancock, P.(October, 2008). Eyewitnesses with mLD: Face recognition and description abilities. Research Seminar Psychology Department, Abertay University, Dundee, Scotland (Talk) Gawrylowicz, J., Carson, D., Gabbert, F., Lindsay, W. & Hancock, P.(September, 2008). Face recognition and description in people with mLD. 2nd SIPR Annual Conference and Annual Lecture, Edinburgh, Scotland (Poster) Gawrylowicz, J., Bergis, N., Memon, A. & Candel, I. (July, 2008). Memory conformity for emotional events: Do we conform most for peripheral items? 18th Conference of the European Association of Psychology and Law, Maastricht, the Netherlands (Poster)

Invited Presentations I have been invited and funded to give presentations about my research:

Gawrylowicz, J., Carson, D., Gabbert, F. & Hancock, P (April, 2010). Vulnerable witnesses: Face recognition and description abilities in mild learning disabled people. Interviewing vulnerable witnesses and achieving best evidence conference, Birmingham, England Gawrylowicz, J. & Memon, A. (November, 2011). The Cognitive Interview technique. 5th National Finnish Meeting for forensic psychiatric units assisting in the investigation of crimes against children, Finland, Oulu

3 Publications Gawrylowicz, J., Gabbert, F., Carson, D., Lindsay, B., & Hancock, P. J. B. (submitted to Applied Cognitive Psychology). Holistic versus featural facial composite systems for people with mild Intellectual Disabilities. Gawrylowicz, J., Gabbert, F., Carson, D., Lindsay, B., & Hancock, P. J. B. (submitted to Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities). Face recognition and description abilities in people with mild Intellectual Disabilities Gawrylowicz, J., Memon, A., & Scoboria, A. (in prep). Does the SAI make for a better witness for one event or for a better witness in general? Scoboria, A., Gawrylowicz, J., & Memon, A. (in prep). Don’t know responding in older adults.

Training and workshops Training in the Cognitive Interview (CI) Technique (June, 2007) Training in the administration of the Wechsler Abbreviated Scale of Intelligence (WASI) (March, 2008) Endnote training (March, 2008) E-FIT training (January, 2009) EvoFIT training (November, 2009) PGCert HE Module I (November, 2009) Career Development Workshop for research staff (May, 2011) inSTIL programme

Grants and Research Support August/2009 The Polack Travelling Scholarship Fund June/2009 PsyPAG International Conference Bursary May/2009 The Roberts Fund University of Abertay Dundee May/2010 The Grindley Grant for Conference Attendance May/2010 The Roberts Fund University of Abertay Dundee

Membership of Professional Bodies International Investigative Interviewing Research Group (iIIRG) Scottish Institute for Policing Research (SIPR) Society for Applied Research in Memory and Cognition (SARMAC) Royal Holloway Eyewitness Group (RHEG)

References Professor Amina Memon Professor Derek Carson Department of Psychology Department of Psychology Royal Holloway, University of London University of Abertay Dundee TW20 0EX DD1 1HG Tel: +44 (0) 1784 276563 Tel: +44 (0) 1382 308584 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

Dr Fiona Gabbert Dr Ingrid Candel Department of Psychology Stichting Jeugdzorg St. Jozeph University of Abertay Dundee Pater Kustersweg 8 DD1 1HG 6267 NL Cadier en Keer (NL) Tel: +44 (0) 1382 308361 Tel: +31 (0) 43 4077150 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

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