Appendix
Workshop Agenda and List of Participants
A WORKSHOP
Personnel Selection in Forensic Science:
Using Measurement to Hire Pattern Evidence Examiners
July 14-15, 2016
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Room #100 Keck Center
500 Fifth Street N.W.
Washington, DC 20001
NOTE: This workshop is open to the public
and will be recorded and Webcast.
WORKSHOP OBJECTIVES
- To bring together industrial and organizational psychologists, experts on personnel selection and testing, forensic scientists, as well as other researchers whose work has a nexus with workforce needs in the forensic science field with a focus on pattern evidence.
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To develop a better understanding of the current status of selection and training of forensic scientists who specialize in pattern evidence, tools used in industrial and organizational psychology to
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understand elements of a task, and ways aptitude and performance can be measured.
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To discuss how these approaches could address challenges in the pattern evidence domain of the forensic sciences.
Day 1, July 14
| 8:30 am | Registration Opens |
| 9:00 am |
Welcome and Overview of Workshop
Fred Oswald, Rice University, Committee Chair Poornima Madhavan, BOHSI Director Melissa Taylor, National Institute of Standards and Technology |
| 9:20-9:30 am |
Status of Educational Preparation for Pattern Evidence Examiners
Jay Siegel (retired), Committee Member |
| 9:30-10:00 am |
On-the-Job Experiences: The Task of Pattern Recognition
Jessica LeCroy, Defense Forensic Science Center Melissa Gische, Federal Bureau of Investigation |
| 10:00-10:30 am |
On-the-Job Experiences: Recruitment and Training
Maria Weir Ruggiero, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department John M. Collins, Jr., Forensic Foundations Group |
| 10:30 am | Break |
| 10:40-11:10 am |
What Is Industrial and Organizational Psychology? How Might It Be Useful to Forensic Science?
S. Morton McPhail, Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (retired) |
| Invited Discussant: Winfred Arthur, Jr., Texas A&M University, Committee Member | |
| 11:10-11:45 am | Discussion |
| 11:45-12:45 pm | Lunch |
| 12:45-1:15 pm |
Test Development and Validation
Dan Putka, Human Resources Research Organization Nancy Tippins, CEB, Committee Member |
| 1:15-2:15pm | Discussion |
| 2:15pm | Break |
| 2:15-2:45 pm |
Attraction/Recruitment
Ann Marie Ryan, Michigan State University, Committee Member Scott Highhouse, Bowling Green State University |
| 2:45-3:45 pm | Discussion |
| 3:45-4:15 pm |
Case Example: Test Development, Considerations, and Challenges
Liberty Munson, Microsoft Learning Experiences |
| 4:15-4:30 pm |
Closing and Preview of Next Day
Fred Oswald, Rice University, Committee Chair |
| 4:30-6:00 pm | Day 1 Reception (Keck 100 and lobby) |
Day 2, July 15
| 8:30 am | Registration Opens |
| 9:00 am |
Welcome, Review of Day 1, and Overview of Day 2
Fred Oswald, Rice University, Committee Chair Poornima Madhavan, BOHSI Director |
| 9:10-10:30 am |
Identifying Constructs What is known about pattern recognition? How is the state of the research advancing? Zach Hambrick, Michigan State University, Committee Member Lisa Scott, University of Florida Bethany Jurs, Transylvania University Mara Merlino, Kentucky State University Mark Becker, Michigan State University |
| 10:30am | Break |
| 10:40-11:35 am |
Pattern Evidence in the Courtroom
Randall Murch, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Committee Member Rockne Harmon, Retired Prosecutor Marvin Schechter, Defense Attorney Dan Murrie, University of Virginia |
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Invited Discussant: Mara Merlino, Kentucky State University |
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| 11: 35-12:15 pm | Discussion |
| 12:15-12:45 pm |
Major Themes from Workshop
Wendy Becker, Shippensburg University Andrew Imada, A.S. Imada & Associates, Committee Member Ann Marie Ryan, Michigan State University, Committee Member |
| 12:45 pm |
Closing Remarks
Fred Oswald, Rice University, Committee Chair |
| 1:00 pm | ADJOURN |
List of Participants
A Workshop
Personnel Selection in Forensic Science:
Using Measurement to Hire Pattern Evidence Examiners
July 14-15, 2016
COMMITTEE MEMBERS
Frederick L. Oswald, Chair
Rice University
Winfred Arthur, Jr.
Texas A&M University
D. Zachary Hambrick
Michigan State University
Andrew S. Imada
A.S. Imada & Associates
Randall S. Murch
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Ann Marie Ryan
Michigan State University
Jay A. Siegel
Independent Consultant
Nancy T. Tippins
CEB
PRESENTERS
Mark W. Becker
Michigan State University
Wendy S. Becker
Shippensburg University
John M. Collins, Jr.
Forensic Foundations Group
Melissa R. Gische
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Rockne P. Harmon
Independent Consultant
Scott Highhouse
Bowling Green State University
Bethany Jurs
Transylvania University
Jessica LeCroy
Defense Forensic Science Center
S. Mort McPhail
Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology
Mara Merlino
Kentucky State University
Liberty Munson
Microsoft Learning Experiences
Daniel Murrie
University of Virginia
Dan Putka
HumRRO
Maria Weir Ruggiero
Los Angeles County Sheriff’s
Department Crime Laboratory
Lisa Scott
University of Florida
Marvin E. Schechter
Defense Attorney
Melissa Taylor
National Institute of Standards and Technology
ADDITIONAL PARTICIPANTS
Susan Ballou
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Heidi Eldridge
RTI International
Wesley Grose
Los Angeles County Sheriff’s
Department Crime Laboratory
NATIONAL ACADEMIES STAFF
Poornima Madhavan
BOHSI Director
Julie Anne Schuck
Program Officer
Dixie Gordon
Information Officer
Annalee Gonzales
Senior Program Assistant
