Steve Penrod is a distinguished professor of psychology at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice. His education and career have led him to become an expert in the areas of psychology and law. He has contributed heavily to the field of psychology in the area of eyewitness memory, specifically the accuracy of eyewitness identification. Biography Education Penrod received his B.A. in political science at Yale College in 1969, where he was involved with the Yale Political Union. Penrod studied at Harvard Law School and received his J.D. in 1974. In 1979, he received a Ph.D. in Social Psychology from Harvard. His dissertation was titled, Evaluation of social scientific and traditional attorney methods of jury selection. Professional experience From 1971 to 1973, Penrod worked as a Legal Officer in the Judge Advocate General's Corps, U.S. Navy. In 1979, he became a professor of psychology at the University of Wisconsin. In 1989, Penrod became a professor of law and an adjunct professor of psychology at the University of Minnesota. In 1995 Penrod moved to the University of Nebraska at Lincoln, where he was a professor of psychology and law and the program director for the law and psychology programs. In 2001 Penrod became a distinguished professor of psychology at John Jay. Honors and awards Yale College Pi Sigma Alpha Political Science Honor Society National Science Foundation Summer Research Grant Griffin Scholarship Alcoa Scholarship Harvard Law School Taft Scholarship Harvard University National Science Foundation Dissertation Research Grand Law and Social Sciences Post-educational 1980 — Co-winner of Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues 1980 — Society for Experimental Social Psychology Dissertation Award. 1980 — Cattell Dissertation Award, New York Academy of Sciences 1981 — Second Prize American Psychological Association Division 13 Meltzer Research Award 1986 — American Psychological Association Distinguished Scientific Award for an Early Career Contribution to Applied Psychology (Citation: American Psychologist, 42, 300–303). 1994-1995 — Davis Professorship in Law, University of Minnesota 1999-2000 — Gallup Professorship — University of Nebraska 1999 — Award for Distinguished Contributions to Psychology and the Law — American Psychology–Law Society 2001 — Distinguished Professorship, John Jay College, CUNY Work and studies Most of Penrod's work has dealt with eyewitness studies. In one of his most commonly cited articles (according to Harzing), "Eyewitness Identification Procedures: Recommendations for Lineups and Photospreads," he discusses the topic of eyewitness identification and recommends different techniques to help lower the