Debra Poole Ph.D.
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Address: Email: poole1da@cmich.edu |
Bio:
Deb Poole received her Ph.D. in Developmental and Experimental Child Psychology from the University of Iowa in 1980. She taught for seven years at Beloit College, where she chaired the Psychology Department, before relocating to Central Michigan University in 1987.
Research Interest:
Dr. Poole is interested in the social policy implications of basic research in language and cognitive development. Her primary research program, on children's eyewitness testimony, has been funded by grants from The National Institute of Health and the national Science Foundation. Recently, she has been translating findings from these projects into guidelines for conducting investigative interviews. In addition to a recent book on this topic, she wrote the investigative interviewing protocol and training program that recently was adopted by the State of Michigan's Governor's Task Force on Children's Justice. She also writes on other topics with policy implications, as illustrated by recent papers on the heritability concept and gender differences in scientific knowledge. Her textbook on lifespan development, The Story of Human Development, is published by Prentice Hall.
Recent Research:
Laimon, R. L., & Poole, D. A. (in press). Adults usually believe young children: The influence of eliciting questions and suggestibility presentations on perceptions of children’s disclosures. Law & Human Behavior.
Poole, D. A., & Wolfe, M. S. (in press). Child development: Normative sexual and non-sexual behaviors that may be confused with symptoms of sexual abuse. In K. Kuehnle & M. Connell (Eds.), Critical issues in child sexual abuse assessment. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.
Daniel, D. B., & Poole, D. A. (in press). Learning for life: An ecological approach to pedagogical research. Perspectives on Psychological Science.
Poole, D., Warren, A., & Nunez, N. (2007). The Story of Human Development. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall.
Poole, D.A., & Dickinson, J.J. (2005). The future of the protocol movement: Commentary on Hershkowitz, Horowitz, & Lamb (2005). Child Abuse & Neglect.
Dickinson, J.J., Poole, D.A., & Laimon, R.L. (2005). Children’s recall and testimony. In N. Brewer & K. Williams (Eds.), Psychology & Law: An Empirical Perspective (pp. 151-176). New York: Guilford.
Dickinson, J.J., Poole, D.A., & Bruck, M. (2005). Back to the future: A comment on the use of anatomical dolls in forensic interviews. Journal of Forensic Psychology Practice, 5, 63-74.
Nunez, N., Poole, D. A., & Memon, A. (2003). Psychology's two cultures revisited: Implications for the integration of science with practice. Scientific Review of Mental Health Practice 2, 8–19.
Poole, D.A. (2003). Investigative interviews of children. Miller, J.M., Lerner, R. M., Lerner, R. M., Schiamberg, L. B., & Anderson, P. M. (Eds.), Human ecology: An encyclopedia of children, families, communities, and environments. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-Clio.