Christina Oksana Perez
Assistant Professor
- perezc@arcadia.edu
- Office Hours
- Monday 2-3:30pm, Tuesday 9-10:30am, or by appointment
Biography
- Education
2021 – Ph.D. in Experimental Psychology (Minor: Quantitative Psychology), The University of Toledo
2019 – M.A. in Experimental Psychology, The University of Toledo
2015 – B.A. in Psychology (Minor: Criminal Justice), Florida International University
- Research Interests
- Children and the law; cognitive, social, and cultural factors impacting suggestibility; children’s eyewitness memory; forensic interviews with children; children’s language and memory development; bilingualism
- Hometown
- Miami, FL
- Languages
- English, Spanish
My primary research interests are in forensic psychology. Specifically, I am interested in eyewitness memory. Some of my research has examined how children’s social and cognitive development impacts their ability to provide detailed and accurate reports to investigators. Currently, I am interested in understanding whether speaking multiple languages influences the accuracy and suggestibility of eyewitnesses. The goal of my research is to advance empirically-supported methods of conducting forensic interviews.
Publications
Perez, C.O., & Zhang, Y. (2025). A systematic review of the literature on bilingual eyewitness memory. Investigative Interviewing: Research and Practice.
Perez, C.O., & Zhang, Y. (2025). Bilingual eyewitnesses: Cognitive, linguistic, and emotional factors affecting bilingual memory. In Bornstein, B., DeMatteo, D., & Miller, M. (Eds.). Advances in Psychology and Law (Vol. 7). Spring, Cham. doi:10.1007/978-3-031-82806-5_3
Perez, C.O., Todorovic, K., & London, K. (2024). Children’s responses to “Do you remember…” questions about their memory. Applied Cognitive Psychology. doi:10.1002/acp.70005
Korkman, J., Otgaar, H., Geven, L.M., Bull, R., Cyr, M., Hershkowitz, I., Mäkelä, J-M., Mattison, M., Milne, B., Santtila, P.O., van Koppen, P.J., Memon, A., Danby, M., Filipović,L., Garcia, F.J., Gewehr, E., Gomes Bell, O., Järvilehto, L., Kask, K., Körner, A., Lacey,E., Lavoie, J., Magnusson, M., Miller, Q.C., Pakkanen, T., Peixoto, C.E., Perez, C.O., Pompedda, F., Su, I., Sumampouw, N.E.J., van Golde, C., Waterhouse, G.F., Zappalà,A.,& Volbert, R. (2024). White paper on forensic child interviewing: Research-based recommendations by the European Association of Psychology and Law. Psychology, Policy, and Law. doi:10.1080/1068316X.2024.2324098
Perez, C.O., London, K., & Otgaar, H. (2022). A review of the differential contributions of language abilities to children’s eyewitness memory and suggestibility. Developmental Review. doi:10.1016/j.dr.2021.101009
Miller, Q.C., Todorovic, K., Perez, C.O., Capparelli, A.L., & London, K. (2021). Laypeople’s knowledge and misconceptions of sex trafficking influenced by training format. Journal of Human Trafficking. doi:10.1080/23322705.2020.1865767
London, K., Kulkofsky, S., & Perez, C.O. (2021). Factors affecting the reliability of children’s forensic reports: An updated review. In J. Rummel (Ed.). Current Issues in Memory (pp. 272-296). Abingdon, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi:10.4324/9781003106715-17
Professional Experience
2019-2021 – Instructor, University of Toledo
