Full Time Faculty


Nancy K. Mehrkens Steblay

Professor of Psychology

  • Ph.D., University of Montana, 1981
  • M.A., University of Montana, 1980
  • B.A., Bemidji State University, 1975
  • At Augsburg since 1988


Frequently Taught Courses

  • PSY 215 Research Methods I
  • PSY 315 Research Methods II
  • PSY 325 Social Behavior
  • PSY 255 Psychology and Law
  • PSY 491 Advanced Research Methods
  • HON 300 Junk Science in the Courtroom


Research Interests

  • Psychology and law, specifically eyewitness accuracy, pretrial publicity, and inadmissible evidence and judicial instructions to disregard
  • Research methods, meta-analysis

 

Selected Publications

Klobuchar, A., Steblay, N., & Caligiuri, H. (in press). Improving eyewitness identifications: Hennepin County's blind sequential lineup pilot project. Cardozo Public Law, Policy & Ethics Journal

Steblay, N., (in press). Reforming eyewitness identification: Lineup identification instructions; weighing the advantages and disadvantages of show-ups versus lineups. Cardozo Public Law, Policy & Ethics Journal.

Douglass, A., & Steblay, N., (in press). Memory distortion in eyewitnesses: A meta-analysis of the post-identification feedback effect. Applied Cognitive Psychology.

Steblay, N., Hosch, H., Culhane, S., & McWethy, A., (in press). The impact on juror verdicts of judicial instruction to disregard inadmissible evidence: A meta-analysis. Law and Human Behavior.

Steblay, N., Dysart, J., Fulero, S., & Lindsay, R.C.L. (2003). Eyewitness accuracy rates in police showup and lineup presentations: A meta-analytic comparison. Law andHuman Behavior, 27, 523-540

Steblay, N., Dysart, J., Fulero, S., & Lindsay, R.C.L. (2001). Eyewitness accuracy rates in sequential and simultaneous lineup presentations: A meta-analytic review. Law and Human Behavior, 25, 459-473.

Steblay, N.M, Besirevic, J., Fulero, S., & Jimenez-Lorente, B. (1999). The effects of pretrial publicity on juror verdicts: A meta-analytic review. Law and Human Behavior, 23, 219-235.

Steblay, N. (1997). Social influence in eyewitness recall: A meta-analytic review of lineup instruction effects. Law and Human Behavior , 21, 283-297.

Steblay, N., & Bothwell, R. (1994). Evidence for hypnotically refreshed testimony: The view from the laboratory. Law and Human Behavior, 19, 635-651.

Steblay, N. (1992). A meta-analytic review of the weapon-focus effect. Law and Human Behavior, 16, 413-424.

Recent Presentations

Steblay, N. (2006). Perspectives from the experts. Conference: Eyewitness Identification -- New policies, new practices, fresh perspectives on eyewitness identification. Loyola University Chicago School of Law, Chicago.

Steblay, N. (2006). Lineup reform. Justice For All: The 6th Annual Forensic Science and Law Conference. Cyril H. Wecht Institute of Forensic Science and Law. Duquesne University School of Law and The Justice Project. Pittsburgh.

Steblay, N. (2006). Eyewitness Accuracy in Sequential and Simultaneous Lineups. Strengthening Prosecutions: Improving Eyewitness Identification Procedures in Ohio. Conference of University of Cincinnati College of Law, Rosenthal Institute for Justice, the New York Innocence Project, and the Cincinnati Bar Association. Cincinnati.

Steblay, N. (2006). Eyewitness Research: Police Procedures. Litigating Eyewitness Identification Cases Conference. The Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, National Legal Aid & Defender Association, and the Innocence Project. Washington D.C.

Steblay, N. (2006). Police Interview Procedures. Conference: Effective and Innovative Homicide Investigation Strategies. Police Executive Research Forum and the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services. Washington, D.C.

Steblay, N. (2006). Observations on the Illinois Report. After the Illinois Report: New Strategies for Reforming Eyewitness Identification Procedures. National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.

Steblay, N. (2006). Double-Blind Sequential Lineups. Ramsey County Attorney's Office. St Paul MN.

Steblay, N., & Dietrich, H. (2006). Blind-sequential police lineup procedures: Integrated laboratory and field practice. American Psychology-Law Society Conference, St. Petersburg, FL.

Dietrich, H., & Steblay, N. (2006). Predatory Sexual Offenders: Post-treatment registration compliance and recidivism. American Psychology-Law Society Conference, St. Petersburg, FL.

Garcia, L., Chrzanowski, L., Groscup, J., & Steblay, N. (2006). Pretrial publicity effects and its influences in verdict preferences across time: Are evidentiary presentations an effective safeguard? American Psychology-Law Society Conference, St. Petersburg, FL.

Chrzanowski, L., McAuliff, B., Steblay, N., & Penrod, S. (2006). Mediational effects of pretrial publicity on jurors: Judgments of defendant. American Psychology-Law Society Conference, St. Petersburg, FL.

Contact Information

  • phone: (612) 330-1201
  • fax: (612) 330-1649
  • office location: 331A Memorial Hall
  • e-mail: steblay@augsburg.edu
  • snail mail: Augsburg College, Campus Box 32, 2211 Riverside Avenue, Minneapolis, MN 55454, US