Assistant University

SUZANNE L. DAVIS, PHD

PARTNER

Suzanne L. Davis has studied the psychology of jury decision- EDUCATION

making for nearly twenty years. Suzanne draws on her

Ph.D. (Social Psychology); University

scientific background and her years of experience interacting

of Illinois at Chicago

with jurors around the country to quickly identify the challenges

M.A. (Psychology); University of

faced by her clients and to provide innovative and practical

Illinois at Chicago

strategies for addressing those challenges.

B.A. (Psychology); Purdue University

Suzanne's expertise encompasses the entire range of litigation

consulting: pre-trial jury research and theme testing, core

PRIOR EXPERIENCE

message analysis, opening and closing statement analysis,

communicating to persuade, witness preparation, jury Litigation Consultant, R&D Strategic

selection, shadow juries, and post-trial jury interviews. Her Solutions LLC

specialty is at-trial consulting, in which she attends trial and

Online Facilitator, University of

provides strategies that counsel can implement right now to

Phoenix

stay on message and communicate effectively with the jury.

Senior Research Associate,

DecisionQuest Inc.

Earlier in her career, Suzanne was an Assistant Professor of

Psychology at the University of Northern Iowa, where she Assistant Professor of Psychology, The

conducted research on the psychology of jury decision- University of Northern Iowa

making, jurors' perceptions of child witnesses, and taught Research and Teaching Assistant,

Introduction to Psychology, Social Psychology, and Psychology University of Illinois-Chicago

and Law.

Suzanne is also a published author. Her nonfiction title, 10 CONTACT INFORMATION

Interesting Things About Human Behavior, draws directly from

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her experiences as a litigation consultant.

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Learn more about Suzanne on her LinkedIn page.

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Suzanne L. Davis, PhD (cont.)

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS*

Davis, S, L. (2011). Ten Interesting Things About Human Behavior. Houston, TX: Mind Game Books.

Davis, S. L. (2011). Faith & Trust. Houston, TX: Mind Game Books.

Eisen, M. L., Goodman, G. S., Qin, J., & Davis, S. L. (2007). Maltreated Children s Memory: Accuracy, Suggestibility

and Psychopathology. Developmental Psychology, 43(6), 1275-1294.

Bottoms, B. L., Davis, S. L., & Epstein, M. A. (2004). Race and jurors decisions in child sexual abuse cases. Journal of

Applied Social Psychology, 34(1), 1-33.

Davis, S. L., & Sobus, M. S. (2004). Strategic jury selection: Limiting mistakes in a difficult process. For the defense: The

Magazine for Defense, Insurance, and Corporate Counsel, 46(6).

Davis, S. L., & Bottoms, B. L. (2002). Effects of social support on children s eyewitness reports: A test of the underlying

mechanism. Law and Human Behavior, 26, 185-215.

Goodman, G. S., Bottoms, B. L, Rudy, L., Davis, S. L., & Schwartz-Kenney, B. M. (2001). Effects of past abuse

experiences on children s eyewitness testimony. Law and Human Behavior, 25, 269-298.

Davis, S. L. (1998). Social and scientific influences on the study of children s suggestibility: A historical perspective.

Child Maltreatment, 3, 186-194.

Eisen, M. L., Goodman, G. S., Davis, S, L., & Qin, J (1998). Individual differences in maltreated children s memory

and suggestibility. In L. M. Williams & V. L. Banyard (Eds.), Trauma and memory. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Bottoms, B. L., & Davis, S. L. (1993, September). Scientific evidence no longer subject to Frye test. APA Monitor,

24(9), 14.

*Full list of publications is available upon request.

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