Faculty and Staff Profile

Ben Cotterill

Educational Background

Ph.D.
Edinburgh Napier University 2021

M.Sc. in Applied Forensic Psychology
University of York 2017

B.A. in Psychology
University of Strathclyde 2016

Courses Taught

PSYC 3090/3091 – Introductory Experimental Psychology
PSYC 3700 – Personality
PSYC 3850 – Forensic Psychology
PSYC 4850 – Neuropsychology of Criminal Behavior
PSYC 4980 – Team-Based Research

Research Interests

My research focuses on the reliability and credibility of eyewitness testimony, with a specific emphasis on evaluating police procedures used with children. I am particularly interested in how individual differences in children's temperament relates to their eyewitness performance, as well as factors that impact jurors’ perceptions of witnesses. Additional research interests include theories and measurements of personality, the influence of personality on voting behavior, and the etiology of antisocial personalities.

Research Publications

Cotterill, B. F. (2023). Personality psychology, ideology, and voting behavior: beyond the ballot. Palgrave Macmillan.
Cotterill, B. F. (2022). Are children reliable witnesses? Palgrave Macmillan.
Cotterill, B. F. (2022). The relationship between psychological birth order position and personality type. Journal of Individual Psychology, 78(2), 238-256.
Cotterill, B. F. (2022). The impact of summaries by judges and juror characteristics on juror decision making. Journal of Articles in Support of the Null Hypothesis, 18(2).
Cotterill, B. F. (2020). Gender and suggestibility. Forensic Update, 134, 22-24.