Kate Miller
Lecturer
Biography
Kate is a forensic psychology lecturer and the Level 5 Year Tutor at the School of Psychology. Kate teaches across a number of undergraduate modules offered in the School of Psychology and supervises both undergraduate and postgraduate dissertation students. Her main research interests lie in investigative and forensic psychology, with particular interest in research that has a strong applied focus, using field data for real-world application. Kate's research interests specifically explore verbal behaviour, memory retrieval, cognitive processes, decision-making, information control, and deception detection. Kate is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA), a member of the British Psychological Society (MBPsS), and is on the board of the European Association of Psychology and Law (EAPL).
Teaching and Supervision
Kate teaches a range of forensic psychology modules. Kate has supervised undergraduate and postgraduate dissertation students engaged in a wide range of topics.
Research and Knowledge Exchange
Kate’s PhD research is an investigation of real-world homicide suspect interviews, with suspects differing in their truthfulness and guilt for the crimes they are being questioned for. In examining the use and effect of question types and evidence disclosure, the research details differences in the interviews affected by suspect veracity and culpability and how the serious nature of a homicide suspect interview affects interviewee and interviewer behaviour. This research is intended to be of interest and applied value to both the research community and the police service