Roy S. Malpass

Roy S. Malpass is a social psychologist known for his research in facial recognition and eyewitness identification. He is a Professor Emeritus of Psychology at the University of Texas at El Paso

Career After obtaining his M.A., Malpass became a research assistant at the Research Foundation Children’s Hospital in the District of Columbia It is here, Syracuse, that Malpass would also obtain his Ph.D. in 1968. After that, he became an Assistant Professor of Psychology at the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana. Closely following are his works about facial recognition among race. Malpass frequently publishes works within the topic of police lineups, where he has collaborated with Dawn Mcquiston. His research has shown that not receiving a correct identification can be played off as guessing, when there is no support to show it. When it comes to facial recognition works he frequently collaborates with Otto H. Maclin. His research has shown that people are more able to identify others of their own race, by face, than those of another race. Since starting his career, Malpass has published or helped with at least 139 journals.

Books Lonner, Walter J., Malpass, Roy S. (1993). Psychology and Culture. MA: Allyn and Bacon. 0205148999. Sporer, Siegfried L., Malpass, Roy S., Koehnken, Guenter (1996). Psychological Issues in Eyewitness Identification. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. 0805811982.