Ira E. Hyman, Jr.

Psychology Department
Western Washington University
Bellingham, Washington 98225
(360) 650-3519
email: hyman@cc.wwu.edu
Fax:  (360) 650-7305

Education

Ph. D.  Emory University, 1990
  Cognitive/Developmental Psychology

M. A.  Emory University, 1989
  Cognitive/Developmental Psychology

B. A.  Duke University, 1984
  Psychology, Cum Laude

Professional Experience

Professor
 Psychology Department
 Western Washington University
 (2000-present)

Associate Professor
 Psychology Department
 Western Washington University
 (1995-2000)

Assistant Professor
 Psychology Department
 Western Washington University
 (1991-1995)

Research Assistant Professor
 The Institute for the Learning Sciences
 Northwestern University
 (1990-1991)

Publications

Book

Neisser, U., & Hyman, I. E., Jr. (Eds.) (2000), Memory Observed:  Remembering in Natural Contexts (2nd Edition).  NY:  Worth.

Journal Articles


Berliner, L., Hyman, I. E., Jr., Thomas, A., & Fitzgerald, M.  (2003).  Children’s memory for trauma and positive experiences.  Journal of Traumatic Stress, 16, 229-236.

Weberling, L. C., Crain-Thoreson, C., Forgays, D. K., & Hyman, I. E., Jr. (2003). The validation of a prenatal screening inventory for prenatal child abuse risk prediction. Child Welfare, 82, 319-334.

Byrne, C. A., Hyman, I. E., Jr., & Scott, K.  (2001).  Comparisons of memories for traumatic events and other experiences.  Applied Cognitive Psychology, 15, s119-s133.  (A special issue on Trauma, Stress, and Autobiographical Memory.)

Oakes, M. A., & Hyman, I. E., Jr.  (2001).  The role of the self in false memory creation.  Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment, and Trauma, 4, 87-103.

Winningham, R. G., Hyman, I. E., Jr., Dinnel, D. L. (2000).   Flashbulb memories?  The effects of when the initial memory report was obtained.  Memory, 8, 209-216.

Kheriaty, E., Kleinknecht, R. A., & Hyman, I. E., Jr.  (1999).  Recall and validation of phobia origins as a function of a structured interview versus the Phobia Origins Questionnaire.  Behavior Modification, 23, 61-78.

Wilkinson, C. L., & Hyman, I. E., Jr. (1998).  Individual differences related to two types of memory errors:  Word lists may not generalize to autobiographical memory. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 12, S29-S46. (A special issue on Individual Differences and Memory.)

Kleinknecht, R. A., & Hyman, I. E., Jr. (1998).  Critical issues in memory for trauma:  The intersection of clinical psychology and cognitive science. Clinical Psychology Review, 18, 891-894.  (A special issue on Memory for Trauma:  The Intersection of Clinical Psychology and Cognitive Science.)

Hyman, I. E., Jr., & Loftus, E. F.  (1998).  Errors in autobiographical memories. Clinical Psychology Review, 18, 933-947.  (A special issue on Memory for Trauma:  The Intersection of Clinical Psychology and Cognitive Science.)

Hyman, I. E., Jr., Gilstrap, L. L., Decker, K., & Wilkinson, C.  (1998).  Manipulating remember and know judgments of autobiographical memories:  An investigation of false memory creation. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 12, 371-386. (A special issue on Autobiographical Memory)

Usita, P. M., Hyman, I. E., Jr., & Herman, K. C.  (1998).  Narrative intentions:  Listening to life stories in Alzheimer’s Disease.  Journal of Aging Studies, 12, 185-197.

Hyman, I. E., Jr., & Billings, F. J.  (1998).  Individual differences and the creation of false childhood memories.  Memory, 6, 1-20.

Hyman, I. E., Jr., & Pentland, J.  (1996).  The role of mental imagery in the creation of false childhood memories.  Journal of Memory and Language, 35, 101-117.  (A special issue on Memory Errors)

Hyman, I. E., Jr., Husband, T. H., & Billings, F. J.  (1995).  False memories of childhood experiences.  Applied Cognitive Psychology, 9,   181-197

Hyman, I. E., Jr.  (1994).  Conversational remembering:  Story recall with a peer vs. for an experimenter.  Applied Cognitive Psychology, 8, 49-66.

Hyman, I. E., Jr., & Neisser, U.  (1992).  The role of the self in recollections of a seminar.  Journal of Narrative and Life History, 2, 81-103.

Hyman, I. E., Jr., & Rubin, D. C. (1990).  Memorabeatlia:  A naturalistic study of long-term memory.  Memory & Cognition, 18, 205-214.

Book Chapters

Hyman, I. E., Jr., & Loftus, E. F.  (2002). False childhood memories and eyewitness memory errors.  In M. L. Eisen, J. A. Quas, & G. S. Goodman (Eds.)  Memory and suggestibility in the forensic interview (pp. 63-84).    Mahwah, NJ:  Erlbaum.

Oakes, M. A., & Hyman, I. E., Jr.  (2001).  The role of the self in false memory creation.  In J. J. Freyd & A. P. DePrince (Eds.) Trauma and cognitive science:  A meeting of minds, science, and human experience (pp. 87-103).  NY:  Haworth Press.  (This volume was simultaneously co-published as Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment, and Trauma, 4(8)).

Hyman, I. E., Jr. (2000).  The memory wars.  In U. Neisser & I. E. Hyman, Jr. (Eds.), Memory Observed:  Remembering in Natural Contexts (2nd Edition) (pp. 374-379).  NY:  Worth.

Oakes, M. A., & Hyman, I. E., Jr. (2000). The changing face of memory and self.  In D. F. Bjorklund (Ed.), Research and theory in false-memory creation in children and adults (pp 45-67). Mahwah, NJ:  Erlbaum.

Hyman, I. E., Jr.  (1999).   Creating false autobiographical memories:  Why people believe their memory errors.  In E. Winograd, R. Fivush, & W. Hirst (Eds.),  Ecological approaches to cognition:  Essays in honor of Ulric Neisser (pp. 229-252).  Hillsdale, NJ:  Erlbaum.

Hyman, I. E., Jr., & Kleinknecht, E.  (1999).  False childhood memories:  Research, theory, and applications.  In L.  M. Williams & V. L. Banyard (Eds.) Trauma and memory (pp. 175-188).  Thousand Oaks, CA:  Sage.

Schooler, J., & Hyman, I. E., Jr.  (1997).  Investigating alternative accounts of veridical and non-veridical memories of trauma:  Report of the Cognitive Working Groups. In D. Read & S. Lindsay (Eds.),  Recollections of trauma:  Scientific research and clinical practice (pp. 531-540).  New York:  Plenum.

Hyman, I. E., Jr., & Loftus, E. F.  (1997).  Some people recover memories of childhood trauma that never really happened.  In P. Appelbaum, L. Uyehara, & M. Elin (Eds.), Trauma and memory:  Clinical and legal controversies (pp. 3-24).   Oxford University Press.

Hyman, I. E., Jr.  (1993).  Imagery, reconstructive memory, and discovery.  In B. Roskos-Ewoldsen, M. J. Intons-Peterson, & R. E. Anderson (Eds.), Imagery, creativity, and discovery:  A cognitive perspective (pp. 99-121).   The Netherlands:  Elsevier Science Publishers.

Hyman, I. E., Jr., & Faries, J. M. (1992).  The functions of autobiographical memories.  In M. A. Conway, D. C. Rubin, H. Spinnler, & W. A. Wagenaar (Eds.),  Theoretical perspectives on autobiographical memory (pp. 207-221).  The Netherlands:  Kulwer Academic Publishers.

Other Publications

The International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (1998).  Childhood Trauma Remembered:  A report on the current scientific knowledge base and its applications.  Chief Editors:  S. Roth & M. J. Friedman; Section Editors:  D. Finkelhor, L. Williams, M. J. Friedman, L. Berliner, & S. L. Bloom; Contributors:  V. L. Banyard, C. Courtois, D. Elliot, I. Hyman, D. Rubin, D. Schacter, J. W. Schooler, S. Southwick, C. Tracy, & B. A. van der Kolk.

Hyman, I. E., Jr.  (1992).  Multiple approaches to remembering:  Comment on Edwards, Middleton, and Potter.  The Psychologist, 15, 450-451.

Hyman, I. E., Jr., & Neisser, U.  (1991).  Reconstruing mental images:  Problems of method.  Emory Cognition Project Report, 19,  Emory University, Department of Psychology.