Associate Professor of Psychological Science
Ph.D. Cornell University
jklemfus@uci.edu
4548 Social and Behavioral Sciences Gateway
Department:
Psychological Science
Specializations:
Narrative development
Children’s autobiographical memory
Sociocontextual influences on children’s narrative, memory, and well-being
Children’s eyewitness abilities
Lab Website:
childnarrativeslab.com
Bio:
Dr. Klemfuss’s research focuses on how children remember and report about their past experiences. She is particularly interested in how social contextual factors and children’s cognitive abilities separately and jointly impact the accuracy and content of their event narratives. This work is firmly rooted in cognitive and social developmental theory and has direct societal application, for example, in legal settings where a child’s memory report may be deciding evidence in a case. She has published in top academic journals including Annual Review of Clinical Psychology, Developmental Psychology, Developmental Review, and Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, as well as in books and online resources. Her work is supported by the National Institutes of Health.