Wayne Wallace

Dr. Wayne Wallace has been a contributing faculty member in the the School of Psychology, forensic specialization, since 2016, Dr. Wallace also serves as a Ph.D. dissertation mentor.
Dr. Wallace is a retired police detective with 20 years of law enforcement experience and consults privately as a forensic criminologist.
Dr. Wallace's primary research expertise include include criminal psychology, criminal investigative and legal decision making, eyewitness identification, police procedures and conduct, police psychology, and interview and interrogations.

Courses Taught

FPSY 8202 - Criminal Investigative Analysis and Offender Behavior

FPSY 8135 - Criminal Behavior

FPSY 8102 - Intersection of Crime, Psychology and Law

FPSY 8100 - Introduction to Forensic Psychology

Education

PhD, Walden University

MA, Chicago School of Professional Psychology

BA, Adams State University

Awards / Honors

Harold L. Hodgkinson Award for Outstanding Dissert, Walden University, 2016

Psi Chi Honor Society, Walden University, 2012

Presentations

Wallace, w. A. (2015). Confirmation Bias in Criminal Investigations. International Association of Investigative Psychology

Wallace, W. (2015). Confirmation Bias in Criminal Investigations. Society for Police and Criminal Psychology

Wallace, W. (2015). Confirmation Bias in Criminal Investigations. European Association of Law and Psychology

Wallace, W. (2017). Police Assailants: Causes, Motivations and Criminal Correlates. Society of Police and Criminal Psychology

Wallace, W. (2016). Police Lethal Force: Fact, Fiction, Perception & Paving a way forward. Society of Police and Criminal Psychology

Wallace, W. (2017). The Psychology of the Criminal Mind. International Association of Corrections Training Personnel