Dr. Keith Wylie

Keith Wylie

Assistant Professor

Contact

kwylie@flagler.edu
904-819-6457
Thompson 31

Professional Profile

Dr. Keith Wylie is a legal psychologist specializing in the cognitive and social aspects of legal decision-making. He earned his Ph.D. in Legal Psychology from Florida International University, with minors in Cognitive and Quantitative Psychology. He has taught undergraduate and graduate courses at Emporia State University, Arizona State University, and Florida International University.

Dr. Wylie is passionate about mentoring students in undergraduate research projects, particularly those interested in legal psychology. He encourages students eager to explore research opportunities to reach out via email or schedule a meeting.

Teaching

Dr. Wylie’s current courses at Flagler include:

  • Research Methods
  • Forensic Psychology
  • Psychology of Language
  • Science of Learning
  • Science of Crises: Pandemics

Research

Areas of Research

Dr. Wylie’s research explores key issues at the intersection of psychology and the law, including eyewitness memory, investigative interviewing, misinformation, and juror decision-making. His recent work examines how jurors process misinformation, how defendant characteristics influence verdicts, and how artificial intelligence is integrated into legal decision-making processes, such as facial recognition technology.

Eyewitness Memory: The role of cognitive interview techniques and factors that influence memory accuracy.

Juror Decision-Making: How social and cognitive biases affect juror decisions, particularly regarding race, socioeconomic status, and emotional responses.

Misinformation: Examining how false information impacts legal outcomes and individual decision-making in high-stakes scenarios.

AI in Legal Contexts: Exploring how artificial intelligence tools, such as facial recognition, are perceived in legal settings compared to human judgment.

 

Recent Publications

Note: Names that are underlined are student collaborators.

  • Ryan, C. K., Brown, S., & Wylie, K. (in press). Videos versus text spoilers and college students’ enjoyment of narratives. Journal of Psychological Inquiry.
  • Bennett, B., Corn, C., Wolf Bordonaro, G., & Wylie, K. (2025). The effects of a single-session pictorial collage on self-reported anxiety in adults diagnosed with a traumatic brain injury. The Arts in Psychotherapy, 92, Article 102256. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aip.2025.102256
  • Wylie, K., & Evans, J. R. (2023). Investigating the utility of cognitive interview mnemonics among non-native English speakers. Psychology of Language and Communication, 27(1), 226–255. https://doi.org/10.58734/plc-2023-0012
  • Tate, E. K., Wylie, K., & Moss, J. D. (2023). The effects of face masks on emotional appraisal ability of children with autism. International Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1080/20473869.2023.2189765
  • Wylie, K., Pena, M. M., Miller, K. B., Palmer, M. E., & Tate, E. K. (2022). Observers’ accuracy in detecting deception in non-native speakers versus native speakers: A systematic review. Journal of Investigative Psychology and Offender Profiling, 19(3), 204–220. https://doi.org/10.1002/jip.1595
  • Molinaro, P. F., Charman, S. D., & Wylie, K. (2021). Pre-identification confidence is related to eyewitness lineup accuracy across witnesses with heterogenous encoding conditions. Law and Human Behavior, 45(6), 524–541. https://doi.org/10.1037/lhb0000452

Recent Conference Presentations

Note: Names that are underlined are student collaborators.

  • Brown, S. R., Wylie, K., Moss, J. D., & Hayes, K. (2025, accepted). Psychological distance in legal testimony: Does grammatical voice influence juror perceptions? [paper presentation]. American Psychology¬–Law Society, San Juan, PR, USA.
  • Brown, S., Wylie, K., & Ryan, C. K. (2024, March 21–23). Testing attentional control in monolinguals and bilinguals using the Gudjonsson Suggestibility Scale [poster presentation]. American Psychology-Law Society, Los Angeles, CA, USA. 
  • Ryan, C. K., Wylie, K., & Hayes, T. B. (2024, March 21–23). Truthiness or emotional response? The effect of non-probative images on juror decision-making [paper presentation]. American Psychology-Law Society, Los Angeles, CA, USA. 
  • Dinwiddie, K. R., & Wylie, K. (2024, March 21–23). Free to leave: Does perspective-taking influence perceptions of custody? [poster presentation]. American Psychology-Law Society, Los Angeles, CA, USA. 
  • Wylie, K.,Ortstadt, B., Brown, S., & Ryan, C. K. (2024, March 21–23). Judgments of learning for faces and names: Effectiveness depends on timing and face presence [paper presentation]. American Psychology-Law Society, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
  • Charman, S., Shambaugh, L., Cahill, B., Wylie, K., Hunter, M., & Blouir, M. (2023, March 15–17). Testing whether a ‘not sure’ option protects witnesses against the negative impact of other pre-lineup instructions. [paper presentation]. American Psychology–Law Society, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
  • Suzanne, B. S., & Wylie, K. (2022, March 19). Does death qualification moderate juror attitudes toward defendants’ mental health diagnoses? [paper presentation]. American Psychology–Law Society, Denver, CO, USA.
  • Roberts, V., & Wylie, K. (2022, March 18). Age and conservatism predict trust in the police: A community-based survey [poster presentation]. American Psychology–Law Society, Denver, CO, USA.
  • Tate, E. K., & Wylie, K. (2021, November 3–5). Does social media use predict belief in pseudoscience and government mistrust? [poster presentation]. Technology, Mind & Society, virtual.
  • Edwards, S., Wylie, K., & Mindthoff, A. (2021, July 21–23). Body art behind bars? Evaluating the effects of tattoo connotation, race, and gender on juror decision making [poster presentation]. Society for Applied Research in Memory and Cognition, virtual.
  • Arias-Elmore, M. C., Grover, C. A., & Wylie, K. (2021, March 20). College students’ judgment of a male/female defendant with/without an Adverse Childhood Experience(s) score [poster presentation]. American Psychology–Law Society Virtual Poster Session.