The International Association of Interviewers (IAI) has recently announced that false confession expert, Dr. Saul Kassin, will be the keynote speaker at IAI’s annual Elite Training Day event, to be held in Chicago April 11–12, 2018.
“We are very excited to have such a renowned expert speak at our annual Elite Training Day,” said Wayne Hoover, CFI, IAI executive director. “False confessions are a real concern in our industry, and we are confident Dr. Kassin will provide relevant, captivating content to the professional interviewers and interrogators attending this year’s event.”
Saul Kassin is a distinguished professor of psychology at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York and Massachusetts professor emeritus at Williams College, in Williamstown, MA.
He received his Ph.D. at the University of Connecticut. He later served as a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Kansas; taught at Purdue University; served as a US Supreme Court judicial fellow, working at the Federal Judicial Center; and was a postdoctoral research fellow and visiting professor at Stanford University.
Dr. Kassin is author of Psychology (Prentice Hall, 4th edition) and Psychology in Modules (Pearson Custom Publishing). Along with Steven Fein and Hazel Markus, he is also lead author of Social Psychology (10th edition), published by Cengage Learning. He has published numerous research articles and book chapters and has co-authored or edited various scholarly books, including: Confessions in the Courtroom, The Psychology of Evidence and Trial Procedure, The American Jury on Trial: Psychological Perspectives, and Developmental Social Psychology.
Elite Training Day is among the main events of the year in the interview and interrogation community, where leading experts from across the globe gather for training and networking opportunities. Developed by IAI, this event features a dedicated focus on honing the skills of the interviewer.
To find out more about Elite Training Day 2018 visit http://certifiedinterviewer.com/the-iai-advantage/elite-training-day/.
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