Refugee Narratives: reflections from psychology, communication and law

Dr. Hilary Evans Cameron (Toronto Metropolitan University) is an Assistant Professor at the Lincoln Alexander School of Law. A former litigator who represented refugee claimants for a decade, she works at the intersection of law and psychology, investigating the inferences that underlie findings of deception in refugee status rejections.

Dr. Katty Alhayek (Toronto Metropolitan University) is an Assistant Professor in the School of Professional Communication. Her research centres around themes of marginality, media, audiences, gender, intersectionality, and migration. Her publications include articles in the International Journal of Communication; Feminist Media Studies; Gender, Technology and Development; and Participations: Journal of Audience and Reception Studies.

Dr. Vincent Denault (University of Montreal) is an Assistant Professor in the School of Criminology. His research primarily focuses on issues related to witness credibility, deception detection, and nonverbal behavior. He is the co-founder of the Deception Research Society, and also works as a scientific consultant, lawyer, and coroner, investigating deaths resulting from negligence or occurring in obscure or violent circumstances.

Dr. Zoe Given-Wilson (University College London) is a clinical psychologist who specializes in the treatment and research of cross-cultural interviewing, memory, trauma, forced migration, and child development. Her research interfaces between psychological research and legal proceedings including interview techniques, autobiographical memory, decision making, and credibility assessments. She was recently involved in developing understanding of how technology is used in asylum decisions.