Rate My Professor Jane Goodman-Delahunty

Professor Jane Goodman-Delahunty is an Honorary Professor in the School of Law and Justice at the University of Newcastle. Holding a PhD from the University of Washington, a JD from Seattle University School of Law, and a BA from the University of Witwatersrand, she brings expertise from training in both law and cognitive psychology. Before her academic career in Australia, she practiced law for two decades in private and public sectors, including as an Administrative Judge at the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and a mediator with Judicial Arbitration and Mediation Services (JAMS). She previously held positions as Associate Professor at the University of New South Wales School of Psychology and Professor at Charles Sturt University. She serves as a Member of the New South Wales Civil and Administrative Tribunal and has been a Visiting Professor in China, England, Hong Kong, India, and Japan.

Goodman-Delahunty conducts transdisciplinary empirical research to advance evidence-based practices in justice systems. Her research specializations include assessment of psychological injuries, CSI effects, child and adult sexual abuse and assault, credibility assessment, deradicalisation, expert evidence, fact-finding processes, interpreter-mediated legal proceedings, jury decision-making and behaviour, law and psychology intersections, memory as evidence, witness questioning techniques, right-wing extremism, sexual harassment, and video link evidence. She has attracted over $9 million in competitive research grants and authored or co-authored more than 200 scholarly works. Notable publications include Understanding Sexual Harassment: Evidence-based Forensic Practice (2021, with W.E. Foote), Trends in Legal Advocacy: Interviews with Prosecutors and Criminal Defense Lawyers Across the Globe, Volume One (2017), Expert Evidence and Criminal Jury Trials (2016, with I. Freckelton, J. Horan, and B. McKimmie), and Juries, Science and Popular Culture in the Age of Terror: The Case of the Sydney Bomber (2016, with D. Tait). Recognized as a Fellow of the American Psychological Association since 1996, she has edited the journal Psychology, Public Policy, and Law. Internationally, she consults as an expert on human memory, jury behaviour, and sexual assault cases, contributing to justice system reforms through her empirical findings.