Rate My Professor Peter English

Peter English, Ph.D., serves as an Associate Professor in the Department of Criminology at California State University, Fresno, within the College of Social Sciences. He teaches a range of courses including Psychology of Crime, Principles and Applications of Forensic Behavioral Sciences, Ethics in Forensic Behavioral Sciences, Juvenile Delinquency, and Law and Criminal Justice. As a psychologist, Professor English graduated from the University of Arizona with a degree in psychology. Before joining Fresno State, he worked at NASA Ames Research Center at Moffett Field Naval Air Station in the Office of Space Human Factors and the Perception and Cognition Lab. There, he conducted research and presented nationally on attention, visual search, and information processing topics. He received tenure in 2012.

Professor English's academic interests center on psychology, public policy, and law, with specific focus on the adjudication of mentally ill offenders, comprehension of legal language, and the application of behavioral forensic science in legal decision making. He is recognized as a subject matter expert on eyewitness identification. Key publications include the book More Than the Law: Behavioral and Social Facts in Legal Decision Making (2005), co-authored with Bruce D. Sales and published by the American Psychological Association. Other notable works are 'Inpatient residential treatment program for combat-related posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD): Results from the 2020 Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) War' (2022), 'Assessing Initial Psychometric Properties of the Armenian Version of the Miller Forensic Assessment of Symptoms Test (M-FAST) with Psychiatric Patients and Simulator Participants' (2021), 'Associations Between MMPI-2-RF Scale Scores and Institutional Violence Among Patients Detained Under Sexually Violent Predator Laws' (2018), and 'Same-sex domestic violence: why victims are more at risk' (2012). His research has garnered over 120 citations. Professor English has served as an editorial assistant and ad hoc reviewer for the journal Psychology, Public Policy, and Law. He holds memberships in the American Psychological Association, American Psychology-Law Society, and Association for Psychological Science.