Harriet Smith

Harriet Smith is an Associate Professor in Psychology at Nottingham Trent University's School of Social Sciences. She holds a PhD in Psychology from NTU (2013-2016) and completed an MSc Psychology conversion course there, following an undergraduate degree in History at the University of Cambridge (2004-2008).

Her research focuses on applied cognitive psychology in forensic and security contexts, specifically improving perpetrator identification accuracy through:

• Face and voice lineup analysis for eye- and earwitnesses
• Optimizing identity verification methods from ID photos or voice recordings

She contributes to reducing miscarriages of justice and enhancing national security protocols.

Professional affiliations include:

• British Psychological Society member
• Member of BPS Cognitive Psychology Section
• Elected member of BPS Cognitive Section Committee
• Member of Experimental Psychology Society
• Review Editor, Frontiers in Psychology (Forensic and Legal Psychology Section)
• Associate Editor of the Cognitive Psychology Bulletin

Notable achievements:

• 2016 PsyPAG Rising Researcher award
• Co-investigator on £700,000 ESRC-funded project 'Improving voice identification procedures'
• Recipient of £9,722 British Academy grant for forensic voice description research

Collaborates with leading experts across UK institutions including University of Birmingham, Cambridge, Oxford, Greenwich, and Queen Mary University of London.