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Case 1:20-cr-00330-PAE Document 761 Filed 08/10/22 Page 104 of 246 2399
LCGVMAX3 Loftus - direct

1 memory to talk about the nature of memory, the workings of
2 memory, how people can develop memories for things that didn't
3 happen or remember things differently from the way they
4 actually were, to talk about the work that I and other
5 scientists have done on false memories.
6 Q. Thank you, Professor Loftus.
7 Please tell the jury what your present occupation is.
8 A. I'm currently a professor at the University of
9 California-Irvine, the Irvine campus. My title is
10 distinguished professor. And I have appointments in a
11 department called psychological science, that's a psychology
12 department; I have an appointment in criminology, law, and
13 society, that's kind of a criminology department; and I'm also
14 a faculty member in the law school.
15 Q. How long have you been at UC-Irvine?
16 A. I joined the faculty in 2002, so it's coming on 20 years.
17 Q. And prior to joining the faculty at Irvine, had you been on
18 the faculty of any other university?
19 A. Yes. Prior to UC-Irvine, I was a professor at the
20 University of Washington in Seattle for something like 29
21 years. Prior to that, I spent a few years on the faculty at
22 the graduate faculty at the New School for Social Research here
23 in the city. And prior to that I was in graduate school.
24 Q. Focusing on graduate school, please tell the members of the
25 jury what degrees you have academically.

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