I-An "Amy" Su is a sixth-year Ph.D. Candidate in Psychology with a concentration in Law, Psychology, and Human Development in the Department of Psychology (formerly Department of Human Development) at Cornell University. She is also on the track for a Ph.D. Minor in Statistics (Applied Statistics) and a Graduate Minor in Cognitive Science.

She works in Professor Stephen J. Ceci's Child Witness & Cognition (CWC) Lab on a transnational study of children's eyewitness memory and suggestibility. Meanwhile, she also works with Professor Charles J. Brainerd on studies of adaptive memory (survival processing effect) and false memory. She is also currently working with Professor John H. Blume on a study of competency to be executed. Her research interests include but are not limited to child witness, child testimony, forensic interviewing, and other topics in psychology and law. 

She is currently pursuing basic and translational research in psychological science to better connect developmental and behavioral science research to outreach and extension in legal proceedings.

Before she came to Cornell, she worked as a licensed attorney-at-law in Taiwan, specializing in criminal defense litigations of capital cases with mentally-challenged defendants. She founded and is managing LegalChime Attorneys-at-Law. This Taiwan-based law firm focuses on consultancy services related to psychology-law issues.

Please see below for media coverage about I-An (Amy) and read her CV for her most updated information and publications.

Featured Media Coverage

Human Development Doctoral Student Receives AP-LS Diversity Award, Cornell University Graduate School Announcments, March 15, 2021
https://gradschool.cornell.edu/announcements/highlights-from-announcements-3-15-21/

Doctoral Student Receives AP-LS MacArthur Grant, Cornell University Graduate School Announcments, October 26, 2020
https://gradschool.cornell.edu/announcements/highlights-from-announcements-10-26-20/

Doctoral Student Elected to American Psychology-Law Society Student Committee, Cornell University Graduate School Announcments, August 3, 2020
https://gradschool.cornell.edu/announcements/highlights-from-announcements-8-3-20/

Doctoral students attend annual D.C. congressional trip, Cornell University Graduate School Announcments, December 16, 2019
https://gradschool.cornell.edu/announcements/highlights-from-announcements-12-16-19/

Human development doctoral student’s experiences adapted into award-winning TV series, Cornell University Graduate School Announcments, October 14, 2019
https://gradschool.cornell.edu/announcements/highlights-from-announcements-10-14-19/

Attorneys for Little Light Bulb murder suspect ask for trial delay, United Daily News (Taiwan), April 17, 2019
https://udn.com/news/story/11315/3759963 (Mandarin)

Attorneys for Little Light Bulb murder suspect ask for trial delay after finding Wang imcompetent to stand trial, United Daily News (Taiwan), April 16, 2019
https://udn.com/news/story/7315/3758704  (Mandarin)

Little Light Bulb murder suspect: My mental disabilities could lessen sentence, Liberty Times Net (Taiwan), January 29, 2019
https://news.ltn.com.tw/news/society/breakingnews/2686440  (Mandarin)

National Taiwan University’s 1st Three-Minute Thesis (3MT®) Competition Winners, National Taiwan University Spotlight News, June 5, 2015
https://www.ntu.edu.tw/spotlight/2015/534_20150605.html (Mandarin)

In the intersection of humanities and science, National Taiwan University Trans-Disciplinary Education Program Office Blog, November 13, 2014
http://shs.ntu.edu.tw/student/?p=1376 (Mandarin)