BSc (Hons.) 1993 University of New South Wales

MPsychol (Forensic) 2002 University of New South Wales

Ph.D. Student since 2001 Universit of New South Wales: The Influence of Gruesome Evidence on Juror Emotion and Decision Making.

Hoy, A. & Bright, D. A. (2007). Effectivness of a treatment program for sexual offenders: A risk band analysis. Manuscript in preparation.

Ware, J. & Bright., D. A. (2007). Evolution of a treatment program for sexual offenders: Changes to the NSW Custody Based Intensive Treatment programme (CUBIT). Manuscript in preparation.

Bright, D.A. & Goodman-Delahunty, J. (2006). Gruesome Evidence and Emotion: Anger, Blame and Jury Decision-Making. Law and Human Behavior, 30, 183-202.

Bright, D.A. & Goodman-Delahunty, J. (2004). The Influence of Gruesome Verbal evidence on Mock Juror Verdicts. Psychiatry, Psychology, and Law, 11, 154-166.

Bright, D.A. & Williams, K.D. (2001). When Emotion Takes Control of Jury Verdicts. Clio's Psyche: Special Issue on Crime, Punishmend, and Incarceration, 8 (2), 68-70.

Cortoni, F., Anderson, D., & Bright, D.A. (2002). Locus of Control, Cooping, and Sexual Offenders. In B.K. Schwartz (Ed.). The Sex Offender: Current Treatment Modalities and Systematic Issues. Civic Research Institute, Kingston.

Bright, D. A. (2007). The influence of gruesome evidence on juror emotion and decision making. Presented to UNSW Crime and Justice Research Network.

Bright, D. A., Hoy, A., Marshall, R., Murphy, K., McElhone, M., Harle, K., Solomon, K., Senior, J., Mathers, K., Klamer, S. (2007). Risk band methodology in sex offender treatment outcome research: 'Second best' or ‘best practice'? Presented at the 30th International Congress on Law and Mental Health. Padua, Italy.

Bright, D. A., Hoy, A., Harle, K., Murphy, K., Solomon, K., Senior, J., Marshall, R. (2007). Treatment effectiveness: An appraisal of custody based sexual offender treatment programmes in NSW. Presented at the 3rd International Congress on Psychology, Psychiatry and Law, Adelaide, Australia.

Bright D. A. & Goodman-Delahunty, J. (2007). The influence of gruesome evidence on jury decision making. Presented at the 30th International Congress on Law and Mental Health. Padua, Italy.

Bright, D. A., Marshall, R., & Murphy, K. (2006). CBT for sexual offenders: The advantages of rolling groups, presented at Australasian Association for CBT Conference, Manly, Australia.

Bright, D. A., Klamer, S, Hoy, A., Marshall, R., Mathers, K., Mcelhone, M., Murphy, K., & Senior, J. (2006). Treatment outcome: Risk band analysis of custody based sex offender programmes in NSW, presented at ANZATSA conference, Gold Coast, Australia.

Bright, D. A. (2004). Anger and Prejudice: The influence of emotion on jury verdicts, presented at the Third Annual Australasian Jury Conference, Melbourne, Australia.

Bright, D.A. (2004). Gruesome evidence and emotion: Anger, blame and jury decision making, presented at the ANZAPPL 24th Annual Congress, Port Douglas, Australia.

Bright, D. A., Shaw, S., & Pervan, S. J. (2004). The Role of Dynamic Risk Factors in Treatment Attrition of Sexual Offenders, presented at the ANZATSA Biennial Conference, Auckland, New Zealand.

Bright, D. A. (2003). The emotional impact of gruesome evidence on jury decision making, presented at the Second Annual Australasian Jury Conference, Sydney, Australia.

Bright, D. A. (2002). The influence of gruesome evidence on jury decision making, presented at the First Annual Australasian Jury Conference, Melbourne, Australia.

Bright, D. A. (2002). Jury-vilification: The influence of gruesome evidence on jury decision making, presented at the APS Conference, Gold Coast, Australia.

Bright, D. A. (2001). The assessment and treatment of sexual offenders. APS Forensic College Workshop, Sydney, Australia.

Feelgood, S., Golias, P., Bright., D., & Shaw, S. (2001). Treatment changes in the dynamic risk factor of coping style in sexual offenders. Presented at the APS Forensic Psychology Conference, Sydney, Australia.

2008 - present Research Fellow: National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, UNSW

2003 - 2008 Senior Specialist Psychologist/ Therapeutic Manager: CUBIT, Sex Offender Programs, NSW Department of Corrective Services

2003 - present Honorary Associate: Master of Psychology (Forensic) Program, UNSW

2003 - 2005 A/ Clinical Coordinator: Sex Offender Programs, NSW Department of Corrective Services

2002 - 2006 Consultant Psychologist: Petrie Management Services

2001 - 2003 Psychologist/ Forensic Psychologist: Psychology Section, NSW Police

2000 - present Lecturer (casual): Master of Psychology (Forensic) Program, UNSW

2000 - 2006 Consultant Psychologist: Phil Gorrell and Associates

1999 - 2001 Psychologist/ Forensic Psychologist: NSW Department of Corrective Services

1999 - 2000 A/Senior Psychologist, A/ Therapeutic Manager: CUBIT, Sex Offender Programs, NSW Department of Corrective Services

1996 - 2000 Consultant Psychologist: Fleming, Job, and Associates

1994 - 1998 Intern Psychologist/ Psychologist: Mental Health Service/ Psychiatric Rehabilitation, NSW Department of Health

1994 Research Assistant: Lidcombe Hospital Head Injury Unit, NSW Department of Health

Registered with the New South Wales Psychologists’ Registration Board

Full member of the Australian Psychological Society (APS)

Full member of the APS College of Forensic Psychologists

Full member of the American Psychology and Law Society (APLS)

Member of Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Law (ANZAPPL)