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Conference Presenters
Phillip W. Esplin, Ed.D
Phillip W. Esplin, Ed.D. is a licensed psychologist in the State of Arizona. He has been in private practice, specializing in Forensic Psychology, since 1978. He was a Senior Research Consultant with the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, the Child Witness Project, from 1989 through 2006. This research involved the evaluation, validation, and facilitation of children's accounts of sexual abuse. He has co-authored approximately 20 scientific articles relative to this project. He is co-author of a book entitled, “Tell me What Happened: Structured Investigative Interviews of Child Victims and Witnesses”, published in 2008; and co-author of a Law Review article entitled, “The Guessing Game: Emotional Propensity Experts in the Criminal Courts”, published in the April 1997 edition of Law and Psychology Review, a journal published by the University of Alabama, School of Law. He has conducted numerous National and International training seminars on proper interview/investigative techniques in child molestation cases. He has consulted and/or testified in a number of major sex abuse cases such as: State of Florida v. Bobby Finji; the “Little Rascals” daycare case in North Carolina; the Dale Akkiki case in San Diego; the Wenatchee case in Wenatchee, Washington.
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