Bio

Areas of Interest:

Human factors in transportation (e.g., manual and automated driving; pedestrian street-crossing), health care (nursing, medication administration, patient safety, telehealth, minimally-invasive surgery), and military (e.g., UAVs, night vision goggles)

Perception of collision (vision, auditory, tactile),  multisensory integration in normal and impaired vision, virtual reality

Services and Awards

Memberships and Positions:

• Editor-in-Chief, Human Factors, 2014-present
• Chairperson, Accreditation Committee, Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 2010-2013
• President, APA Division 21, 2011
• Editorial Board, JEP: Applied, 2007-2013
• Program Chairperson, APA Division 21, 2009
• Chairperson, Education & Training Committee, Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 2004-2009

Honors and Awards:

• Texas Tech University Faculty Distinguished Leadership Award, 2016
• Human Factors and Ergonomic Society’s Paul M. Fitts Education Award for outstanding contributions to the education and training of human factors specialists, 2015
• American Psychological Association Division 21’s 2014 Franklin V. Taylor Award for Outstanding Contributions in the Field of Applied Experimental Engineering Psychology
• Fellow, American Psychological Association
• Fellow, Association for Psychological Science
• Fellow, Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
• Fellow, Psychonomic Society
• Standing Review Panel for the NASA Johnson Space Center Human Research Program, Space Human Factors and Habitability Element, 2009-2012
• Special Emphasis Panel on Patient Safety through Simulation Research, Agency for Health Research Quality, 2006
• Policy Study Committee on Safety Belt Technology for the Transportation Research Board, National Research Council of the National Academy of Science, 2002-2003
• Texas Tech University Barnie E. Rushing, Jr. Faculty Distinguished Research Award, 2012