| The faculty members in experimental psychology have
research interests in basic and applied topics. In the following section,
those faculty with commitments primarily in human factors, and those faculty
with commitments primarily in one of the other specializations (Cognitive/Applied
Cognitive, Social) list their interests and opportunities for student-faculty
collaboration that pertain to applications. Thus, the following list highlights
the interests, activities and distinctions in human factors as well as
more general applications of experimental psychology. More complete information
about each faculty member is available at the
Department
Web Site. |
| Our faculty are committed to scientific research and have
been recognized for their scholarly contributions. For example, past research
support has been obtained from agencies such as AFOSR, Dupont Pharmaceutical,
FAA, NASA/Ames Research Center, NSF, Texas Department of Transportation, Texas Higher Education
Coordinating Board, Texas Physical Therapy Education and Research Foundation,
US Army, and US Office of Education. |
| Transportation (Aviation/Aerospace and Driving) |
| Patricia R. DeLucia: Visual
perception of depth, motion, and collision and human-factors applications
to driving and aviation, night vision goggles, air traffic control, and
virtual reality; visual performance in sport; human factors in medicine;
visual illusions.
Dr. DeLucia completed her doctorate in 1989 at Columbia
University with Professor Julian Hochberg; she completed her master's degree
with Norma V. S. Graham. She conducted postdoctoral work at Wright Patterson
AFB with a National Research Council Research (USAF) Associateship where
she conducted research on the perception and control of low-altitude flight,
and on performance with night-vision goggles. Dr. DeLucia is on the editorial
board for Human Factors and she has served as a reviewer for various
journals including Experimental Aging Research, Human Factors,
JEP:Applied, JEP:Human Perception & Performance, Perception
& Psychophysics and for granting agencies such as the Australian
Research Council, and the National Science Foundation. Dr. DeLucia is is the Coordinator
of the HF Program.
Francis T. (Frank) Durso: The majority
of my recent work has been concerned with how cognition (e.g., knowledge,
expertise, working memory, attention allocation) interacts with environmental
components (e.g., the representation of flight data, available automation,
"free-flight" procedures, presence of teammates) to affect the operator's
performance, workload, and situation awareness.
Dr. Durso received his doctorate in 1980 from the State
University of New York at Stony Brook with Marcia K. Johnson. He previously
earned a B.S. degree in psychology from Carnegie-Mellon University. Dr. Durso
is on the editorial board of Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied
, Cognitive Technology, Applied Cognitive Psychology, and
Air Traffic Control Quarterly. He recently served as senior editor of
Wiley's Handbook of Applied Cognition. His research has been funded by
the FAA, NSF, and DOE. He also has worked with the Civil AeroMedical Institute
in Oklahoma City, and was a Research Scientist and Research Faculty member at
New Mexico State University.
Keith S. Jones:
Human-computer interaction,
Internet usability and accessibility, Interface design and optimization,
Perceptual issues in tele-operation and virtual reality.
Dr. Jones received his
B.A. (1994), M.A. (1997) and Ph.D. (2000) from the University of Cincinnati,
under the supervision of Dr. Joel S. Warm. While in graduate school, Dr. Jones
worked also under Dr. Grant McMillan in the Alternative Control Technology (ACT)
Laboratory, which is part of the Air Force Research Laboratory at
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. Dr. Jones’ research in the ACT
laboratory primarily involved the development and testing of non-conventional
control technologies, including EEG-based control of computers. For the last
four years, Dr. Jones was an Assistant Professor at Kansas State University in
their Cognitive and Human Factors Psychology Program.
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| Instructional Technologies |
| Ruth H. Maki: Technology and instruction;
metacognition (as applied to education); spatial processing.
Dr. Maki completed her doctorate in 1974 at UC@Berkley
with Professor Leo Postman. She has served on panels for NSF's College
Science Instrumentation Program, and on committees for GRE Psychology Examining
Committee, and ETS. She has served on the editorial boards of JEP: Learning,
Memory, and Cognition; Memory and Cognition, and Journal
of Educational Psychology, and has served as a reviewer for additional
journals including Applied Cognitive Psychology, Contemporary Educational
Psychology, Experimental Aging Research, and JEP: Human Perception
and Performance, and for various granting agencies.
William S. Maki: Instructional technology;
web-based instruction; distance learning; attention and performance.
Dr. Maki completed his doctorate in 1974 at UC@Berkley
with Professor Donald A. Riley and Professor Ervin Hafter. At North Dakota
State University, he served as the Special Assistant for Technology in
which he developed a strategy for integrating technological/informational
functions of campus units. He is a fellow of the AAAS, a Charter Fellow
of APS, and has served as a reviewer for various journals including Behavior
Research Methods, Instruments, & Computers, JEP: Human Perception
and Performance, Psychological Review, and Psychological
Science.
Roman M. Taraban: Instructional
technology including student-computer and electronic conference interactions;
comprehension in college students; beginning reading instruction.
Dr. Taraban completed his doctorate in 1988 at Carnegie
Mellon University with James McClelland. He has been a member of Southwestern
Bell Foundation Systems Learning Advisory Committee, and TTU's Distance
Learning Council. He received the Outstanding Research Project Award from,
and served on the editorial committee of the National Association for Developmental
Education. He has served as a reviewer for various journals including Experimental
Aging Research, JEP: Learning, Memory and Cognition, Journal
of Memory and Language, Memory & Cognition, and Psychological
Science, and for the National Science Foundation. |
| M. Kathryn Bleckley: In my
research, I focus on individual differences. These differences include Working
Memory Capacity, Intelligence and Adult Age. I am especially interested in how
these individual differences impact visual attention.
Dr. Bleckley completed her doctorate in 2001 at Georgia
Institute of Technology in Experimental Psychology with an emphasis on
Cognitive Aging, and a minor in Statistics.
Dennis Cogan: Applications of cognitive
theory to the management of chronic pain; interests include the design
of effective work and rest schedules, and athlete training.
Dr. Cogan completed his doctorate in 1966 at the University of
Missouri with Professor Melvin Marx. He has served as a reviewer for various
journals including Aging, American Journal of Statistics,
Nature, Psychonomic Science, and Science.
Patricia R. DeLucia: Judgments about
collision in younger and older drivers; human factors in medicine; image-guided
devices for laparoscopic surgery. Philip H. Marshall: Motor performance
and assessment of rehabilitation procedures.
Dr. Philip H. Marshall completed his doctorate at
the University of Illinois in 1972 with Professor Jack A. Adams. He has
held four summer faculty research positions with the Office of Basic Research
of the Army Research Institute in Alexandria, Virginia and at Fort Huachuca,
Arizona, and two similar positions with Armstrong Laboratory, Brooks Air
Force Base. During these tours he worked on various projects including
the development of computer-assisted instruction software, tests for personnel
qualification and selection, and the processing of visual temporal information
in cluttered displays. He has served as a reviewer for various journals
including Experimental Aging Research, JEP, and Motor
Behavior. Currently, Dr. Marshall is the Chairperson of the Political
Science Department. |
Clyde Hendrick: Attitudes toward
the built environment and how such attitudes affect quality of life issues.
Special interest in attitudes toward environmental accommodation of people
with disabilities and elderly individuals.
Dr. Hendrick completed his doctorate in 1967 at the
University of Missouri, Columbia, with Professor Judson Mills. He has served
as the editor
of Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, and associate
editor of Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology. He has authored
and co-edited numerous books including a Sage Series on Close Relationships,
and served as a reviewer for various journals including Journal of Applied
Social Psychology.
Richard P. McGlynn: Applications
of social psychology to team communication and performance; development
of task batteries to evaluate crew performance.
Dr. McGlynn completed his doctorate in 1970 at Loyola
University
of Chicago with Professor Patrick R. Laughlin. He has been a guest
scientist at Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, and has served on
the editorial board of Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology. He has
served as a reviewer for various journals including Basic and Applied
Social Psychology, Journal of Applied Social Psychology, Journal
of Educational Psychology, and Organizational Behavior and Human
Decision Processes. Dr. McGlynn is the Director of the Experimental
Psychology Program.
Darcy A. Reich: Applications of social
psychology to interpersonal interaction and performance; the interplay of
automatic and controlled processes in making judgments about the environment
and other people.
Dr. Reich completed her doctorate in 2000 at The Ohio
State University, with Professor Gifford Weary. She has served as reviewer for
various journals, including Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
, and Psychological Science.
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| Visual Perception & Performance: |
| see descriptions for DeLucia and Jones |
| National and International Collaborations |
| Our faculty interact with colleagues in industry and
government, in the United States and abroad. They have worked with colleagues at
various institutions such as Federal Aviation
Administration, NASA-Ames Research Center, New Mexico State University, University of Queensland/Australia, and Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. |
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