I'm a new faculty member at ODU in the human factors doctoral program.  My expertise is in multimodal displays (esp. tactile displays), multiple resource theory, and workload assessment.  I also study vestibular responses in applied systems, such as sopite syndrome and virtual environment aftereffects.

I grew up in an eastern suburb of Cincinnati, Ohio.  I started college at a branch campus of the University of Cincinnati.  After earning an associate's degree in liberal arts, I transferred to Northern Kentucky University, where I completed my bachelor's degree in psychology.  My master's degree is in Industrial/Organizational Psychology (with a human factors emphasis) from the University of West Florida.  My PhD is in Applied Experimental and Human Factors Psychology from the University of Central Florida.

I've taught numerous courses, including Introduction to Psychology, Human Factors, Sensation and Perception, Physiological Psychology, Cognitive Psychology, Behavioral Neuroscience, and Industrial/Organizational Psychology.  In the PhD program at ODU, I'll be teaching courses on multi-modal displays and human performance.

My past employment has included positions at the Naval Aerospace Medical Research Laboratory (NAMRL) and Michigan Technological University.

Having just moved here from Michigan, I am in the process of re-establishing the Applied Sensory Psychology (ASP) Laboratory in MGB 344.  In this lab, we will investigate many research questions concerning applied perception and human factors such as how spatial audio and tactile cues interact and the nature of attention across sensory modalities.  I also have a long-standing interest in responses to motion, specifically sopite syndrome, which I acquired while working for the Naval Aerospace Medical Research Laboratory in Pensacola, FL.  We're currently acquiring and building lab equipment that includes multiple vibrotactile displays, a spatial audio recording system, a state-of-the-art eye tracker, an optokinetic (vection) drum, and a linear motion platform.

I've just taken on the role of faculty advisor for the ODU Student Chapter of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society.