Forensic Psychologist
Expert Witness No. 551
Pennsylvania
EDUCATION:
Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Psychology, 1969, BA
Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Psychology, 1971, MA
Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Psychology, 1972, Ph.D
TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
Instructor in Psychology, Temple University, Department of Psychology, 1971-1972
Courses taught: Psychology of Human Behavior; Psychology of Human Behavior II.
Instructor in Psychology, Pennsylvania State University, 1971-1972
Courses taught: General Psychology
Assistant Professor of Psychology, Temple University, 1972-1973
Courses taught: History and Systems of Psychology and Psychology of Human Behavior
Assistant Professor of Psychology, LaSalle College, 1982-1983
Courses taught: Human Factors; Industrial Psychology; Introductory Psychology; and Advanced Introductory Psychology.
Adjunct Professor of Psychology, Temple University, 1983-1984.
Courses taught: Industrial/Organizational Psychology; Brain and Behavior (Physiological Psychology); General Psychology; Psychology as a Biological Science.
Instructor in Psychology, St. Joseph's University College, 1983-1984.
Courses taught: General Psychology
Visiting Assistant Professor Psychology, St. Joseph's University, 1984-1985.
Courses taught: General Psychology, Research Design and Analysis I and II, Sensation and Perception (with Laboratory), Physiological Psychology ( with laboratory).
Associate Professor of Psychology, Allentown College, 1985 to 1997
Chairman of Psychology Department (1989-1993).
Courses taught: Learning (with laboratory), Altered States of Consciousness, Behavior Modification, Cognitive Psychology (with laboratory), Seminar in Cognition, Human Factors Engineering, Sensation and Perception (with Laboratory), Research Methods and Analysis I and II (both with laboratory.
Adjunct Professor of Psychology, LaSalle University, 1993-1995
Graduate Program in Human Services Psychology
Courses taught: Cognition and Learning; Inferential Statistics and Research Design.
Associate Professor of Psychology and Chairman of Department of Social Sciences, Local University in Pennsylvania, 1997-Present
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE:
Graduate research assistant.
Collaborated in various studies on the Herrnstein and Hineline avoidance procedure and in studies related to the Amselian Frustration Effect.
1/73-3/74 Research Associate, Applied Psychological Services, Wayne, PA.
Designed, executed, analyzed, and wrote up study on the influence of some psycholinguistic factors on the readability - comprehensibility of textual materials for the U.S. Air Force.
Designed Human Factors program for the U.S. Navy's Surface Effect Ship.
The Psycholinguistics work concerned the evolution of some specific cognitive/linguistic variables that affect the comprehensibility of
written text.
From this research work a manual was written on strategies to employ in composing readable explanatory prose.
The human factors work involved a determination of unique features that could be expected to affect the sensory and perceptual systems of
operators in the Navy's developmental Surface Effect Ship.
This position also entailed the writing of several grant-proposals to U.S. government agencies.
3/74-1/76 Affiliation as Research Psychologist for the U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences,
designed and executed part of research program aimed at increasing ability to comprehend time-compressed speech.
Aided the development of a program to increase human performance effectiveness under low illumination conditions.
Technical monitoring of several research grants and contracts.
Reviewed merits of solicited and unsolicited research grants and contract proposals.
The time-compressed speech work concerned the determination of the sensory and perceptual variables affecting the processing of
speech presented to communications specialists at over twice normal rates.
The human performance in low illumination conditions involved three thrusts; the study of "sense of direction", the study of factors
affecting information processing using the haptic sense, the study of the feasibility of increasing peripheral vision capabilities under
scotopic conditions.
1/76-5/77 Regional Personnel Research Psychologist, U.S. Civil Service Commission, Philadelphia Region.
- Planned research to identify objective selection procedures.
- Prepared manual and course on job analysis.
- Prepared manual on test and measurement concepts.
- Computerized manpower survey data.
1/76-5/77 This appointment entailed responsibilities inherent in assisting the commission to implement the "Uniform Guidelines to
Employee Selection" for all Federal hiring decisions involving psychometric consideration.
Also involved was the training of Commission personnel specialists in psychometric concepts affecting fair employment practices
defined by the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
5/77-4/82 Staff Psychologist/Sr. Systems Analyst, Telcom Systems, Inc/E-Tech, Inc, Warminster, Pennsylvania.
- Provided Program Management Support for entire Naval Human Factors Engineering research program.
- Designed 1.3 million-dollar Human Factors Research program in display-format evaluation.
- Designed multi-million dollar Human Factors Research Program in Design - for - maintainability.
- Acted as technical advisor on all matters concerning: sensation and perception, training, and cognitive information processing in human
engineering psychology.
9/83-1/84 Collaborative research in factors affecting the induction and amelioration and motion sickness, and the space adaptation syndrome.
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE:
- Academic advisor for all evening school psychology majors, Temple University, 1972-73
- Task unit leader, Human Factors Technical Area, U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences, 1974-1975
- Regional Personnel Research Psychologist for the five-state Philadelphia Region of the U.S. Civil Service Commission, 1976-1977
- Leader, Human Factors Engineering Consulting Group, Telcom Systems, Inc. Naval Air Development Center, 1977-1982
- Principle Investigator, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Contract: N43-61006, Project No. 47239.
Development of an Improved Feeder for Mice, 1986
- Chairman, Department of Psychology Allentown College, 1989-1993
- Chairman, Department of Social Sciences, University of the Sciences in Philadelphia, 1997-Present
CONSULTING EXPERIENCE:
- George Washington University, Washington, D.C., Graduate School of Arts and Sciences - Doctoral Dissertation Advisor, Experimental Psychology
- Behavior Therapy/Modification
- Computer Sciences Corporation, Moorestown, New Jersey - Human Factors Engineering Psychology
- Technical Advisory Services for Attorneys, Blue Bell, Pennsylvania - Human Factors Engineering Psychology
- Expert Resources, Peoria, Illinois-Human Factors Engineering Psychology
HONORS:
- Temple University, National Science Foundation Fellow: 1971-1972
- Human Factors Engineering Technical Advisory Group Meeting, Fort Washington, Pennsylvania, August 9 and 10, 1977
- Human Factors Engineering VOICE Technology Advisory Group Meeting, Springfield, Virginia, April 25 and 26, 1978
- Fiscal year 1979 Naval Human Factors Apportionment Review, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, August 1 and 2, 1978.
- Human Factors Engineering Technical Advisory Group Meeting, San Antonio, Texas, March 6-8, 1979.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:
- Reviewer/Consultant for the National Science Foundation
- Consulting reviewer for the Journals of the Psychonomic Society.
- Advisor to the Department of Defense Technical Advisory Group in human factors engineering.
- Reviewer/Consultant for the Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service.
CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS:
- Factors influencing the acquisition and maintenance of avoidance responding.
- Internal states as reinforcers of addictive behavior.
- State-dependent learning.
- Spatial Orientation and "Sense-of-Direction".
- Enhancing scotopic visual acuity.
- Display-evaluation methodology.
- Design for Maintainers.
- Abbreviation methodology.
- Factors affecting motion sickness.
- Perception of causality in humans.
- Conditioned inhibition.
- Habituation.
- Tactile sensitivity.
- Conditioning of immune responses.
TEACHING INTERESTS:
- Introductory Psychology
- Learning and Motivation
- History and Systems in Psychology
- Developmental Psychology
- Abnormal Psychology
- Human Factors Psychology
- Industrial Psychology
- Behavior Therapy
- Sensation and Perception
- Statistics
- Research Design
- Biopsychology
- Psychopharmacology
- Cognitive Psychology
University of the Sciences in Philadelphia College Committees:
- Graduate Subcouncil
- Arts and Sciences Subcouncil
- Task Force on Deans and Chairs
- Bylaws, Policies, and Procedures
- Task Force on Classroom Accommodations
- Graduate Committee on By Laws, Policies and Procedures
- Graduate Curriculum Committee
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIP:
Psychonomic Society
Sigma Xi - Scientific Research Society of North America
American Psychological Association Divisions:
Division 3, Experimental Psychology
Division 19, Military Psychology
Division 21, Applied Experimental and Engineering Psychology
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Human Factors and Ergonomic Society
American Psychological Society
Society for Information Display
American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy
LICENSES:
Pennsylvania Licenses Psychologist - Behavior Modification
REFERENCES, GRANT, CONTRACT, APPLICATIONS, ENGINEERING PROGRAM MANAGEMENT DOCUMENTS, PAPERS READ, AND SYMPOSIA WILL BE FURNISHED
UPON REQUEST.
Psychology expert witness, Experimental Human Factors Psychology expert witness, Sensation expert witness, Perception expert witness,
Cognition expert witness, Statistics expert witness