ETG NEWS August 2015 Page 1 Contents: What’s in This Issue? Message from the Chair............................................. 1 Annual Meeting ETG Program ................................... 1 HFES 59 th Annual Meeting ......................................... 1 Annual Meeting Workshops ...................................... 2 On the Move... ........................................................... 3 A new program! ......................................................... 6 Opportunities ............................................................. 6 Cybersecurity Initative at Old Dominion University .. 7 Five Questions with Chris .......................................... 8 Elections ..................................................................... 9 Message from the Chair J. Christopher Brill, PhD Chair, HFES ETG It's cliché to say "time flies," but it's so true. Another HFES annual meeting approaches, and my two-year term as ETG Chair is nearly over. A call for nominations for all elected positions within ETG is included in this newsletter. I hope you'll consider serving. We will hold elections prior to the annual meeting so we can install our newly elected chair during the ETG business meeting. In the meantime, join me in thanking our program chair, Lesley Strawderman, who has done a great job of assembling our program for the annual meeting (see below for an overview). I also want to thank all of the authors who submitted to ETG, as well as the ETG members who reviewed conference submissions. In the coming month, we'll be assembling a panel to judge student submissions for the ETG Best Student Paper Award. Please consider helping with this endeavor. The winner(s) will be recognized at the ETG business meeting during the HFES annual meeting. I hope to see you in Los Angeles at HFES 2015! HFES 59th Annual Meeting The Human Factors and Ergonomics Society invite you to attend the 59 th Annual Meeting October 26- 30, 2013. The meeting will be held at the JW Marriott Los Angeles at L.A. Live. For further info go to http://www.hfes.org/web/HFESMeetings. Annual Meeting ETG Program By Leslie Strawderman, PhD Mississippi State University Tuesday, October 27, 2015 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm ETG Paper Session: Advances in Education Research Chair: Md Mahmudur Rahman; Co-Chair: Karina Liles 79: “Paper vs. Screen: Effects on Reading Comprehension, Metacognition, and Reader Behavior,” Dar-Wei Chen ETG NEWS Education Technical Group Newsletter Human Factors & Ergonomics Society August 2015
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ETG NEWS August 2015 Page 1
Contents: What’s in This Issue?
Message from the Chair............................................. 1
Annual Meeting ETG Program ................................... 1
Message from the Chair J. Christopher Brill, PhD Chair, HFES ETG
It's cliché to say "time flies," but it's so true. Another HFES annual meeting approaches, and my two-year term as ETG Chair is nearly over. A call for nominations for all elected positions within ETG is included in this newsletter. I hope you'll consider serving. We will
hold elections prior to the annual meeting so we can install our newly elected chair during the ETG business meeting. In the meantime, join me in thanking our program chair, Lesley Strawderman, who has done a great job of assembling our program
for the annual meeting (see below for an overview). I also want to thank all of the authors who submitted to ETG, as well as the ETG members who reviewed conference submissions. In the coming month, we'll be assembling a panel to judge student submissions for the ETG Best Student Paper Award. Please consider helping with this endeavor. The winner(s) will be recognized at the ETG business meeting during the HFES annual meeting. I hope to see you in Los Angeles at HFES 2015!
HFES 59th Annual Meeting The Human Factors and Ergonomics Society invite you to attend the 59th Annual Meeting October 26-30, 2013. The meeting will be held at the JW Marriott Los Angeles at L.A. Live. For further info go to http://www.hfes.org/web/HFESMeetings.
Annual Meeting ETG Program By Leslie Strawderman, PhD Mississippi State University
Tuesday, October 27, 2015 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm ETG Paper Session: Advances in Education Research Chair: Md Mahmudur Rahman; Co-Chair: Karina Liles 79: “Paper vs. Screen: Effects on Reading Comprehension, Metacognition, and Reader Behavior,” Dar-Wei Chen
222: “Measuring the Effectiveness of Team-Based Learning Outcomes in a Human Factors Course,” Michael Dorneich 507: “Crossover-Repeated Measures Designs: Clarifying Common Misconceptions for a Valuable Human Factors Statistical Technique,” Kathryn Tippey 608: “Use of Front-end Evaluation to Design an Undergraduate Industrial and Systems Engineering Ambassador Program (ISEAmP)," Brianna Benedict 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm Discussion Panel: Lessons Learned While Navigating the Academic Path in Human Chair: Heather Lum Panelists: James P. Bliss, J. Christopher Brill, W. J. Shelstad, & C. M. Via
Wednesday, October 28, 2015 8:30 am - 10:00 am ETG Paper Session: Education Innovations Chair: Jo Jardina; Co-Chair: Kathryn Tippey 282: “Application of Ecological Interface Design for Engineering Course Design,” Albert Huynh 377: “What to Teach in HCI? How to Education HCI Students to Envision the Future of Human Being, not the Future of Technology,” Myounghoon (Philart) Jeon 383: “Usability evaluation of intelligent tutoring system: ISE from a usability perspective,” Rehman Chugthai 494: “Rural Minority Students’ Perceptions of Ms. An, the Robot Teaching Assistant, as a Social Teaching Tool,” Karine Liles
Annual Meeting Workshops
By Beth Blickensderfer, PhD Embry Riddle Aeronautical University
Workshops are a great way to update your skills, gain continuing education credits, and meet
colleagues with similar interests. Please register as early as possible if you plan to add workshops to your registration. The workshops that do not garner enough interest when the early registration period for the conference ends are at risk of cancellation. Please see the schedule at: HFESMeetings/2015AMWorkshops
Monday, October 26, Morning Workshops 8:30 am - 12:00 noon
WK1: "How to Create User Requirements for Software," Anna Wichansky WK2: "Using Ethnographic Methods to Inform Human Factors and User Experience Design," Jennifer Englert, Mary Ann Sprague, & Patricia Wall
Monday, October 26, Afternoon Workshops 1:30 - 5:00 pm WK3: "What Every Professional Ergonomist Should Know About Statistical Methods and Basic Epidemiology," David Cochran WK4: "Cognitive Neuroscience for Human Factors," Chang Nam
Monday, October 26, All-Day Workshops 9:00 am - 4:30 pm WK5: "Questionnaire Design for Practitioners and Researchers," William Moroney WK6: "Introduction to R for Analyzing, Modeling, and Visualizing Complex Data," John Lee and Linda Boyle WK7: "Human Operator Workload Measurement in Practice and Workload Modeling," Changxu Wu WK8: "Gamification: Leveraging Motivation and Persuasive Design to Create a Fully Immersive and Engaging User Experience," Marc Resnick WK9: "Concept Mapping for Cognitive Task Analysis," Robert Hoffman and Brian Moon
Every day in industry, products are being invented, developed, and brought to market without sufficient research into user requirements. The primary objective of this workshop is to ensure participants design the right product for the right audience in the right context of use. The workshop will cover the basic components of good user requirements and how to obtain data from users in workplaces to propose, validate, and test that requirements are being met. Participants will learn how to use the Common Industry Specification for Usability-Requirements, the requirements extension of ISO 25062, Common Industry Format for Usability Testing. The workshop provides hands-on, small-group role-playing exercises supported by a case-study example of enterprise financial software. Participants will come to understand the basic elements of user requirements (context of use, usability objectives, and usability evaluation planning) by practicing user interviews, constructing a user profile, developing qualitative and quantitative usability objectives, and creating a measurement plan to verify these objectives. Participants should know the basics of a product development cycle, but no specific knowledge of finance, business software, ISO Standards, or usability methodologies is required (although the latter is helpful). Pre-work on the business case study is provided.
WK2: Using Ethnographic Methods to Inform Human Factors and User Experience Design
Ethnography is an essential methodology for informing grounded development and refinement of human factors and user experience design. In-context observations and interviews reveal the complexity of work practices and capture important cues and interactions that do not become evident in a sterile conference room discussion. This workshop is meant for anyone who is interested in learning basic techniques for conducting ethnographic
studies, and for summarizing results in ways that effectively inform the design of systems, products, and services. The presenters will introduce attendees to ethnographic methods, present case studies describing how they have used these methods to inform the design of products and services, and discuss techniques for summarizing study results in ways that highlight implications for design. Participants will receive an overview of a set of methods that the presenters use regularly to gain a deep understanding of work practices, including open-ended, in-context interviewing; observations; and visual elicitation tools such as diaries and collaging. The presenters will also discuss techniques they have used to summarize findings and draw implications for design—including workflow diagrams, video podcasts, design directions documents, and innovation workshops. Participants will practice open-ended interviews and observations and will try their hand at summarizing key findings.
WK3: What Every Professional Ergonomist Should Know About Statistical Methods and Basic Epidemiology
How is your stat? Could it be better? That is true for all of us. Statistics is an integral part of the profession of HF/E. If you are considering taking an exam to become a Certified Professional Ergonomist (CPE), this workshop is for you. The workshop also provides an excellent review of statistics. This workshop is primarily designed to review statistical concepts and methods considered essential to become a CPE but will benefit almost anyone in HF/E and many other fields as well. The workshop will cover probability, estimation, hypothesis testing, experimental design, nonparametric statistics, and basic epidemiological concepts. Attendees are encouraged to bring real problems and dilemmas to discuss. As this is primarily a review, those attending should have some knowledge of statistics and experimental design.
WK4: Cognitive Neuroscience for Human Factors, Chang Nam
This workshop provides a synopsis of key findings and theoretical advances from neuroscience that are directly applicable to human-systems engineering.
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Materials will be presented in a manner that may be readily understood and applied by individuals with no formal training in neuroscience. Topics will include perception, attention, learning and memory, information processing, multitasking, conscious awareness, individual differences, and social interactions. Additionally, the workshop will address factors contributing to effective design and, particularly, team collaboration. Through discussion of alternative approaches to neuroscience data collection, participants will be provided the knowledge to be thoughtful consumers of neuroscience research. Finally, the workshop will summarize developments in operational neuroscience and neuroergonomics, and the use of neuroscience methods and technologies in usability testing and operational systems.
WK5: Questionnaire Design for Practitioners and Researchers
Questionnaires are among the tools most frequently used in HF/E. However, most HF/E professionals have little formal education or training in this area. This workshop is designed to fill that gap by providing a systems approach to designing questionnaires. Participants will be introduced to critical issues in questionnaire and survey design, development and use; advantages and disadvantages of questionnaires; types of questionnaires; questionnaire development strategies; scale selection; and ways to evaluate questionnaires. A flowchart of the questionnaire design process and a checklist for evaluating the quality of questionnaires will be provided. Time constraints preclude an in-depth discussion of sampling and statistical issues. This workshop is designed for practitioners, researchers, and students. No prior knowledge or experience in questionnaire design is required. The skills taught in this workshop apply to all domains of HF/E. Participants will evaluate and correct a problematic questionnaire and will be provided with information about sources of questionnaires that can be adapted to meet their needs. Attendees should bring their laptop with the handout materials already downloaded. Application rather than theory will be emphasized.
WK6: Introduction to R for Analyzing, Modeling, and Visualizing Complex Data
This full-day workshop introduces attendees to the powerful and increasingly dominant statistical software package, R, which is free and available for download from http://cran.r-project.org on Windows, Mac, and Linux platforms. R has become the most popular tool for information visualization, machine learning, and advanced statistical modeling. However, this powerful software has a notoriously steep learning curve, which can make it difficult to learn without a guided introduction. This two-part workshop guides attendees through some of the challenges of R and the basic skills needed to capitalize on its power. The morning session provides attendees with an overview of R and demonstrates—through hands-on exercises—how to access and manipulate data to compute and display descriptive statistics. The afternoon session explores complex data processing, modeling, and visualization. Attendees will learn to use R to quickly create visualizations that would be impossible or very time consuming with SAS or Excel. They will be provided with the foundation needed to confront the challenges of complex datasets and benefit from R's powerful modeling and visualization capabilities.
WK7: Human Operator Workload Measurement in Practice & Workload Modeling
Beginner to Experienced. This workshop addresses workload measurement in different settings, including transportation, health care, and the military. HF/E textbooks usually cover basic workload measurement, but this workshop will focus on workload measurement in practice. The modeling of workload measurement and its integration with intelligent system design are new research areas in HF/E, and this is the first time the topics will be covered in an HFES workshop. Areas of emphasis include how to measure workload with performance index in practice (e.g., transportation and military settings); how to measure workload with questionnaire methods (e.g., transportation settings); how to measure workload with psychophysical methods (e.g., brainwave); how to model human subjectively reported workload with computational models; how to model P300 as an index of workload with computational methods; and
how to integrate the workload model with intelligent system design. The instructor will also bring an EEG cap and use sample tasks to teach attendees how to measure workload in practice. This workshop is intended for HF/E researchers and practitioners who are interested in measuring and modeling operator workload in various industrial settings.
WK8: Gamification: Leveraging Motivation and Persuasive Design to Create a Fully Immersive and Engaging User Experience
Gamification is a process through which an engaging interaction layer is added to existing human-system interactions to leverage fundamental psychological motivation. Although often confused with game design, gamification involves leveraging fundamental psychological motivators, customized user motivational profiles, and carefully constructed user interaction dynamics to create a more engaging, persuasive, and hedonic user experience. This workshop will present a framework that uses motivational profiles of users to design this interaction layer. Attendees will enhance their knowledge of motivational psychology and learn a systematic process through which the framework can be implemented in their own design work. This workshop is intended for individuals who have a moderate amount of design experience and an interest in motivational psychology. The framework that serves as the foundation of the workshop has been designed specifically for practitioners in HF/E and includes specific UI elements that target a wide variety of fundamental motivators, such as the needs for autonomy, competence, and social relationships. It uses the Fogg Behavioral Model to design activity cycles that keep the elements engaging and effective. After becoming familiarized with the framework, attendees will be divided into teams to work through a case study, which will be designed to match the work domains of registrants, who will be surveyed in advance. This will provide attendees with practical experience in implementing the framework and create a long-lasting capability for gamification design.
WK9: Concept Mapping for Cognitive Task Analysis
Concept mapping (Cmapping) has been used for decades at all levels of education around the world. It is being used for a variety of purposes in the Department of Defense, NASA, and a wide variety of businesses and organizations in the private and public sectors. The variety of uses and applications of Cmaps has been expanding rapidly in recent years, especially in HF/E. Cmapping can be used as a structured interview to elicit domain knowledge or as a method of cognitive task analysis and task decomposition. Cmaps are used to capture expert knowledge, to describe workflows, to assist in program management, and to support requirements specification and usability analysis. Given this expanding use and variety of applications, this workshop will allow participants to learn what makes a good Cmap and practice creating one. Exercises will involve the use of CmapTools freeware, and attendees are asked to bring a laptop with the program installed (http://cmap.ihmc.us/download). The workshop will benefit anyone interested in task analysis.
On the Move...
Old Dominion University welcomes new faculty hire, Dr. Jeremiah Still (Ph.D., Human-Computer Interaction, 2009). In the Fall of 2015, Jeremiah will start as ODU's newest tenure-track faculty member for the Ph.D. program in human factors psychology. His areas of interest include human-computer interaction (HCI), user-center design, and cybersecurity. Previous faculty appointments include San Jose State University and Missouri Western State University. His wife, Dr. Mary Still (Ph.D., Cognitive Psychology, 2009), has also been hired by ODU, as an instructor in the psychology department. ODU is delighted to welcome aboard Drs. Jeremiah and Mary Still! Former ETG Chair, Dr. Joe Keebler, has accepted an appointment as assistant professor of Human Factors and Systems at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. He previously held a faculty appointment at Wichita State University.
Dr. Heather Lum (ETG Program Chair-Elect) will be starts a new position this Fall as assistant professor of psychology. She'll remain at Penn State Behrend, where she has been working as a research associate for the psychology department. Her new position coincides with an expanded focus on human factors at Penn State Behrend, which includes a human factors undergraduate certificate, a human factors and design concentration in the psychology B.S. program, a Modeling and Simulation concentration in the new Digital Arts & Media major, and a psychology-focused track in the Game Design minor.
A New Master’s Program!
By Carolyn Sommerich, PhD A Master’s degree program for students interested in studying engineering-based occupational safety and ergonomics…. The Integrated Systems Engineering Department at The Ohio State University offers students the opportunity to earn a Master’s degree in Industrial & Systems Engineering specializing in Occupational Safety and Ergonomics. Our graduate students come from a variety of undergraduate educational backgrounds, including engineering, psychology, and engineering management. Learning experiences in our program include course work in occupational health & safety, ergonomics, human factors, biomechanics, and related topics, as well as research activities, an applied practicum, and internships. Students in the program may be eligible to receive financial support (traineeships), consisting of tuition, health insurance, and a monthly stipend. Financial support through traineeships is limited to US residents who are enrolled full-time. Dual MS degree programs can be designed (e.g., combining Industrial & Mechanical Engineering or Industrial Engineering & Environmental Health Sciences). Ohio State University is an ideal place to prepare to work in the area of occupational safety and ergonomics. OSU is one of the top public research universities in the country. This means that students have opportunities to learn from and interact with some of the best teachers and researchers in the country, and from a range of relevant disciplines,
including various areas of engineering, design, psychology, public health, and statistics, to name a few. For many years, Ohio State has housed one of the strongest human factors and ergonomics programs in the country. The program was one of the first to be accredited by the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. For more information about this graduate program, including financial support opportunities, please visit this website or contact me by phone or email: http://ise.osu.edu/isefaculty/sommerich/TPG/home.html Dr. Carolyn M. Sommerich The Ohio State University Department of Integrated Systems Engineering 210 Baker Systems 1971 Neil Ave. Columbus, OH 43210 Office phone: 614-292-9965 Email: [email protected]
Opportunities
We at Missouri S&T are seeking individuals to help us advance our signature area in Smart Living. As Smart Living is a highly interdisciplinary field, we are seeking individuals from any discipline. The following link takes you to our ad for these positions: http://hr.mst.edu/careers/signature/smartliving/. More detailed descriptions for clusters of disciplines are linked in the middle of the ad (e.g., psychology, history, engineering and computing). Please share this link with anyone you think is interested in applying for one of these Smart Living faculty positions. Nancy J. Stone, Ph.D. Professor and Chair Director, M.S. in Industrial-Organizational Psychology Department of Psychological Science Missouri University of Science and Technology www.mst.edu
ODU is initiating its new strategic plan (http://odu.edu/facultystaff/research2/strategic-plan.html) with a cluster hire for an innovative and interdisciplinary Center for Cybersecurity Education and Research. Old Dominion is located in the metropolitan Hampton Roads region of coastal Virginia, home to the world’s largest natural deep water port and third largest port on the East Coast, the Atlantic headquarters of NATO, and Naval Station Norfolk, which houses the U.S. Navy and U.S. Fleet Forces Command. The University currently enrolls more than 25,000 students with almost 5,000 graduate students and nearly 1,500 international students. An undergraduate major, a minor and a graduate certificate in cybersecurity are offered. We seek three leaders in any discipline related to cybersecurity to be a part of this initiative. The goal of the Initiative is to foster research, education and outreach on cybersecurity. The interdisciplinary initiative currently includes faculty from a range of disciplines including computer science, engineering, psychology, criminal justice, business, information technology, and philosophy. Details about the initiative are available at https://www.odu.edu/ccser. We are especially interested in faculty able to conduct research and teach in an interdisciplinary environment and who can hold a security clearance. All three positions will be expected to be fully involved in this initiative. One of the positions will be an endowed chair in Engineering and Technology for the Director of the newly created Center for Cybersecurity Education and Research. The successful applicant for Director will have a national reputation in cybersecurity and will be eligible to be either an Associate or Full Professor. The other two positions target Assistant Professors, although exceptional applicants at the Associate or Full Professor ranks will be considered. All successful applicants are expected to have a strong vision for their vibrant research programs, commitments to leadership in the area of cybersecurity, and commitments to excellence and innovation in graduate and undergraduate education.
Applicants should possess an appropriate terminal degree and an academic record commensurate with their time in the field. Associate and full professor candidates should have academic records that merit a tenured appointment at the rank of associate or full professor in one of the academic departments within the University. A successful record in research and grant writing is required for a tenured appointment, as is evidence of leadership and the ability to interact and communicate clearly with internal and external constituencies. Requirements for candidates for the assistant professor positions are the potential for success in research and grant writing and the ability to interact and communicate clearly with internal and external constituencies. Applications should include a letter of interest that addresses the Initiative's goals, a curriculum vitae, and contact information for three professional references including email addresses and phone numbers. Review of applications will begin October 1, 2015, and the position will remain open until an appointment is made. Applications and nominations should be submitted electronically to https://jobs.odu.edu by clicking on Teaching and Research Faculty opportunities and selecting either the senior-level position or the assistant professor position.
Assistant or Associate Professor of Psychology, Human Factors/Applied Cognition The George Mason University, Department of Psychology has a tenure-track faculty position in the Human Factors and Applied Cognition program available to begin Fall 2016. This position is targeted at junior candidates (assistant or associate); however, candidates with external funding may be considered for higher ranks. Candidates for a more senior rank must demonstrate a record of external funding. All candidates should demonstrate scholarship that is capable of attracting external funding, and strong teaching potential/experience at both undergraduate and graduate levels. Candidates from minority and underrepresented populations are particularly encouraged to apply.
Mason is currently the largest and most diverse university in Virginia with students and faculty from all 50 states and over 135 countries studying in 200 degree programs at campuses in Arlington, Fairfax and Prince William, as well as at learning locations across the commonwealth. Rooted in Mason’s diversity is a campus culture that is both rewarding and exciting, work that is meaningful, and opportunities to both collaborate and create. If you are interested in joining the Mason family take a look at our current opportunities and catch some Mason spirit at jobs.gmu.edu/! George Mason University, Where Innovation is Tradition. George Mason University is an equal opportunity employer encouraging diversity.
Five Questions with Chris
- An Interview with…Yusuke Yamani by J. Christopher Brill, Ph.D.
I wanted to try something new for the ETG Newsletter, a brief interview feature I'm calling "Five Questions with Chris". For this first installment, I interviewed my new colleague, Dr. Yusuke Yamani, who just finished his first year as a faculty member at Old Dominion University! I intend to
make this a regular feature of the newsletter. Enjoy! 1. How has the transition from Ph.D. student to faculty member been? What has been the greatest challenge? My greatest challenge has been the concurrent management of my research program and teaching portfolio. As a Ph.D. student and post-doc, the larger emphasis dwelled on research. The transition to faculty member has been accompanied by a rise in teaching and mentoring requirements, including both undergraduate and graduate students, in addition to doing research. While it may have at first appeared very overwhelming, and I may have thought I would never have time for both, now I have started appreciating the opportunity I have to conduct both teaching and research. I see teaching can be a fruitful learning experience for myself and
Dr. Yusuke Yamani
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cutting-edge research adds that vibrant flavor to my courses that allow me to reach out to an interdisciplinary and diverse student population. 2. What did you find most surprising about your first year in academia? The first year of academia really comes with a boom, so to speak. All of a sudden, I am expected to know how to manage and perform a whole portfolio of activity – not all of which I may have been exposed to during my doctoral and postdoctoral training. This list includes holding lab meetings, directing my lab, and authoring grant proposals – which has involved a substantial learning process by trial and error. 3. What was the best part of your first year at ODU? The best part of ODU, so far, has to be the supportive and amiable colleagues in the department, and the equally hardworking students, welcoming junior faculty members like me. Academic discussions with my colleagues and students have been eye-opening, to say the least, and have led to exciting research ideas. By the way, having not attended commencement as a student, it was truly exciting to attend the commencement ceremony as a faculty member. 4. Were there any hard lessons from your first year? The year was filled with learning experiences. There are two lessons in particular that I would like to highlight: First, better time management can greatly benefit me and other early stage faculty members like myself to balance our research and teaching loads. I have observed that poor management of my time and resources have contributed to my struggle and frustration, while prioritizing my tasks and responsibilities have helped me focus and perform more efficiently. Second, there is not one single way of supervising and mentoring graduate students. Every student is unique and has a different background and distinct career goals. Learning and incorporating methods that work best for my students is an ongoing process for me. 5. Reflecting upon the past year, what is the best piece of advice would you give a new incoming
faculty member who is about to begin his or her first year in academia? Any faculty position can be overwhelming because of the different synergistic roles one has to play (researcher, teacher, mentor, peer, academic, lab/program director) regardless of the strengths of his or her training. My best advice would be “do not hesitate to ask your colleagues if you are ever unsure of what to do." They have once traversed the path you shall traverse now, and usually they are more than happy to help their colleagues. Experienced faculty members have learned to do a lot of things, and they may share their experiences and struggles, if any, in their career, which you can learn from and turn into your experience. Lastly, don’t forget to have fun with the various roles (research, teaching, and service) that being a faculty member allows you to embrace!
Student Newsletter The student newsletter is working on their second issue for the Annual Meeting. If you would like to contribute articles of interest to undergraduate and graduate students, please contact Jo Jardina at [email protected].
Elections
Elections are coming up for the following positions: Chair- The TG chair has overall responsibility to ensure that the group meets its minimum requirements. The chair works with the HFES executive director in scheduling the TG's annual business meeting and arranging other events; with the newsletter editor regarding timing, content, distribution method, and cost of newsletters; and with other officers to ensure that TG activities are being carried out. The chair also represents the TG as a member of the Council of Technical Groups.
Program-Chair Elect- This person will take over for the program chair. The program chair is responsible for overseeing the technical review of proposals submitted for the HFES Annual Meeting. A
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Handbook for program chairs is made available online each year. Secretary/Treasurer- The secretary/treasurer may be responsible for the TG's finances, the Operating Rules stipulate that this is ultimately the chair's responsibility. Therefore, close coordination between these offices is essential. All financial records (checkbook, bank statements, etc.) for TGs are held in the HFES central office. Invoices should be sent to Lynn Strother at the central office for payment.
Newsletter Editor- The newsletter editor is responsible for producing at least two newsletters per year and distributing them to TG members. The newsletter is the vital link between a TG's officers and its members, and its quality and frequency are often associated with members' level of satisfaction with their TG affiliation. Webmaster- The Webmaster is responsible for maintaining and updating the TG’s Web site. For detailed guidelines request the handbook for newsletter editors and webmasters.
Student Representative- Our group is unique in that we have a student representative attend our board functions as the voice of the next generation of human factors professionals. Each position is a two-year term. E-mail nominations to Dr. Chris Brill ([email protected]), the ETG Chair. Self-nomination is encouraged. Nominations will be accepted through August 31.
Current ETG Officers Chair: J. Christopher Brill, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Psychology Department Old Dominion University Norfolk, VA 23529 E-mails: [email protected]
Program Chair: Lesley Strawderman, Ph.D., PE Assistant Professor Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering Mississippi State University Mississippi State, MS 39762-9542 E-mail: [email protected] Program Chair-Elect: Heather C. Lum, Ph.D. Research Associate Penn State Erie, the Behrend College Erie, PA 16563 E-mail: [email protected] Newsletter Editor: Lisa Jo Elliott, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Program Director, Human Factors and Usability Missouri Western State University St. Joseph, MO Email: [email protected] Webmaster: Caroline Joseph, Ph.D., Jr. Eng. E-mail: [email protected] Student Representative/Secretary: Jo Jardina Ph.D. Student Psychology Department Wichita State University E-mail: [email protected]
