Human Factors Consultant Expert Witness

Expert Witness No. 321

California

CURRICULUM VITAE

Current Positions:

Partner, HFC 1988-present; Professor Emeritus of Psychology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, 1993-present; Research Associate. Department of Psychology University of California at Santa Cruz, 1995-present

Education:

University of Michigan, 1949-1953 (BA in Philosophy, with honors): Wesleyan University Conn.), 1953-1954 (MA in Psychology), Stanford University, 1954-1957 (Ph.D. in Psychology); Post-Doctoral Fellow. Applied Psychology Unit, Medical Research Council, Cambridge, England, 1970-1971

Honors:

Society of the sigma XI, Assoc. Member. 1954; Full Member, 1957, Fellow, American Psychological Association, Div. 3, 1970, Div. 2, 1983; Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1971; Special Post-Doctoral Fellowship, USPHS-NIMH. 1970-1971; Outstanding Achievement Award, University of Michigan, 1977; Fellow. Institute Of the Humanities, University of Illinois, 1984-1985; Fellow, American Psychological Society. 1989.

University Appointments:

Stanford University: Research associate, Institute for Communication Research, 1957-1958; San Francisco State College: Instructor in psychology, 1957-1958: Yale University: Assistant Professor, 1958-l964: University of Rochester: Associate Professor of Psychology, 1964-1967; Professor of Psychology, 1967 1979; Chairman, Department Of Psychology, 1967-1970; University of Illinois at Chicago: Professor of Psychology, 1979-1991; Research professor of Psychology, 1991-1994; Professor Emeritus of Psychology, 1994-present University of California at Santa Cruz, Research Associate, Department of Psychology. 1995-present

Government Contracts and Grants (1955-1995):

National Science Foundation (6 grants); Veterans Administration (3 contracts); Department of Transportation (2 contracts); US Office of Education (2 contracts): National Institute' of Mental Health (2 grants); US Army Human Engineering Laboratories (1 contract); US Air Force Office of Scientific Research (1 contract); National Eye Institute (1 grant)

Professional Advisory and Consulting Activities:

Consulting editor for 15 scientific journals and 3 Publishers, scientific reviewer for 6 governmental agencies; Military agencies; research consultant to 2 Universities and 4 agencies of the government As a partner in HFC, I provide for governmental and business clients Human factors expertise in areas of product and equipment Design, operation, development and evaluation of training programs, performance assessment, risk and accident analyses. and cost benefit analyses of proposed changes in operations

Legal Consultation by HFC:

I am a partner with my wife Lyn, in a firm called HFC. We provide consulting and services to legal, business and governmental clients. We offer legal expertise in the three areas of (a) evaluation of eyewitness testimony and Identification; (b) memory accuracy and recovery: and (c) human factors issues of safety, warnings, human error and accident evaluation, equipment design, and training adequacy. Our services include consultation with the client, review of existing research collection of new research if required, and where needed, expert testimony in court. I have offered expert testimony on factors that affect the accurate encoding of visual information (for example, how accurately can someone with normal vision perceive an event at a given distance under given light levels? What is the likelihood of error in "recognizing" a person later if the event occurred within a specified time frame, with a weapon in evidence?). I have also provided expert testimony on factors that affect the accuracy of retrieval of previously perceived events ( for example, what changes in memory may occur as a result of the passage of time, rehearsal of testimony. Structure of questions, or introduction of photo or real lineups? ) I have taught seminars for lawyers and for trial judges to assist them in evaluating the criteria governing The challenging of memorial and perceptual testimony in the courtroom. We assist clients representing either defendant's or plaintiffs.

Book Publications:

From 1954 into 1996, I have published 7 books and 250 scientific articles and chapters on topics in cognitive psychology and human factors. In addition. I have given 125 conferences and convention presentations.

A complete resume, listing all honors, positions, visiting positions, contracts and grants, consulting positions, and all publications and presentations, is available upon request.

Keywords:

Forensic expert witness, product, equipment design, operation, performance assessment, risk and accident analyses, cost benefit analyses, memory accuracy, recovery, human factors safety, warnings, human error accident evaluation, equipment design, training adequacy

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