Area of Specialty: Cognitive Psychology/Human Computer Interaction.
Serious Games, Tangible Technology, Cognitive Development of Creativity in Children.
PhD, Psychology (Cognition and Perception, with specialization in Human Computer Interaction) University of Michigan,1991.
New NSF funded Earthquake Preparedness Research Project. in collaboration with Liz Safran, Peter Drake, and Bryan Sebok.
Ongoing Long Term NSF funded Living Laboratory Research on Cognitive Development of Problem Solving in collaboration with Oregon Museum of Science and Industry.
Institute of Museum and Library Services funded PLAYLAB grant to develop Science Museum Exhibits based on Research in Cognitive Development. Collaborative project with OMSI.
NSF funded Research on Developing a Serious Games Cloud-based approach to Cybersecurity Education with EDURange Project. (I served as Educational Efficacy Research and Statistical Consultant for 6 years on project)
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Summer student research: Motivating healthy behaviors
Noah Callaghan ’15, Susan Heinselman ’15, and Joel Schooler ’15 are working with high school student Elijah Rebensdorf and Associate Professor of Psychology Erik Nilsen to study how our interactions with technology impact our motivation to be healthy. They reflect on this experience in the following Q&A.
Location: Biology-Psychology Hall
Psychology is located in Biology-Psychology on the Undergraduate Campus.
email psych@lclark.edu
voice 503-768-7511
Chair
Diana J. Leonard, PhD
Psychology
Lewis & Clark
615 S. Palatine Hill Road
Portland OR 97219
