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Eduardo Salas
Professor
PhD, OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY Norfolk, VA, 1984
Industrial/Organizational Psychology, Personnel and Training
Engineering and Systems Psychology
MS, UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA Orlando, FL,1980
Industrial Psychology.
BA, FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY Miami, FL, 1978
General Psychology.
E-mail:
esalas@ist.ucf.edu
Phone: 407-882-1325 |
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Dr. Salas is Trustee Chair and Professor of
Psychology at the University of Central Florida. He also holds an
appointment as Program Director for Human Systems Integration Research
Department at the Institute for Simulation & Training. Previously, he was
a senior research psychologist and Head of the Training Technology
Development Branch of NAVAIR-Orlando for 15 years. During this period, Dr.
Salas served as a principal investigator for numerous R&D programs
focusing on teamwork, team training, advanced training technology,
decision-making under stress, learning methodologies and performance
assessment.
Dr. Salas has co-authored over 300 journal articles and book chapters and
has co edited 15 books. He is on/has been on the editorial boards of
Journal of Applied Psychology, Personnel Psychology, Military Psychology,
Interamerican Journal of Psychology, Applied Psychology: An International
Journal, International Journal of Aviation Psychology, Group Dynamics, and
Journal of Organizational Behavior and is past Editor of Human Factors
journal. In addition, he has edited two Special Issues (one focus on
training and one on decision making in complex environments) for the Human
Factors journal. He has edited other Special Issues on team training and
performance and training evaluation (Military Psychology), shared
cognition (Journal of Organizational Behavior), and simulation and
training (International Journal of Aviation Psychology). He currently
edits an annual series Advances in Human Performance and Cognitive
Engineering Research (Elsevier). Dr. Salas has held numerous positions in
the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society during the past 15 years. He is
the past chair of the Cognitive Engineering and Decision Making Technical
Group and of the Training Technical Group, and served on the Executive
Council. He is also very active with Society for Industrial and
Organizational Psychology (SIOP). He is the past Series Editor for the
Professional Practice Book Series and has served in numerous committees
throughout the years.
His expertise includes helping organizations on how to foster teamwork,
design and implement team training strategies, facilitate training
effectiveness, manage decision making under stress, develop performance
measurement tools, and design learning environments. He is currently
working on designing tools and techniques to minimize human errors in
aviation, law enforcement and medical environments. He has consulted to a
variety of manufacturing, pharmaceutical laboratories, industrial and
governmental organizations. Dr. Salas is a Fellow of the American
Psychological Association (SIOP and Division 21), the Human Factors and
Ergonomics Society. He received his Ph.D. degree (1984) in industrial and
organizational psychology from Old Dominion University.
Selected publications
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