Former Fellows
Fellows whose Fellowships began in 2005:
Name: Aimee B. Babb
Agency: Defense Manpower Data Center
Division: DMDC - West
School: California State University at Monterey Bay
Program of Study: B.S., Telecommunications, Multimeda, & Applied Computing
Synopsis: For the DMDC/DEERS division I troubleshoot and resolve inquiries our Soliders and their families have about FSGLI.
Dates: Start: 09/2005 End: 05/2007
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Name: Christopher M. Barnes
Agency: Air Force Research Laboratory/Human Effectiveness Directorate
Division: Biosciences & Performance Division
School: Michigan State University
Program of Study: Ph.D., Organizational Behavior
Synopsis: Primary area of study is team performance and decision-making. Major topic areas include workload reallocation in teams and the influence of fatigue on teams.
Publications:
Barnes, C. M. & Hollenbeck, J. R. (2009, January). Sleep deprivation and decision-making teams: Burning the midnight oil or playing with fire? Academy of Management Review 34(1), 56-66.
Barnes, C. M. & Van Dyne, L. (2007, April). Differential Physical and Emotional Fatigue Effects on Workload Management Strategies. Poster to be presented at the 22nd Annual Conference of the Society of Industrial/Organizational Psychology, New York City, NY.
Barnes, C. M. & Hollenbeck, J. R. (2007, April). Sleep Deprivation and Decision-Making Teams: A Contingent Effect. Poster to be presentated at the 22nd Annual Conference of the Society of Industrial/Organizational Psychology, New York City, NY.
Harville, D.L., Elliott, L.R., & Barnes, C.M. (In Press). Analysis of team communication and performance during sustained command and control operations. In R.R. Hoffman (Ed.), Experise out of context. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
Dates: Start: 02/2005 End: 06/2009
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Name: Kianda Bell
Agency: Defense Manpower Data Center
Division: DMDC - East
School: American University
Program of Study: Ph.D., Sociology
Synopsis: We lost Kianda under tragic circumstances on December 14, 2005. He will be sorely missed by all of his colleagues at the Consortium Research Fellows Program and the Defense Manpower Data Center. May he rest in peace, and may his family, loved ones, friends, and colleagues be comforted in their grief.
Dates: Start: 06/2005 End: 12/2006
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Name: Mario Bonelli
Agency: Defense Manpower Data Center
Division: DMDC - West
School: California State University at Monterey Bay
Program of Study: B.S., Telecommunications, Multimedia, & Applied Computing
Dates: Start: 02/2005 End: 08/2005
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Name: James E. Boydston
Agency: Defense Manpower Data Center
Division: DMDC - West
School: California State University at Monterey Bay
Program of Study: B.S., Mathematics
Synopsis: I work at the Systems Help Desk. I field incoming calls for tech support and provide Tier 1 support.
Dates: Start: 08/2005 End: 10/2008
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Name: Laura Braydich-Stolle
Agency: Air Force Research Laboratory/Human Effectiveness Directorate
Division: Biosciences & Performance Division
School: University of Dayton
Program of Study: Ph.D., Biology
Synopsis: I am studying the effects of silver nanoparticles on spermatogonial stem cells and how they influence cell signaling. I am also looking at the reproductive toxicology of these particles on spermatogonial stem cells.
Publications:
Braydich-Stolle, L., Hussain, S., Schlager, J.J., & Hofmann, M-C. (2005). In vitro cytotoxicity of nanoparticles in mammalian germline stem cells. Toxicological Sciences 88(2), 412-419.
Dates: Start: 03/2005 End: 05/2006
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Name: David G. Castro
Agency: Defense Manpower Data Center
Division: DMDC - West
School: California State University at Monterey Bay
Program of Study: M.S., Management & Information Technology
Synopsis: As a member of the Problem Management Team, my tasks include providing customer service at the helpdesk and acting as a point of contact for Information Assurance Vulnerability Alerts (IAVA) distribution and compliance monitoring.
Dates: Start: 10/2005 End: 05/2007
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Name: Cheryl L. Comer
Agency: U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral & Social Sciences
Division: Fort Leavenworth Research Unit, KS (Leader Development)
School: Kansas State University
Program of Study: Ph.D., Psychology (Industrial/Organizational)
Synopsis: I am helping to develop an integrative situational model of leader effectiveness. We are attempting to identify a number of moderators influencing the choice of leadership style and ultimate effectiveness.
Dates: Start: 05/2005 End: 06/2006
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Name: Nathan D. Cormier
Agency: National Defense University
Division: Information Resources Management College
School: Cornell University; The George Washington University
Program of Study: M.S., Computer Science; B.S., Computer Science (2006)
Synopsis: Research projects in the areas of robotics, wearable computing, speech recognition, and work with a hacker lab.
Publications:
Flanagan, P., Feeney, J., & Cormier, N. (2005, Fall). The coming of age of useful robots. Info Tech Talk, 10(4), 5, 10.
Dates: Start: 04/2005 End: 07/2006
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Name: Scott A. Douglass
Agency: Air Force Research Laboratory/Human Effectiveness Directorate
Division: Warfighter Readiness Research Division
School: Carnegie Mellon University
Program of Study: Ph.D., Psychology (Cognitive)
Synopsis: My general research interests are intelligent/rational agency and behavioral modeling using unified cognitive architectures such as ACT-R. The specific foci of my current research projects are discourse analysis, intention recognition, and spatial reasoning. For example, my current empirical and modeling efforts explore how people mentally represent, describe, and reason about objects in virtual spaces.
Publications:
Douglass, S.A. (2005, July). Exploring the functional role semantics of instructions using a spatial module in ACT-R 6. Paper presented at the 12th ACT-R Workshop, Trieste, Italy.
Sohn, M.-H., Douglass, S. A., Chen, M.-C., & Anderson, J. R. (2005). Characteristics of fluent skills in a complex, dynamic problem-solving task. Human Factors, 47 (4), 742-752.
Sohn, M.-H., Douglass, S. A., Chen, M.-C., & Anderson, J. R. (In press). Unit task execution with a dynamic display in a complex problem-solving situation. Human Factors.
Dates: Start: 02/2005 End: 10/2007
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