Elizabeth Veinott
Contact
- eveinott@mtu.edu
- 906-487-2171
- Meese Center 204
- Associate Professor, Psychology and Human Factors
- Affiliated Associate Professor, Computer Science
- Director, Center for Human-Centered Computing
- PhD, Cognitive Psychology, University of Michigan 2002
- MS, I/O Psychology, San Francisco State University
- BA, Psychology, Stanford University
Biography
I am a cognitive psychologist who focuses on two main areas of research: decision making and learning using serious video games. My decision research focuses on individual and team decision making and collaboration in laboratory and field environments. I have developed and validated processes for improving decision making and planning in groups in disaster response and other high risk environments. Since 2011, I have focused on empirical video-game research to design, develop, and evaluate video games for improving specific critical thinking skills (e.g., mitigating cognitive biases, perspective taking). I am expanding that research to examine the use of video-game technologies for improving learning in STEM areas with college and K-12 students. I bring 15 years of experience in industry and government research labs doing human-factors research. I worked as a principal scientist in an R&D engineering company and as a contractor at NASA Ames in the Human Performance Lab. My research has been funded by IARPA, DARPA, AFRL, and the Army Research Institute.
Links of Interest
Research Interests
- Decision Making
- Problem Solving
- Learning and Video Games for STEM
- CSCW
- Structured Analytic Techniques