Professor Kathleen Mosier Immediate Past President, Human Factors and Ergonomics Society |
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Research Program: Decision Making and Human/Automation Interaction in NextGen Operations
Lab members 2008-2009
(L to R) Stefanie Ng, Stanton Mak, Matt McDearmid, Jordan Wilson,
Paula Rettenmaier, Lakshmi Raj (not present)
Recent publications (note - authors in bold are current and former APL members at SFSU):
Mosier, K., Sethi, N, McCauley, S., Khoo, L., & Orasanu, J. (2007) What You Don’t Know CAN Hurt You: Factors Impacting Diagnosis in the Automated Cockpit. Human Factors.
Mosier, K. L., & McCauley, S. T. (2006). Achieving coherence: Meeting new cognitive demands in technological systems. In A. Kirlik (Ed.), Adaptation in Human-Technology Interaction: Methods, Models and Measures. Oxford University Press.
Cesna, M., & Mosier, K. L. (2005). Using a prediction paradigm to compare levels of expertise and decision making among critical care nurses. In B. Brehmer, R. Lipshitz, & H. Montgomery (Eds.), How do professionals make decisions? NY: Lawrence Erlbaum. (pp. 107-118)
Note: This chapter is based on Monique Cesna’s Undergraduate Honors Thesis
Khoo, Y-L., and Mosier, K. (2005). Searching for Cues: Factors Affecting the Decision-Making Processes of Regional Airline Pilots. Proceedings of the 49th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, September 29, Orlando, FL.
Note: This stemmed from Len Khoo’s Masters Thesis. She was awarded a $1,000 scholarship from the Association for Aviation Psychology to complete this research.
Jacobson, C., & Mosier, K. L. (2004). Coherence and correspondence decision making in aviation: A study of pilot incident reports. International Journal of Applied Aviation Studies, 4(2), 123-134.
Note: This article is based on Cathy Jacobson’s Masters Thesis.
Jacobson, C. N., Mosier, K. L., & Sethi, N. (2003). Coherence and correspondence decision making theories in aviation: A study of pilot incident reports. Proceedings of the 12th International Symposium on Aviation Psychology, Dayton, OH, April 14-17.
Mosier, K. L., Keyes, J., & Bernhard, R. (2003). Dealing with conflicting information: Will crews rely on automation? In G. Edkins and P. Pfister (Eds.), Innovation and consolidation in aviation: Selected contributions to the Australian Aviation Psychology Symposium 2000. (pp. 243-253)
Also published in Proceedings of the Fifth Australian Aviation Psychology Symposium, November, 2001, Manly, Australia.
Mosier, K. L. (2002). Automation and cognition: Maintaining coherence in the electronic cockpit. In E. Salas (Ed.), Advances in Human Performance and Cognitive Engineering Research, Volume 2. Elsevier Science Ltd. (pp. 93-121)
Mosier, K. L., Keyes, J., & Bernhard, R. (2001). Information presentation and cognitive response in the automated cockpit. International Journal of Aviation Research and Development, 1(2), 117-134.
Manuscript in Preparation
Mosier, K. L., & Naranjo, E. L. Fairness Perceptions of Organizational Work/Life Policies: Norms, Control, and Availability.
Note: A version of this paper was presented at the 17th Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (see Mosier, Naranjo, & Yasuda, 2002).
Industrial/Organizational Psychology Graduate Program
Personal Interests: Biking, Hang-gliding, Movies, Mysteries

Professional Links
Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
Association for Aviation Psychology
Society for Industial/Organizational Psychology
Bay Area Applied Psychologists
Last Revised: October 14, 2008