Title: Research Psychologist

Year started in the program: 1991

Year graduated: 1996

Research interest: Dr. Carol Paris is a Naval Research Psychologist responsible for conducting exploratory and advanced research in the areas of tactical decision making, performance measurement, multimedia-based technologies for training tactical knowledge, and training technologies for future naval platforms. Recent and current research projects include the following: Tactical Decision-Making Under Stress (TADMUS), Reduced Manning and Affordability, Tactical Readiness Instruction, Authoring, and Delivery System (TRIAD), Tactical Warfare Instructional Support Environment (TacWISE), DD-21 acquisition program (21st century destroyer), and Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) acquisition program.

Publications over the past two years:

Paris, C. R., Johnston, J. H., & Reeves, D. (2000). "A schema-based approach to measuring team decision making in a Navy combat information center." In C. McCann & R. Pigeau (Eds.), The Human in Command: Exploring the Modern Military Experience (pp. 263-278). New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers.

Paris, C. R., Salas, E., Cannon-Bowers, J. A. (2000). "Teamwork in multi-person systems: A review and analysis." Ergonomics, 43, 1052-1075.

Paris, C.R., Thomas, M.H, Gilson, R.D., & Kincaid, J.P. (2000). "Linguistic Cues and Memory for Synthetic and Natural Speech" Human Factors, 42(3), 421-431.

Current employer: Naval Air Systems Command, Research and Engineering Group, NAWCTSD (Naval Air Warfare Systems Training Systems Division), Air 4961

Significant past employers: Institute for Simulation and Training (IST)

Email address: parisCR@navair.navy.mil