Year started in the program: 1999, currently ABD

Research Interest:
I am interested in transportation safety, usability analysis, and human performance evaluation. I have been working at UCF and the Army Research Institute since I began the graduate program, and my internship was with General Motors Crash Avoidance Metrics Partnership, specifics outlined below.

Research Fellow, January 2000-present
Army Research Institute - Consortium Research Fellows Program
Conduct research concerned with Human Performance Cognitive Modeling (HPCM), augmented reality, cognitive feeling of "Presence" in virtual reality, and the evaluation of such systems. Responsibilities include literature review, experimental design, gather data/conduct experiments, data analysis, report writeup.

Research Assistant, October 2002-April 2003
General Motors - Crash Avoidance Metrics Partnership
Supported human factors studies, which included tracking project progress, coordinating participant scheduling, supervising research personnel, designing experimental protocols, reviewing driver-vehicle performance data, preparing participant surveys, managing databases, preparing data summaries and performing statistical analyses.

Graduate Research Assistant, August 1999-present
University of Central Florida
Review literature and conduct experiments exploring problems with aging and driving, distraction while driving (especially influenced by in-vehicle devices such as cell-phones and navigation systems). Responsibilities include literature review, experimental design, gather data/conduct experiments, data analysis, report writeup.

Published Conference Proceedings

Jerome, C. J., Ganey, H. C. N, Commarford, P., Oakley, B., Mouloua, M., & Hancock, P. A. (2001). Evaluating the presence of in-vehicle devices on driver performance: methodological issues. Proceedings of the first annual Driving Assessment 2001 symposium, Aspen, CO.

Jerome, C. J., Champney, R., Henry, Q., & McIlrath, B. (2001). Evaluating distraction of cell phone dialing while driving. Proceedings of the American Psychological Society's annual conference. June 6, New Orleans, LA.

Jerome, C. J. & Witmer, B. (2002). Immersive tendency, feeling of presence, and simulator sickness: formulation of a causal model. Proceedings of the Human Factors & Ergonomics Society's annual conference, October 2, Baltimore, MD.

Published Journals

Jerome, C. J., Ganey, H. C. N., Mouloua, M., & Hancock, P. A. (2002). Driver workload response to in-vehicle device operations. Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics, 8(4), 521-528.

Witmer, B. & Jerome, C. J. (2002). Modeling human performance: effects of personal traits and transitory states. (ARI Research Note No. 2002-12). Alexandria, VA: U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences.

Witmer, B., Jerome, C. J., Singer, M. J. (in press). The Factor Structure of the Presence Questionnaire. Presence. Article accepted for publication.

Awards & Fellowships

University Transportation Center
Outstanding Student of the Year, 2002

The Driving Assessment Symposium 2001, Aspen CO
Outstanding Student Paper Award, August 2001

University of Central Florida
Graduate Incentive Fellowship, 2001
Provost Fellowship, 2000

University of West Florida
Dean's List: Summer 1995, Fall 1996
President's List: Spring 1996, Summer 1996

Indian River Community College
Design/Drafting Scholarship, 1989

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