Title: Graduate Research Assistant

Year started in the program: 2001

Current work location: Institute for Simulation & Training

Research interest: My research interests include team training and team performance measurement, training in virtual environments, team leadership, multicultural/national teams, team performance under stress, usability of training technology, and HF in patient safety. I am currently working on the Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI) Operator Performance Under Stress (OPUS) project with Dr. Clint Bowers and Dr. Eduardo Salas regarding training teams to operate effectively under stress and FuLL TiLT with Dr. Shawn Burke and Dr. Salas in conjunction with Aptima, Inc. in the development of leader training for multicultural teams. I have also done work regarding team training measurement, designed training interventions for the military for teams and leaders, contributed to the development of an automated communication tool, and evaluated technology effects on patient safety in the field. I recently completed a three month internship in Washington DC with Aptima, Inc., a human factors engineering and design company.

Publications and Presentations:

Priest, H. A., Wilson, K. A., & Salas, E. (in press). An overview of Human Factors and Ergonomics Standards in the United States. In W. Karwowski, (Ed.), Handbook of standards and guidelines in ergonomics and human factors. London: Taylor & Francis.

Priest, H. A., Stagl, K. C., Klein, C., & Salas, E. (in press). Creating Context for Distributed Teams via Virtual Teamwork. To be published in C. A. Bowers and E. Salas (Eds.), Making effective work teams with people machines and networks. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Earlbaum Associates.

Priest, H. A., Burke, C. S., Munim, D., & Salas, E. (2002). Understanding Team Adaptability: Initial Theoretical and Practical Considerations. Proceedings of the 46th Annual Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. Santa Monica, CA: HFES Press.

Priest, H. A., Burke, C. S., Salas, E., & Bowers, C. (2003, August). The Effect of Workload on Team Performance. Paper presented at the 111th Annual American Association Conference in Toronto, Canada.

Salas, E., Burke, C.S., Fowlkes, J.E., & Priest, H.A. (2003). On measuring teamwork skills. In J. C. Thomas (Ed.) Comprehensive Handbook of Psychological Assessment, Volume 4: Organizational Assessment (pp. 1105-1149). New York: John Wiley & Sons.

Salas, E., Priest, H. A., Stagl, K. C., & Sims, D. E. (in press). Work Teams In Organizations: A Reflection of Economical, Societal, and Technological Changes. In L. L. Koppes (Ed.), The science and practice of industrial-organizational psychology: The first hundred years. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Salas, E., Priest, H. A., & DeRouin, R. E. (in press). Team building. In N. Stanton, H. Hendrick, S. Konz, K. Parsons, and E. Salas (Eds.), Handbook of Human Factors and Ergonomics Methods. London: Taylor & Francis.

Wislon-Donnelly, K. A., Priest, H. A., Burke, C. S., & Salas, E. (in press). Supporting technology through a safety culture. Submitted to Ergonomics in Design.

Awards and Honors:

• 2003-2004 Fourteenth Annual I/ITSEC Graduate Student Scholarship Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference (I/ITSEC)
• 2003 Student Researcher of the Year Institute for Simulation and Training
• 2003-Present National Honors Scholar Society Alpha Chapter
• 2001-2002 Provost s Graduate Fellowship
• 2000-Present Alpha Epsilon Lambda Graduate Student National Honor Society

Email address: hpriest@ist.ucf.edu; heatherpriest@hotmail.com