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| Office: | 2005 David King Hall |
| Mailing Address: |
4400 University Dr MS3F5 Fairfax, VA 22030-4444 |
| Phone: | 703-993-1398 |
| Email: | DBDAVIS AT gmu.edu |
Deborah A. Boehm-Davis is University Professor and Chair of the Department of Psychology. She holds an A.B. in psychology from Rutgers the State University (Douglass College) and an M.A. and Ph.D. in cognitive psychology from the University of California, Berkeley. She worked on applied cognitive research at General Electric, NASA Ames and Bell Laboratories prior to joining George Mason University in 1984.
Dr. Boehm-Davis' research focuses on how human performance is helped or hindered by the design of tools that help us accomplish everyday tasks with a particular interest in how improving the display of information can improve human performance. Her current research falls into three categories: aviation, the influence of interruptions on performance, and improving performance in the medical domain. In the past, she has been involved in work on cognitive workload, highway transportation, and software comprehension.
Dr. Boehm-Davis has served as the President of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society and of Division 21 (Applied Experimental and Engineering Psychology) of the American Psychological Association. She is an associate editor for Human Factors and the International Journal of Human-Computer Studies. She also serves on the editorial board for Theoretical Issues in Ergonomic Sciences.
In 1985, she received the Franklin Taylor Award from the IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society; in 1994, she received the Washington Academy of Sciences Award for Scientific Achievement in the Behavioral and Social Sciences and in 2002, she was selected as a member of the Douglass Society. In 2003, she received the Franklin V. Taylor Award from Division 21 of the American Psychological Association. She is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association, the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, and the International Ergonomics Association.