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Associate Chair, Department of Psychology, The University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, 2011-present
Director, Master of Science in General Psychology Program, The University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, 2004-present
Professor, Department of Psychology, The University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, 2000-present
Visiting Scholar, Learning Research and Development Center, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, Spring 1998
Visitor, Max-Planck-Institut für Psycholinguistik, Nijmegen, The Netherlands, Spring 1998
Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, The University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, 1993-2000
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Memphis State University, Memphis, TN, 1988-1993
Research Associate, Department of Psychology, Duke University, Durham, NC, 1987-1988
Assistant in Instruction/Research, Department of Psychology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, 1983-1987
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Degree
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Institution | Concentration/Major |
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1985-87
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PhD
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Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey | Cognitive Psychology |
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1983-85
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MA
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Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey | Cognitive Psychology |
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1979-83
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BA
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The University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio | Psychology |
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1979-83
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BA
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The University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio | Linguistics |
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Course
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Spring 2013
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PSYC 3303
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Thinking and Cognitive Processes* | Tues Thur | 9:40-11:05 |
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Spring 2013
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PSYC 7/8503
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Seminar in Experimental Psychology: Cognition and Emotion | Tues Thur | 5:30-6:55 |
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Summer I 2012
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PSYC 3303
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Thinking and Cognitive Processes | Mon-Fri | 10:50-12:30 |
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Fall 2012
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PSYC 3304
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Perceptual Psychology | Tues Thur | 9:40-11:05 |
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Fall 2012
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PSYC 3303
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Thinking and Cognitive Processes | Tues Thur | 5:30-6:55 |
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Spring 2013: Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays, 4-5, and by appointment
PSYC 7/8503: Seminar: Psychology of Language (last offered Spring 2011)
PSYC 7/8211: Cognitive Processes (last offered Fall 2010)
PSYC 3106: Social Psychology (last offered Spring 2010)
PSYC 7/8514: Seminar: Cognitive Science (last offered Spring 2009)
PSYC 7/8503: Pragmatics and Figurative Language (last offered Spring 2006)
PSYC 4101: History of Psychology (last offered Spring 2004)
PSYC 4011: Psychology of Language (last offered Spring 2003)
I am a experimental psychologist with research interests in cognitive psychology and psychology of language. My specific areas of research are the following:
Discourse processing and pragmatics
Experimental studies of communication strategies (e.g., how people go about fulfilling their communicative goals).
Figurative language
How (and why) do people communicate using nonliteral means, such as with irony or hyperbole?
Conversational alignment
Which aspects of interactions cause speakers to take their listeners' point of view?
Computer-mediated communication
How do mediums like e-mail and instant messaging affect the communication process?
Editorial Board member, Metaphor and Symbol, 2001 to present
Secretary/Treasurer, The Society for Text and Discourse, 1997 to 2000
Webmaster, Psychology of Language Page of Links, a resource listing for researchers in psycholinguistics, 1996 to 2006
Editorial Board member, Discourse Processes, 1994 to 2002
Fussell, S. R., & Kreuz, R. J. (Eds.). (1998). Social and cognitive approaches to interpersonal communication (ix + 298 pp.). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Kreuz, R. J., & MacNealy, M. S. (Eds.). (1996). Empirical approaches to literature and aesthetics. In R. O. Freedle (series editor), Advances in discourse processes, volume LII (xx + 729 pp.). Norwood, NJ: Ablex Publishing Corp.
Kreuz, R. J., & Dews, S. (Eds.). (1995). Nonliteral language: Processing and use [special issue]. Metaphor and Symbolic Activity,10 (1).
Tollefsen, D., Kreuz, R., & Dale, R. (in press). Flavors of "togetherness": Experimental philosophy and theories of joint action. In J. Knobe, T. Lombrozo, & S. Nichols (Eds.), Oxford studies in experimental philosophy. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Kreuz, R. J., & Riordan, M. A. (in press). Exaggeration. In S. Attardo (Ed.), Encyclopedia of humor studies. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
Caucci, G. M., & Kreuz, R. J. (2012). Social and paralinguistic cues to sarcasm. Humor: International Journal of Humor Research, 25, 1-22.
[abstract]Duran, N. D., Dale, R., & Kreuz, R. J. (2011). Listeners invest in an assumed other's perspective despite cognitive cost. Cognition, 121, 22-40.
[abstract]Kreuz, R. J., & Riordan, M. A. (2011). The transcription of face-to-face interaction. In W. Bublitz & N. Norrick (Eds.), Foundations of pragmatics (pp. 657-679). Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter.
Riordan, M. A., & Kreuz, R. J. (2010b). Cues in online conversation: A corpus analysis. Computers in Human Behavior, 26, 1806-1817.
[abstract]Riordan, M. A., & Kreuz, R. J. (2010a). A survey of emotion encoding and interpretation in computer-mediated communication: Reasons for channel choice. Computers in Human Behavior, 26, 1667-1673.
[abstract]Kreuz, R. J., & Caucci, G. M. (2009). Social aspects of verbal irony use. In H. Pishwa (Ed.), Language and social cognition: Expression of the social mind (pp. 325-345). Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter.
Dress, M. L., Kreuz, R. J., Link, K. E., & Caucci, G. M. (2008). Regional variation in the use of sarcasm. Journal of Language and Social Psychology, 27, 71-85.
[abstract]Kreuz, R. J., & Caucci, G. M. (2007). The concept of salience in cognitive psychology. In C. Gascoigne (Ed.), Assessing the impact of input enhancement in second language acquisition (pp. 19-36). Stillwater, OK: New Forums Press.
Kreuz, R. J., & Ashley, A. (2006). Nonliteral language, persuasion, and memory. In H. Pishwa (Ed.), Language and memory: Aspects of knowledge representation (pp. 425-443). Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter.
Fridland, V., Bartlett, K., & Kreuz, R. (2005). Making sense of variation: Pleasantness and education ratings of regional vowel variants. American Speech, 80, 366-387.
[abstract]Link, K. E., & Kreuz, R. J. (2005a). The comprehension of ostensible speech acts. Journal of Language and Social Psychology, 24, 1-25.
[abstract]Link, K. E., & Kreuz, R. J. (2005b). Do men and women differ in their use of nonliteral language when they talk about emotions? In H. L. Colston & A. N. Katz (Eds.), Figurative language comprehension: Social and cultural influences (pp. 153-180). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Kreuz, R. J. (2004, November 9). Empirical potpourri [Review of The psychology of learning and motivation: Advances in research and theory, vol. 44]. PsycCRITIQUES--Contemporary Psychology: APA Review of Books, 49, Supplement 7.
Fridland, V., Bartlett, K., & Kreuz, R. (2004). Do you hear what I hear? Experimental measurement of the perceptual salience of acoustically manipulated vowel variants by Southern speakers in Memphis, TN. Language Variation and Change, 16, 1-16.
[abstract]Stewart, C. O., & Kreuz, R. J. (2003). On the communicative function of exaggeration: How to be a million times clearer. Communication Research Reports, 20, 331-340.
[abstract]Kreuz, R. J., & Link, K. E. (2002). Asymmetries in the perception of verbal irony. Journal of Language and Social Psychology, 21, 127-143.
[abstract]Kreuz, R. J. (2001). Literary texts: Comprehension and memory. In N. J. Smelser & P. B. Baltes (Eds.), International encyclopedia of the social and behavioral sciences, vol. 13 (pp. 8981-8984). New York: Pergamon.
Link, K. E., Kreuz, R. J., Graesser, A. C., & the Tutoring Research Group (2001). Factors that influence the perception of feedback delivered by a pedagogical agent. International Journal of Speech Technology, 4, 145-153.
[abstract]Person, N. K., Graesser, A. C., Kreuz, R. J., Pomeroy, V., & the Tutoring Research Group (2001). Simulating human tutor dialog moves in AutoTutor. International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education, 12, 23-39.
[abstract]Graesser, A. C., Wiemer-Hastings, K., Kreuz, R., Wiemer-Hastings, P., & Marquis, K. (2000). QUAID: A questionnaire evaluation aid for survey methodologists. Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, & Computers, 32, 254-262.
[abstract]Dressler, R. A., & Kreuz, R. J. (2000). Transcribing oral discourse: A survey and a model system. Discourse Processes, 29, 25-36.
[abstract]Kreuz, R. J. (2000). The production and processing of verbal irony. Metaphor and Symbol, 15, 99-107.
[abstract]Graesser, A. C., Wiemer-Hastings, K., Wiemer-Hastings, P., Kreuz, R., & the Tutoring Research Group. (1999). AutoTutor: A simulation of a human tutor. Journal of Cognitive Systems Research, 1, 35-51.
[abstract]Kreuz, R. J. (1999). Proverbs and psychology: Strange bedfellows? The American Journal of Psychology, 112, 318-321.
Kreuz, R. J., Kassler, M. A., Coppenrath, L., & McLain Allen, B. (1999). Tag questions and common ground effects in the perception of verbal irony. Journal of Pragmatics, 31, 1685-1700.
[abstract]Roberts, R. M., & Kreuz, R. J. (1999). La produzione del linguaggio figurato: tutti i tropi sono creati uguali? [The production of figurative language: Are all tropes created equal?]. In A. Nemesio (Ed.), L'esperienza del testo (pp. 101-110). Rome: Meltemi.
Fussell, S. R., & Kreuz, R. J. (1998). Social and cognitive approaches to interpersonal communication: Introduction and overview. In S. R. Fussell & R. J. Kreuz (Eds.), Social and cognitive approaches to interpersonal communication (pp. 3-17). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Graesser, A. C., Kassler, M. A., Kreuz, R. J., & McLain Allen, B. (1998). Verification of statements about story worlds that deviate from normal conceptions of time: What is true about "Einstein's Dreams"? Cognitive Psychology, 35, 246-301.
[abstract]Kreuz, R. J. (1998). Review of "Understanding Metaphor in Literature." Journal of Pragmatics, 29, 805-807.
Kreuz, R. J., Kassler, M. A., & Coppenrath, L. (1998). The use of hyperbole in discourse: Cognitive and social facets. In S. R. Fussell & R. J. Kreuz (Eds.), Social and cognitive approaches to interpersonal communication (pp. 91-111). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Kreuz, R. J. (1997). Review of "Irony in Context." Journal of Pragmatics, 27, 247-250.
Sell, M. A., Kreuz, R. J., & Coppenrath, L. (1997). Parents' use of nonliteral language with preschool children. Discourse Processes, 23, 99-118.
[abstract]Kreuz, R. J. (1996). The use of verbal irony: Cues and constraints. In J. S. Mio & A. N. Katz (Eds.), Metaphor: Implications and applications (pp. 23-38). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Kreuz, R. J., Roberts, R. M., Johnson, B. K., & Bertus, E. L. (1996). Figurative language occurrence and co-occurrence in contemporary literature. In R. J. Kreuz & M. S. MacNealy (Eds.), Empirical approaches to literature and aesthetics (pp. 83-97). Norwood, NJ: Ablex Publishing Corp.
Kreuz, R. J., & Roberts, R. M. (1995). Two cues for verbal irony: Hyperbole and the ironic tone of voice. Metaphor and Symbolic Activity, 10, 21-31.
[abstract]Person, N. K., Kreuz, R. J., Zwaan, R. A., & Graesser, A. C. (1995). Pragmatics and pedagogy: Conversational rules and politeness strategies may inhibit effective tutoring. Cognition and Instruction, 13, 161-188.
[abstract]Person, N. K., Graesser, A. C., Magliano, J. P., & Kreuz, R. J. (1994). Inferring what the student knows in one-to-one tutoring: The role of student questions and answers. Learning and Individual Differences, 6, 205-229.
[abstract]Roberts, R. M., & Kreuz, R. J. (1994). Why do people use figurative language? Psychological Science, 5, 159-163.
[abstract]Roberts, R. M., Kreuz, R. J., Gilbert, D. K., & Bainbridge, E. A. (1994). Discourse expectation and perceived coherence. In H. van Oostendorp & R. A. Zwaan (Eds.), Naturalistic text comprehension (pp. 189-202). Norwood, NJ: Ablex Publishing Corp.
Graesser, A. C., & Kreuz, R. J. (1993). A theory of inference generation during text comprehension. Discourse Processes, 16, 145-160.
[abstract]Kreuz, R. J., & Graesser, A. C. (1993). The assumptions behind questions in letters to advice columnists. Text, 13, 65-89.
[abstract]Kreuz, R. J., & Roberts, R. M. (1993a). When collaboration fails: Consequences of pragmatic errors in conversation. Journal of Pragmatics, 19, 239-252.
[abstract]Kreuz, R. J., & Roberts, R. M. (1993b). On satire and parody: The importance of being ironic. Metaphor and Symbolic Activity, 8, 97-109.
[abstract]Kreuz, R. J., & Roberts, R. M. (1993c). The empirical study of figurative language in literature. Poetics, 22, 151-169.
[abstract]Roberts, R. M., & Kreuz, R. J. (1993). Nonstandard discourse and its coherence. Discourse Processes, 16, 451-464.
[abstract]Kreuz, R. J., & Graesser, A. C. (1991). Aspects of idiom interpretation: Comment on Nayak and Gibbs. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 120, 90-92.
[abstract]Kreuz, R. J., Long, D. L., & Church, M. B. (1991). On being ironic: Pragmatic and mnemonic implications. Metaphor and Symbolic Activity, 6, 149-162.
[abstract]Kreuz, R. J., & Glucksberg, S. (1989). How to be sarcastic: The echoic reminder theory of verbal irony. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 118, 374-386.
[abstract]Kreuz, R. J. (1987). The subjective familiarity of English homophones. Memory & Cognition, 15, 154-168.
[abstract]Glucksberg, S., Kreuz, R. J., & Rho, S. H. (1986). Context can constrain lexical access: Implications for models of language comprehension. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 12, 323-335.
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Riordan, M. A., Kreuz, R. J., & Olney, A. (2012, November). Alignment is a function of conversational and relational dynamics. Paper presented at the 53rd annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Minneapolis.
[poster]Kovaz, D., & Kreuz, R. J. (2012, May). Lexical features of sarcasm in Twitter and Google Books. Paper presented at the 2nd annual Midwest Cognitive Science Conference, Bloomington, IN.
[poster]Riordan, M. A., & Kreuz, R. J. (2012, May). The communicative efficacy of email: The effect of situation and interpersonal context. Paper presented at the 2nd annual Midwest Cognitive Science Conference, Bloomington, IN.
Roche, J., Dale, R., & Kreuz, R. J. (2012, March). Production isn't always hard: Communication breakdown induces audience design strategies. Paper presented at the 25th annual meeting of the CUNY Conference on Human Sentence Processing, New York City.
[poster]Riordan, M. A., & Kreuz, R. J. (2011, November). :-) = happy? Nonverbal cues fulfill a variety of communication goals. Paper presented at the 52nd annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Seattle.
[poster]Riordan, M. A., & Kreuz, R. J. (2011, August). Expressing emotion online: What we've got here is a failure to communicate. Paper presented at the 17th annual meeting of the Cognitive Science Association for Interdisciplinary Learning (CSAIL), Hood River, OR.
Riordan, M. A., Dale, R., Kreuz, R. J., & Olney, A. (2011, July). Evidence for alignment in a computer-mediated text-only environment. Paper presented at the 33rd annual conference of the Cognitive Science Society, Boston.
Riordan, M. A. & Kreuz, R. J. (2011, July). How to laugh and cry online: Nonverbal cues in CMC. Paper presented at the 21st annual meeting of the Society for Text and Discourse, Poitiers, France.
Riordan, M. A., Dale, R., Kreuz, R. J., & Olney, A. (2011, May). Verbal and nonverbal alignment in a synchronous chat environment. Paper presented at the 61st annual meeting of the International Communication Association, Boston.
[poster]Duran, N. D., Dale, R., & Kreuz, R. (2010, November). Nonlinear dynamics of perspective taking. Paper presented at the 51st annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society, St. Louis, MO.
Riordan, M. A., Kreuz, R. J., & Dale, R. (2010, November). Interactive alignment in simulated online computer-mediated communication. Paper presented at the 51st annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society in St. Louis, MO.
[poster]Roche, J., Dale, R., & Kreuz, R. (2010, November). Don't rush the navigator: Disambiguation strategies require cognitive flexibility. Paper presented at the 51st annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society, St. Louis, MO.
[poster]Riordan, M. A., Kreuz, R. J., & Dale, R. (2010, November). Socially facilitated alignment and novelty in an interactive micro-task with online crowdsourcing. Paper presented at the 40th annual meeting of the Society for Computers in Psychology, St. Louis, MO.
[poster]Roche, J. M., Riordan, M. A., Duran, N. D., Kreuz, R. J., & Dale, R. (2010, September). Conditions guiding coordinative and adaptive dynamics in human interaction. Paper presented at the Human and Social Dynamics Grantees Conference, Arlington, VA.
[poster]Riordan, M. A., Dale, R., & Kreuz, R. J. (2010, August). Socially facilitated alignment and novelty in separate channels of communication. Paper presented at the 32nd annual meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, Portland, OR.
[poster]Roche, J. M., Dale, R., & Kreuz, R. J. (2010, August). The avoidance of ambiguity during conversation: More than mere priming or mimicry? Paper presented at the 32nd annual meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, Portland, OR.
Riordan, M. A., & Kreuz, R. J. (2010, April). Emotion expression online: Cues-filtered out or cues filtered-in? In C. O. Stewart (Chair), Discursive management of potentially problematic communication. Paper presented at the 80th annuual meeting of the Southern States Communication Association, Memphis, TN.
Caucci, G. M., & Kreuz, R. J. (2010, March). How to be funny without being literal: Facial and vocal cues for verbal irony. In S. Attardo, E. Urios-Aparisi, & M. Wagner (Chairs), Humor and multimodal markers of humor. Paper presented at the American Association of Applied Linguistics, Atlanta.
Principal Investigator, 2012-2013 (Co-Principal Investigator, 2008-2012), Conditions Guiding Coordinative and Adaptive Dynamics in Human Interaction (R. Dale, Principal Investigator, 2008-2012). Human and Social Dynamics, National Science Foundation (BCS 0826825), September 2008 to August 2013, $673,079.
Principal Investigator, Survey of Southern Speech (Research Experience for Undergraduates). National Science Foundation (sponsor: V. Fridland, University of Nevada Reno), July 2002 to February 2006, $6,200.
Principal Investigator, Using Figurative Language to Increase Advertising Effectiveness. Office of Naval Research (N00014-00-1-0667), April 2000 to April 2002, $104,875.
Co-Principal Investigator, Simulating Tutors with Natural Dialog and Pedagogical Strategies (A. C. Graesser, Principal Investigator). Learning and Intelligent Systems Initiative, National Science Foundation (SBR 9720314), September 1997 to August 2000, $900,000.
Principal Investigator, Factors that Influence the Perception of Discourse Coherence. Memphis State University Faculty Research Grant, November 1990 to May 1991, $2,700.
Current doctoral student
Gina M. Caucci, MS 2008, PhD 2011
Post-doc, the University of Memphis
Now an instructor, the University of MemphisCrystal Godwin Hough, MS 2011
ABA coach and curriculum assistant, Texas Star Academy, (Grapevine, TX)
Monica A. Riordan, MS 2008, PhD 2011
Post-doc, the University of Memphis
Now an assistant professor of psychology at Chatham University (Pittsburgh, PA)Megan L. Dress, MS 2006
Employee, Luminetx Corp. (Memphis, TN)
Branch supervisor, Mid South Tissue Bank (Memphis, TN)
Tissue recovery specialist, Rochester Eye and Tissue Bank (Rochester, NY)
Now a minor medical clinic manager, Baptist Memorial Health Care (Olive Branch, MS)Aaron L. Ashley, PhD 2004
Post-doctoral fellow, University of Notre Dame (South Bend, IN)
Now an assistant professor of psychology at Weber State University (Ogden, UT)Kristen E. Link, MS 1999, PhD 2001
Associate professor of psychology at SUNY Oswego (Oswego, NY)
Master of Library & Information Science student, Syracuse University (Syracuse, NY)
Now a Site Manager at Polaris Library SystemsCraig O. Stewart, MS 2000
Knowledge engineer, The Institute for Computational Discourse Technologies, Thoughtware Technologies, Inc. (Memphis, TN)
Doctoral student in rhetoric at Carnegie-Mellon University (Pittsburgh, PA)
Assistant professor of English at Old Dominion University (Norfolk, VA)
Now an assistant professor of communication at the University of Memphis (Memphis, TN)Max A. Kassler, MS 1993, PhD 1996
Intern, IBM Watson Research Center (Hawthorne, NY)
Usability engineer, Bellcore (Piscataway, NJ)
User interface designer, Persimmon IT, Inc. (Durham, NC)
Senior product designer, Autodesk (Ithaca, NY)
Senior usability developer, BMC Software (Austin, TX
Adjunct professor, University of Texas (Austin, TX)
Now a user experience architect, Education Online (Austin, TX)Richard M. Roberts, PhD 1992
Post-doctoral fellow, National Center for Health Statistics (Washington, DC)
Full professor, University of Maryland University College (Europe and Asia)
Now a Foreign Service Officer, US State Department
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