Curriculum
Vitae
Human
Factors & Applied Cognition Program
George
Mason University
4400
University Drive, MSN 3F5, Fairfax, VA 22030-4444
703-993-3408
office, 703-993-1330 fax
cmonk @ gmu
. edu
Ph.D., Human Factors and Applied Cognitive Psychology, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, 2004
M.A., Human Factors/Applied Experimental Psychology, California State University, Northridge, CA, 1997
B.A., Psychology and Philosophy, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, 1992
Assistant Professor, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, 8/05 – present
Sr. Human Factors Researcher, Westat, Rockville, MD, 12/04 – 7/05
Research Psychologist, Science Applications International Corporation, McLean, VA, 1/98 – 12/04
Human Factors Engineer, Toyota Technical Center, USA, Inc., Torrance, CA, 6/94 – 12/97
In general, I am interested in understanding how people cognitively manage multiple task goals in dynamic settings. My specific interests lie in the role of attention and memory in the instantiation, pursuit, suspension, maintenance, and resumption of tasks goals in dynamic environments like driving. Broadly speaking, I study interrupted task performance and driver distraction. Other areas of interest include human factors of in-vehicle interfaces, mental workload, task switching, theories of cognitive control, computational cognitive modeling, models of attention, working memory, and prospective memory.
Monk, C. A., Trafton, J. G, & Boehm-Davis, D. A. (2008). The effect of interruption duration and demand on resuming suspended goals. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 14, 299-313.
Monk, C. A., & Kidd, D. G. (2008). Driver visual occlusion and lane drift recovery. Washington Academy of Sciences Journal.
Trafton, J. G., & Monk,C. A. (2007). Task Interruptions. Reviews of Human Factors and Ergonomics, 3, 111-126.
Monk, C. A., Boehm-Davis, D. A., & Trafton, J. G. (2004). Recovering from interruptions: Implications for driver distraction research. Human Factors, 46, 650-663.
Hegarty, M., Mayer, R., & Monk, C. (1995). Comprehension of arithmetic word problems: A comparison of successful and unsuccessful problem solvers. Journal of Educational Psychology, 87, 18-32.
Monk, C. A. & Kidd, D. G. (under revision). Distractions in the dilemma zone: Dual-task costs on stop and go responses to a yellow light change.
Monk, C. A. & Kidd, D. G. (under review). Should I stop or should I go now? Central processing delays in yellow light stop/go decisions.
Monk, C. A., & Kidd, D. G. (in preparation). Very brief interruptions (working title).
McKnight, P. & Monk, C. (in preparation). Variance in Manipulations (working title).
Cades, D. M., Werner, N., Trafton, J. G., Boehm-Davis, D. A., & Monk, C. A. (2008). Dealing with Interruptions Can Be Complex, But Does Interruption Complexity Matter: A Mental Resources Approach to Quantifying Disruption. Proceedings of the 2008 Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting. Santa Monica, CA: HFES.
Monk, C. A. & Kidd, D. G. (2008). The Effects of Brief Interruptions on Task Resumption. Proceedings of the 2008 Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting. Santa Monica, CA: HFES.
Monk, C. A. & Kidd, D. G. (2008). Recovering from Unexpected Lane Drifts. Proceedings of the 2008 Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting. Santa Monica, CA: HFES.
Cades, D. M., Trafton, J. G., Boehm-Davis, D. A., and Monk, C. A. (2007). Does the Difficulty of an Interruption Affect our Ability to Resume? Proceedings of the 2007 Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting. Santa Monica, CA: HFES.
Kidd, D. G. and Monk, C. A. (2007). More is less: The effect of single and multiple interleaved interruptions on task resumption. Proceedings of the 2007 Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting. Santa Monica, CA: HFES.
Monk, C. A. and Kidd, D. G. (2007). R we fooling ourselves: Does the occlusion technique shortchange R estimates? In the Proceedings of the 2007 Driving Assessment conference.
Monk, C. A. (2004). The effect of frequent versus infrequent interruptions on primary task resumption. In the Proceedings of the 2004 Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting. Santa Monica, CA: HFES.
Monk, C. A. (2004). Very brief interruptions result in resumption costs. Poster presented at the 26th annual conference of the Cognitive Science Society.
Monk, C., Boehm-Davis, D., & Trafton, J. G. (2002). The attenional costs of interrupting task performance at various stages. In the Proceedings of the 2002 Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting. Santa Monica, CA: HFES.
Monk, C., Goodman, P., and Moyer, M. J. (2001). Capabilities of the FHWA High-Fidelity Driving Simulator (HYSIM). 1st Human Centered Transportation Simulation Conference. Iowa City, IA: University of Iowa.
Lee, S., Wierwille, W., Schreiner, C., Moyer, J., and Monk, C. (2001). Operational review of the ALERT law enforcement vehicle interface. In the Proceedings of the Intelligent Transportation Society 2001 Annual Meeting, Washington, DC: ITS America.
Hankey, J., Dingus, T., Hanowski, R., Wierwille, W., Monk, C., and Moyer, J. (2000). The development of a design evaluation tool and model of attention demand. Driver Distraction Internet Forum, National Traffic Safety Administration, Washington, D.C.
Campbell, J., Carney, C., Monk, C., Granda, T., and Lee, J. (2000). Design guidelines for in-vehicle icons. In the Proceedings of the Intelligent Transportation Society 2000 Annual Meeting. Washington, DC: ITS America.
Kidd, D., Cades, D., Horvath, D., Jones, S., Pitone, M., & Monk, C. (2008). Driver Distracted: Do Voice Recognition Systems help Drivers Focus on the Road? User Experience, 7, 10-12.
Goodman, M.J., Barker, J., and Monk, C. (2005). A Bibliography of Research Related to the Use of Wireless Communications Devices from Vehicles. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Transportation National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
Monk, C. (2005). Now where was I? Recovering from Interruptions. Invited presentation at the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute, Blacksburg, VA.
Monk, C. (2002) Driver Distraction. Presented at the 2002 Pennsylvania Transportation Engineering and Safety Conference, State College, PA.
Monk, C. (2000). The Design of In-vehicle Icons and the MUTCD. Presented at the 2000 meeting of the National Committee on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, Arlington, VA.
Monk, C., Moyer, J., Hankey, J., Dingus, T., Hanowski, R., and Wierwille, W. (2000). Design evaluation and model of attention demand (DEMAnD): A tool for in-vehicle information system designers. Public Roads, 64(3), 10-14, Federal Highway Administration, Washington, D.C.
Monk, C. and Moyer, J. (2000). The customer-driven development of human factors design guidelines. Public Roads, 63(4), 2-6, Federal Highway Administration, Washington, D.C.
"Get a grip on the carnage." Editorial published in the New York Newsday, October 15, 2006.
Chair, Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Surface Transportation Technical Group, 2006-2008
Technical Program Chair, Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Surface Transportation Technical Group, 2006
Ad hoc reviewer, Human Factors Journal, 2007-present
Ad hoc reviewer, Accident Analysis and Prevention, 2008-present
Ad hoc reviewer, International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 2005
Reviewer, Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES) Annual Meeting, 2000-2008
Chair, Transportation Research Board, Human Factors Workshop Committee, 2002
Member, Transportation Research Board, Human Factors Workshop Committee, 2000 - present
Member, Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE), ITS Safety & Human Factors Committee, 1994 - 2002
Member, Intelligent Transportation Society of America, Safety & Human Factors Committee, 1995 - 2000
Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES)
HFES Surface Transportation Technical Group
HFES Human Performance Modeling Technical Group
Transportation Research Board User Characteristics Committee (AND10)
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