Episode #29: Interview with Kathleen Mosier

Date: 3/9/2021

Show Description:

Dr. Mosier is an Emeritus Professor of Psychology from San Francisco  State University and the Founder and Principal Scientist of TeamScape  LLC, a company founded to conduct research on teams in  work environments. She is the President of the International  Ergonomics Association (IEA), the federation of ergonomics and human  factors societies around the world.  

The mission of the IEA is to  elaborate and advance ergonomics science and practice, and to expand  its scope of application and contribution to society to improve the  quality of life, working closely with its constituent societies and  related international organizations.

Learn more about Kathleen’s work:

Berkeley Interdisciplinary Center for Healthy Workplaces

Kathleen's LinkedIn

Learn more about NDM:

NaturalisticDecisionMaking.org

Journal of Cognitive Engineering and Decision Making

Where to find hosts Brian Moon and Laura Militello:

Brian’s website

Brian’s LinkedIn

Brian’s Twitter

Laura’s website

Laura’s LinkedIn

Laura’s Twitter

Timestamps:

How Kathleen transitioned from being a high school humanities teacher to an NDM researcher [2:02]

Kathleen’s experience in pursuing research at San Francisco State University [05:21]

Founding TeamScape, LLC [6:23]

Challenges acquiring government clients as an NDM researcher [7:34]

Kathleen’s current project with NASA researching teams in space [14:47]

Cultural nuances of interactions on NASA crews operating in different countries [20:40]

“Which research project has been most rewarding for you?” [22:10]

What kind of automation systems planes were using in the 1990’s [24:01]

Kathleen’s early NDM influences [28:04]

Changes witnessed in the NDM community over time [29:50]