2006-2007 HPEE Board of Directors 

Haydee Cuevas, Ph.D.

SA Technologies, Inc.

Orlando, FL

Term: 2004-2007

Haydee Cuevas is currently with SA Technologies working in Orlando, Florida. Her research has primarily focused on investigating the use of interactive computer-based training technology, such as enhanced displays, to support the acquisition, development, and transfer of knowledge related to critical linkages in domain knowledge for complex task training environments (e.g., aviation, distributed decision making).

Kelley Krokos, Ph.D

American Institutes for Research

Washington, DC

Term: 2004-2007

Kelley Krokos is currently a Senior Research Scientist with the American Institutes for Research in Washington, DC. Her expertise and interests focus on defining, measuring, and improving individual and team job performance in extreme environments.

Mark Sheehan, LTC (USAF), M.D.

Air Force Research Lab

Wright Patterson AFB

Term: 2004-2007

Sheryl Bishop, Ph.D.

University of Texas Medical Branch

Galveston, TX

Term: 2005-2008

Sheryl Bishop is an Associate Professor, Social Psychologist at the University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, curriculum director for the new Space Life Sciences Ph.D. and a faculty of the International Space University. She has investigated human performance and group dynamics in numerous extreme environments, including deep cavers, mountain climbers, desert survival groups, polar expeditioners and Antarctic winter-over groups and various simulations of isolated, confined environments for space. She is a founding member of HPEE serving as Senior Editor for the Journal, as well as a Contributing Editor for Life Sciences for Habitation (formerly the Journal of Life Support and Biospheric Sciences) and Review Editor for the Journal of Aviation, Space and Environmental Medicine.

Peter Hancock, Ph.D.

Department of Psychology

Univerisity of Central Florida

Orlando, FL

Term: 2005-2008

Peter Hancock is Provost Distinguished Research Professor in the Department of Psychology, the Institute for Simulation and Training, and at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Central Florida. He is the Principal Investigator on the recently awarded Multi-Disciplinary University Research Initiative, in which he will oversee $5 Million of funded research on stress, workload, and performance. His current experimental work concerns the evaluation of behavioral response to high-stress conditions. His theoretical works concerns human relations with technology and the possible futures of this symbiosis.

Jennifer Boyd, Ph.D.

Department of Psychiatry

University of California, San Francisco

San Francisco, CA

Term: 2005-2008

Jennifer Boyd is a clinical/community psychologist and psychiatric epidemiologist. She is currently an assistant adjunct professor of psychiatry at the University of California San Francisco and the San Francisco VA Medical Center. Her interests include the effects of culture and social climate on the experience and detection of stress and distress during space missions and in other environments. 

Alexander Alonso, Ph.D.

American Institutes for Research

Washington, DC

Term: 2006-2009

Alexander Alonso is a Research Scientist at the American Institutes for Research (AIR)’s center for Workforce Analysis and Human Factors (WAHF) conducting organizational analyses, designing and evaluating training programs, and conducting survey research targeted towards minorities and cross-cultural issues. Prior to joining AIR, he served as a Research Assistant at Florida International University’s Department of Psychology, and served as a Training & Development Manager for an international insurance provider and the Chilean national airline in the western hemisphere over the course of the last seven years. Dr. Alonso was recently awarded his Ph.D. in Industrial and Organizational Psychology at Florida International University in April of 2003.

Lance Annicelli, Maj (USAF), BSC

Office of the Surgeon General

United States Air Force

Term: 2006-2009

Lance Annicelli is currently assigned to the Headquarters Air Staff as the Associate Chief, Force Management Division, Office of the Surgeon General, Bolling Air Force Base, Washington, DC. His present duties and responsibilities include recommending policy and executing Air Force Medical Service Force Developmental programs for over 11,900 medical officers. Previously, he received his commission in the Naval Reserves before transferring to the United States Air Force in 1994, where he served as Flight Commander, Therapeutic Services for the 14th Medical Group, Columbus Mississippi. He has also served as the Chief, Laboratory Services at the 6th Medical Group at MacDill Air Force Base, as well as Flight Commander, 14th Physiological Training Unit supporting pilot training at the 14th Flying Training Wing. He also was chosen to attend graduate school as part of the Air Force Institute of Technology’s (AFIT) civilian institutions program, and received his Masters Degree in Exercise Physiology in 2003 from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Major Annicelli has nine patents currently under consideration in the fields of aircrew protection and human performance. His novel concepts and award winning research has earned him a seat as an elite member of military officers providing strategic planning for the Air Force Human Effectiveness Directorate. He has won numerous military service awards.

James Clement, PE., MBA

Mission Operations Directorate

NASA Johnson Space Center

Houston, TX

Term: 2006-2009

James L. Clement, Jr. is the Chief of the Operations Division in the Mission Operations Directorate at NASA Johnson Space Center. The Operations Division is responsible for maintaining configuration control for the Space Shuttle and Space Station procedures and for preparing the Flight Plans which are executed by the crew on all Shuttle missions and on the International Space Station. He has been a flight controller in Mission Control for 60 shuttle missions. Prior to joining NASA, he served in the US Air Force as a pilot, worked in the medical products industry, and in the aerospace industry. As a reservist he conducted numerous studies for the Air Force. Recently he has participated in several psychology studies aimed at characterizing the group dynamics among mission control personnel, as part of an effort to improve training and management practices.