I have been an assistant professor of psychology at Missouri Western State University since Fall 2009. My primary teaching interests are in the psychology of language, cognition, and research methods, but I've had the opportunity to teach a variety of psychology courses (more) including seminars in the Human Factors and Usability Testing program. In the lab, I have two main approaches. Using a basic approach, I investigate written communication particularly the processes used in visual word recognition and in the interpretation of electronically-mediated communication. From an applied perspective, I investigate methodological approaches to knowledge elicitation and implicit guidance of behavior in human-computer interactions (more).