Denise Peczinka is a third-year PhD student in the College of Nursing. She is under the dual advisement of Dr. Peter Hancock and Dr. Sandra Galura, College of Nursing. Denise is a member of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. Her primary research interests are trust in automation and applying human factors engineering to patient safety.
Mira Gruber is a third-year Human Factors and Cognitive Psychology PhD student. She is under the advisement of Dr. Peter Hancock and is a member of the MIT2 research laboratory. Her primary research interests are social dynamics during video-mediated communication and human-robot interaction.
Yazmin Diaz is a graduate student under the advisement of Dr. Peter Hancock. Her primary research interest is educator training and approaches to teaching, with a particular focus on grades 6-12th.
Ethan Levin is a graduate student under the advisement of Dr. Peter Hancock. His primary research interest is driving simulation, and how it can be applied to study partially autonomous vehicles and driver-behavior.
Tiffani’s research interests include: physiological measures, human performance, trust, human-robot interaction, training simulations and usability.