Curriculum Vitae [.pdf] - Carnegie Mellon University

Associate, National Intelligence Council Global Expertise Reserve Program, 2006-2008;
Department of State Bureau of Intelligence and Research Global Expertise Program, 2008-
2010.
Member, Pittsburgh Mind Body Center, 2006-present.
Co-Chair, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Expert Panel on Decision Making and
Risk Perception in Diabetes Prevention, 2007.
Member, Decision Education Foundation Advisory Council, 2007-present.
Member, Intangible Asset Finance Society, Council, 2007-present
Chair, Food and Drug Administration Risk Communication Advisory Committee, 2007-2011.
Member, Scientific Advisory Committee, Great Lakes Integrated Sciences and Assessments
Center, 2011-present.
Member, Advisory Committee, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation Environmental
Conservation Program, 2011-present.
Affiliate, Ideas42, 2011-present.
Doctoral Students (Chair)
Harriet Shaklee, Discounting in causal attribution, 1979. University of Idaho.
Cynthia J. Atman, Network structures as a foundation for risk communication: An investigation
of structure and format differences, 1990. University of Washington.
Ann H. Bostrom, A mental models approach to exploring perceptions of hazardous processes,
1990. University of Washington.
Marilyn J. Quadrel, Elicitation of adolescents' risk perceptions: Qualitative and quantitative
dimensions, 1990. Battelle Pacific Northwest Laboratories.
Jon Merz, Toward a standard of disclosure for medical informed consent: Development and
demonstration of a decision-analytic methodology, 1991. University of Pennsylvania.
Marek J. Druzdzel, Probabilistic reasoning in decision support systems: From computation to
common sense, 1992. University of Pittsburgh.
Michael Maharik, Public perceptions of the risks of an unfamiliar technology: The case of using
nuclear energy sources for space missions, 1992. Israel Atomic Energy Commission.
Laurel Austin, Consumer insurance decisions: Empirical analysis of four real-world decisions,
1996. Copenhagen Business School.
Sharon A. Jones, A methodology for evaluating the usefulness of global-change informaton for
long-term decision making: A case study of fisheries management in the Pacific Northwest,
1996. Dean of Engineering, University of Portland.
Karen Jenni, Attributes for risk evaluation, 1997. Independent consultant, Denver, CO.
Wändi Bruine de Bruin, People's understanding of probability: "It's a fifty-fifty chance, 1998.
Leeds University.
Stephanie Byram, Breast cancer and mammogram screening: Mental models and quantitative
assessments of belief, 1998. Deceased.