Nancy J. Cooke is a professor and the Graduate Program Chair in Human Systems Engineering at the Polytechnic School, one of the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University. She also directs ASU’s Center for Human, AI, and Robot Teaming, as well as the Advanced Distributed Learning DOD Partnership Lab, and is the Science Director of the Cognitive Engineering Research Institute in Mesa, AZ. She received her PhD in Cognitive Psychology from New Mexico State University in 1987. Dr. Cooke is a Past President of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society and the recent past chair of the Board on Human Systems Integration at the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine. She also recently chaired a study panel for the National Academies on the Enhancing the Effectiveness of Team Science. Dr. Cooke was a member of the US Air Force Scientific Advisory board from 2008-2012, and in 2014, she received the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society’s Arnold M. Small President’s Distinguished Service Award.
Professor Cooke’s research interests include the study of individual and team cognition and its application to the development of cognitive and knowledge engineering methodologies, sensor operator threat detection, cyber and intelligence analysis, remotely-piloted aircraft systems, human-robot teaming, healthcare systems, and emergency response systems. She specializes in the development, application, and evaluation of methodologies to elicit and assess individual and team cognition. Ongoing projects in her group include coordination of human-autonomy teams in the face of unexpected events, Human-Robot Teaming and Situation Awareness, Human-Machine Teaming for Next Generation Combat Vehicle, and Monitoring Human Performance in Real-Time for NAS Safety Prognostics. Her work is funded by the Office of Naval Research, Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Army Research Laboratory, and NASA and has been widely published.
Nancy Cooke's laboratory facilities:
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Nancy Cooke's research interests include the study of individual and team cognition and its application to the development of cognitive and knowledge engineering methodologies, healthcare, homeland security systems, remotely-piloted aircraft, and emergency response systems. In particular, Dr. Cooke specializes in the development, application, and evaluation of methodologies to elicit and assess individual and team cognition (i.e., team situation awareness, coordination) and performance. Her most recent work includes empirical and modeling efforts to understand and predict the acquisition and retention of team skill and the measurement of team coordination and team situation awareness especially through the analysis and modeling of team communication. Recent communication analysis work has included analysis of communication in Air Operations Center chat rooms, the Enron email corpus, and experimental command-and-control and planning tasks using voice and chat. This work is funded primarily by the Air Force Research Laboratory and the Office of Naval Research and has been published in journal articles and book chapters.
Spring 2021 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
HSE 477 | Human Systems Engr Capstone |
HSE 493 | Honors Thesis |
HSE 499 | Individualized Instruction |
CSE 580 | Practicum |
HSE 592 | Research |
AMT 593 | Applied Project |
HSE 593 | Applied Project |
HSE 599 | Thesis |
HSE 792 | Research |
CSE 795 | Continuing Registration |
HSE 799 | Dissertation |
Fall 2020 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
HSE 492 | Honors Directed Study |
HSE 592 | Research |
HSE 599 | Thesis |
HSE 792 | Research |
HSE 799 | Dissertation |
Summer 2020 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
HSE 592 | Research |
HSE 595 | Continuing Registration |
HSE 792 | Research |
Spring 2020 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
HSE 477 | Human Systems Engr Capstone |
HSE 493 | Honors Thesis |
HSE 592 | Research |
AMT 593 | Applied Project |
HSE 595 | Continuing Registration |
HSE 599 | Thesis |
HSE 792 | Research |
HSE 799 | Dissertation |
Fall 2019 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
HSE 477 | Human Systems Engr Capstone |
HSE 492 | Honors Directed Study |
HSE 592 | Research |
HSE 593 | Applied Project |
HSE 595 | Continuing Registration |
HSE 599 | Thesis |
HSE 792 | Research |
HSE 799 | Dissertation |
Summer 2019 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
HSE 592 | Research |
HSE 595 | Continuing Registration |
HSE 792 | Research |
Spring 2019 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
HSE 477 | Human Systems Engr Capstone |
HSE 493 | Honors Thesis |
HSE 499 | Individualized Instruction |
HSE 590 | Reading and Conference |
HSE 592 | Research |
AMT 593 | Applied Project |
HSE 593 | Applied Project |
HSE 594 | Conference and Workshop |
HSE 595 | Continuing Registration |
AMT 599 | Thesis |
HSE 599 | Thesis |
HSE 792 | Research |
HSE 799 | Dissertation |
Fall 2018 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
HSE 477 | Human Systems Engr Capstone |
HSE 492 | Honors Directed Study |
HSE 493 | Honors Thesis |
HSE 584 | Internship |
HSE 590 | Reading and Conference |
HSE 592 | Research |
AMT 592 | Research |
HSE 593 | Applied Project |
HSE 594 | Conference and Workshop |
HSE 595 | Continuing Registration |
AMT 599 | Thesis |
HSE 599 | Thesis |
HSE 792 | Research |
HSE 799 | Dissertation |
Summer 2018 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
HSE 592 | Research |
HSE 595 | Continuing Registration |
HSE 599 | Thesis |
HSE 792 | Research |
Spring 2018 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
HSE 477 | Human Systems Engr Capstone |
HSE 492 | Honors Directed Study |
HSE 493 | Honors Thesis |
HSE 592 | Research |
HSE 593 | Applied Project |
HSE 595 | Continuing Registration |
HSE 599 | Thesis |
HSE 792 | Research |
Fall 2017 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
ASU 101-TPS | The ASU Experience |
HSE 477 | Human Systems Engr Capstone |
HSE 492 | Honors Directed Study |
HSE 499 | Individualized Instruction |
HSE 584 | Internship |
HSE 592 | Research |
HSE 594 | Conference and Workshop |
HSE 595 | Continuing Registration |
HSE 599 | Thesis |
HSE 792 | Research |
HSE 799 | Dissertation |
Summer 2017 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
HSE 584 | Internship |
HSE 595 | Continuing Registration |
HSE 792 | Research |
HSE 799 | Dissertation |
Spring 2017 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
HSE 477 | Human Systems Engr Capstone |
HSE 492 | Honors Directed Study |
HSE 493 | Honors Thesis |
HSE 499 | Individualized Instruction |
HSE 592 | Research |
HSE 594 | Conference and Workshop |
HSE 595 | Continuing Registration |
HSE 599 | Thesis |
HSE 792 | Research |
HSE 799 | Dissertation |
Fall 2016 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
ASU 101-TPS | The ASU Experience |
HSE 477 | Human Systems Engr Capstone |
HSE 493 | Honors Thesis |
HSE 499 | Individualized Instruction |
HSE 592 | Research |
HSE 593 | Applied Project |
HSE 594 | Conference and Workshop |
HSE 595 | Continuing Registration |
HSE 599 | Thesis |
SMC 792 | Research |
SMC 799 | Dissertation |
Summer 2016 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
PSY 592 | Research |
PSY 595 | Continuing Registration |
PSY 599 | Thesis |
SMC 792 | Research |
Appointed to the National Academies of Sciences Panel on Human Factors Science at the ARL
Elected Fellow of the American Psychological Association (2009)
Appointed to National Academies of Sciences National Research Council Committee on Human Systems Integration (now Board on Human Systems Integration, January 2007 – present)
Appointed Chair National Academies of Sciences National Research Council Board on Human Systems Integration (January 2012 - present)
Recipient of the 2006 Human Factors and Ergonomics Society’s O. Keith Hansen Outreach Award.
Appointed to National Academies of Sciences National Research Council Committee on Human-System Design Support for Changing Technology (May 2005 – March 2007)
Appointed to National Academies of Sciences National Research Council Committee on the Safety and Security of Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage (March 2004 – January 2005)
Elected Fellow of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society in 2000
On short list for AFRL Chief Technologist position (2011)
Recipient of Jerome H. Ely Award for the most outstanding article in the Human Factors journal in 2010. Gorman, Cooke, & Amazeen, “Training Adaptive Teams.”
Medal for exemplary service to the Department of the Air Force for Scientific Advisory Board work (2008-12)
Received the George Mason University, Psychology Department’s Distinguished Alumna Award for 2012.
Recipient of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society’s Arnold M. Small President’s Distinguished Service Award that recognizes individuals whose career-long contributions have brought honor to the profession and the Society (2014).
ASU SUN Award for participation in OKED’s Funding Success Skills Series (fs3).
Selected “Star” by NMSU Psychology Department for “A Starry Night” program on February 7, 2015.
Salute to Service Award, Arizona State University, October 29, 2015.
Appointed to The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine new Intelligence Science and Technology Experts Group (ISTEG), 2015-
FAI Air Sport Medal for efforts on the Two Eagles flight, February 5, 2016.
Designated a National Associate of the National Research Council of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, June 2016.
Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering Exemplar Faculty, August 2016-2018
Appointed to The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine new Intelligence Science and Technology Experts Group (ISTEG), 2015-
Appointed to The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine study committee on Connector Reliability for Offshore Oil and natural gas Operations, 2017-
Appointed to The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine study committee on Social and Behavioral Sciences for National Security: A Decadal Survey, 2017-
Editor, Human Factor (2005-09)
American Psychological Association (Fellow since 2009) Association for Psychological Science Cognitive Science Society Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (Fellow since 2000) Fellow Selection Committee (2006 – 2009) HFES Cognitive Engineering and Decision Making Technical group (program chair 2001-02)
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2003-present Professor, Human Systems Engineering, The Polytechnic School, Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering, Arizona State University 2014-2016 Program Chair, Human Systems Engineering, The Polytechnic School, Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering, Arizona State University 2003-present Science Director and board member, Cognitive Engineering Research Institute, Mesa, AZ 1992-2002 Assistant/Associate (‘94)/Full Professor (’99), Department of Psychology, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM. 1987-1992 Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Rice University, Houston, TX. 1981-1987 Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Psychology and Computing Research Laboratory, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM. (Roger Schvaneveldt, advisor)
2016-present Co-director, Advanced Distributed Learning Partnership Lab within the Institute for the Science of Teaching and Learning
2015-present President, Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (Elect in 2015)
2015-present Participant, National Academies, Intelligence Science and Technology Experts Group
2014-present Associate Editor, Human Factors
2014-present Chair, William C. Howell Young Investigator Award for HFES
2013-2015 Chair, National Academies Committee on the Science of Team Science
2013-2015 Member, Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Blue Ribbon Task Force
2010-2014 Member, National Research Council, Panel on Human Factors Science at the ARL
2010-2013 Cognitive Track Editor, Human Factors
2011-2015 Human Factors Prize Board of Referees (chair 2011-2013)
2008-present Affiliate Professor, Biomedical Informatics Arizona State University
2007-2016 Member (Chair since 2012), National Academies of Sciences National Research Council Board on Human Systems Integration (prior to 2010, Committee on Human Systems Integration)
2007-2013 Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, Executive Council Member-at-Large (Accreditation Taskforce chair and Federal Spending Taskforce chair)
2008-2012 Member, US Air Force Scientific Advisory Board
2011-2012 Advisory Board, Center for the Evaluation of Human Factors in Reprocessing Safety (CEHFRS), VISN 18 Patient Safety Center of Inquiry (PSCI), Phoenix VA Healthcare System
2005-2009 Editor, Human Factors
2003-2004 National Research Council Research Associateship, AFRL, Mesa, AZ
1992 Summer Faculty, Armstrong Lab, Brooks AFB, San Antonio, TX.
1987-1992 Research Consultant, Lockheed Engineering and Sciences Corp. and NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX.