Industrial Psychology Expert Witnesses
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What is an industrial psychology expert witness?
Industrial psychology expert witness candidates may be a member of a industry organization, such as the American Psychological Association (APA), the Association for Psychological Science (APS), or the National Alliance of Professional Psychology Providers (NAPPP). In a high-profile case, or litigation involving a significant financial stake, the lead attorney may request a psychology or psychiatry professional with prior expert witness testimony experience. An expert witness needs to not only have expertise in the subject, but an expert witness must also possess the ability to explain evidence to a juror.
What types of cases require an industrial psychology expert witness?
Industrial psychology expert witnesses can provide litigation support for cases involving human factors and workplace safety, human resources, harassment by management, and/or employment discrimination. Cases may be civil, criminal, or class-action and require not only expertise but the ability to communicate findings for ease of understanding.
Industrial psychology expert witness case examples
Example matters that Cahn Litigation Services has searched for experts for include:
- psychological testing,
- decision-making competency evaluation,
- personal injury in a Colorado place of employment,
- wrongful termination at a New York consulting firm,
- sexual harassment,
- ergonomics,
- human resource management
- Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requirements,
- New Jersey medical malpractice, and
- Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)regulations.
What litigation support work might an industrial psychology expert witness be expected to perform?
Expert witness services by an industrial psychologist may include psychological assessments, research and authoring expert reports, providing expert opinions, deposition testimony and courtroom testimony.
Cahn Litigation is frequently called upon to identify mental health professionals, including those specializing in industrial psychology. The firm has the experience required to turn a search for an industrial psychology expert witness around quickly, providing the right balance of expertise and testimony experience.
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Industrial Psychology Expert Witness - Representative Bios
Please Note: All Cahn Litigation expert witness searches are customized to attorneys' precise specifications and preferences. Attorneys are encouraged to discuss search parameters with a Cahn search specialist.
The below expert witness bios represent a small fraction of those Industrial Psychology experts known by Cahn Litigation Services. These bios are provided to give lawyers a sense of the Industrial Psychology landscape.
Expert Witness #249011
This expert is a Senior Consultant for a highly successful engineering systems consultancy. This expert's sweet-spot is in Human Factors and Engineering Psychology, experimental design, risk assessment, and the analysis of human error within complex and hazardous operational environments. This expertise includes human visual-perceptual processes, industrial applications including conspicuity, warnings, procedures and instructions, usability, driver distraction, night time vision, and crash avoidance.
Areas of Specialization include:
- Human Error Analyses- Risk Assessment- Advanced Statistical and Experimental Design Analyses- Human Factors Analyses- Industrial and Process Safety Accident Investigation- Night and Daytime visibility and conspicuity-human perception- Automotive Accidents-driver behaviorThis expert has extensive prior litigation experience and testifies an average of 4-5 times each year.
Start Industrial Psychology Expert SearchExpert Witness #255055
This expert holds a PhD in Industrial/Organizational Psychology and serves as associate professor of management a Business College. Specializing in adverse impact analysis and validating employment selection procedures, this expert has worked for Fortune 100 companies and government organizations where this expert provided human resource solutions for identifying and developing talent. This expert has provided HR solutions for a diverse range of occupations and industries including public safety, health care, transportation, skilled trades, clerical, management, and various other blue and white collar jobs. This expert has extensive experience developing minimum qualifications, selection/promotional examinations, including selection procedures for positions under Federal Consent Decree. This expert's selection systems have met the legal and professional scrutiny of the Department of Justice, plaintiff attorneys, and renowned Industrial/Organizational Psychologists, and this expert has experience providing litigation support. This expert has used expertise to:
- Serve as an expert witness in federal courts.- Develop, validate, and defend selection procedures for a defendant in federal court, ultimately bringing an end to the longest-running employment discrimination case and consent decree in U.S. history.- Testify in federal court for plaintiffs in the first age discrimination case in U.S. history that was based on disparate impact in employment selection.- Serve as amicus curiae to the U.S. Supreme Court.This expert has presented, published, and reviewed research in the areas of selection, performance management, career development, diversity and training. This expert is an active member of the American Psychological Association and the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology.
Start Industrial Psychology Expert SearchExpert Witness #214160
This expert holds a master's degree and Ph.D. in experimental psychology as well as many years of experience in basic and applied research in psychophysics, cognitive science, perception, attention, reaction time, memory, human factors, aging, driver behavior, and related areas. This expert has testified in courts in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and Singapore on matters involving issues such as human vision, warnings, product defects, visual evidence, and trips and falls. This expert's master's research was in learning and reaction time and this expert's Ph.D. dissertation was in human vision. This expert subsequently had postdoctoral fellowships in psychology and in physiological optics. This expert has also been a faculty member or research associate in psychology at several universities.
This expert's research experience includes many grant/contract awards, presentations and publications; grants from the National Eye Institute, National Science Foundation, National Science & Engineering Research Committee; over 70 presentations at scientific meetings and at safety conferences in the US, Canada and Europe; 100 publications in the areas of vision, visual search, electrophysiology, perception reaction time, human cognition, artificial intelligence and driver behavior. This expert is the principal author of a book which analyzes visual, cognitive and response factors in driver behavior based on data from basic science, human factors, and the driver research literature.
This expert has extensive prior litigation experience having served as both a testifying expert as well as a consulting expert, explaining complex scientific concepts in simple, layman's terms to non-experts. This expert can perform tests of visibility/perception under field conditions and analyze accidents to determine probable cause such as human factors, controls, warnings, visual design, Human Error Vs. Design Error and potential safety hazard.
Start Industrial Psychology Expert SearchExpert Witness #257985
This expert is a Clinical Psychologist with additional training in Neuropsychiatry. This expert's private practice provides services in Forensic Psychology, focusing on psychological evaluations in criminal, civil, and family court cases for private attorneys and law firms. This expert has testified in both State and Federal Courts. This expert also provides psychotherapy, diagnostic reports and neuropsychological evaluations. This expert has made numerous presentations at academic conferences and despite a long experience in the field, has kept up with continuing education.
Start Industrial Psychology Expert SearchExpert Witness #273494
This organizational psychology expert holds a PhD and is a practicing psychologist and founder of a consulting firm specializing in human resource management, organizational development, and Industrial-Organizational psychology.
This expert has been involved in over 60 cases and arbitrations.
This expert is a distinguished Professor of Business at a well-regarded university, where this expert publishes research articles and teaches bachelors, masters, and doctoral students.
This expert is a past editor of a prominent psychology journal and past President of a prominent professional society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, and is one of the most cited authors in textbooks for both I/O Psychology and HR Management.
Start Industrial Psychology Expert SearchExpert Witness #276993
This human factors expert holds a PhD, CSP, and CHFP, with graduate and undergraduate degrees in experimental, human factors, and cognitive/perceptual psychology, as well as graduate degrees in Industrial Engineering and Business. This expert has over 40 years of experience in accident investigation, product design and development, and operational testing and analysis.
This expert has testified on instructions and warnings on multiple occasions and has written several papers on the topic. Product design issues can include both mechanical engineering and human factors considerations, including ergonomic guidelines for machine design, installation, and use. This expert is the author of over 60 technical papers, research reports, and book chapters addressing human factors, industrial ergonomics, safety, and accident investigation.
This expert has provided expert testimony in state and federal courts across the country and has acted as the lead investigator in over 500 projects over more than 20 years.
Start Industrial Psychology Expert SearchExpert Witness #283576
This executive recruitment and search expert is an industrial/organizational psychologist who consults with a variety of organizations on all aspects of human resources. This expert has assisted a wide range of companies across industries with critical human resource issues, including compensation, executive search, strategic planning, testing and measurement, organizational development, management training and development, personnel assessment and selection, performance management, and job analysis. This expert has over 20 years of experience in retained executive search and has held a senior managing role at an international executive search firm before opening an independent firm.
This expert holds a B.A., summa cum laude, with membership in a prestigious academic honor society; an M.A. in counseling psychology; and a Doctor of Philosophy in industrial and organizational psychology. This expert has served as an executive professor at a university school of management, teaching human resources management in an Executive MBA program, and as an adjunct faculty member teaching a graduate-level course in selection and performance appraisal.
Start Industrial Psychology Expert SearchExpert Witness #293786
This human factors and operator-vehicle interaction expert is the principal consultant for a highly respected human factors and safety consultancy. This expert holds graduate and undergraduate degrees in Experimental, Human Factors, and Cognitive/Perceptual Psychology, as well as graduate degrees in Industrial Engineering and Business.
This expert has over 40 years of experience in field and laboratory research involving control and display systems, aviation and surface vehicles, accident investigation, product design and development, and operational testing and analysis. This expert consults on human factors, applied human performance, ergonomics, and safety.
This expert's areas of expertise include human-machine interface design and evaluation, human capabilities and limitations in applied environments, industrial ergonomics, instructions and warnings, perception, vision, visibility, slips, trips, falls, evaluation of equipment, facilities, and structures from a human-use standpoint, and safety-related issues.
This expert is recognized as an expert in operator-vehicle interaction and is both a Certified Human Factors Professional (CHFP) and a Certified Safety Professional (CSP). This expert has authored over 60 technical papers, research reports, and book chapters dealing with human factors, industrial ergonomics, safety, and accident investigation.
This expert has been awarded a number of U.S. patents, as well as numerous industry awards for the design of new products, and serves on national standards-making committees for prominent standards organizations. This expert has provided expert testimony in state and federal courts across the country and has acted as lead investigator in over 500 projects over the past 20 years.
This expert spent over 25 years in the U.S. Air Force and Air Force Reserve, retiring as a Lieutenant Colonel. While in uniform, this expert worked with the Air Force Research Laboratory, primarily in pilot-vehicle interface design, display technologies, and aircrew training.
Start Industrial Psychology Expert SearchExpert Witness #305344
This industrial psychology expert holds a PhD and is an accomplished psychologist with experience in both government and private practice. This expert formerly served as an industrial psychologist and later as a senior assistant to the chair of a federal employment-rights agency before leading a consultancy for over 30 years. This expert has authored over 50 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters and has served on editorial boards for well-regarded professional publications in psychology and organizational psychology. This expert provides expert witness services regarding discrimination on the basis of age, race, and gender, and advises companies on developing, implementing, and defending employee selection and appraisal systems.
This expert is an experienced expert witness and litigation consultant.
Start Industrial Psychology Expert SearchExpert Witness #305357
This industrial-organizational psychology expert holds an MBA, MLS, PhD, and ABPP credential and has held senior academic leadership roles at a well-regarded professional school and within a public university system. This expert has served as a senior manager, consultant, and expert witness in employment, staffing, and human resources management for over two decades. This expert specializes in Human Resources, workplace investigations, leadership, staffing industry management practices, training, employment discrimination involving gender, age, race, and disability, and sexual harassment.
This expert has had hundreds of retentions and depositions and has testified at trial as an expert in employment practices over 50 times, for both plaintiffs and defendants.
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