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Dr. Donald L. Fisher, Professor & Department Head

220A Engineering Lab
University of Massachusetts
160 Governors Drive
Amherst, MA 01003-2210
E-mail: fisher@ecs.umass.edu
Phone: (413) 545‑1657
Fax: (413) 545-1027

 

 

Education:
B.A., Bowdoin College, 1971;
Ed.M., Harvard University, 1973;
Ph.D., The University of Michigan, 1983

Honors & Awards:

  • Outstanding Senior Faculty Award, College of Engineering, University of Massachusetts, 2000
  • Minority Engineering Program Recognition Award, Minority Engineering Program, College of Engineering, University of Massachusetts, 1997
  • Outstanding Advisor Service Award, College of Engineering and Joint Student Engineering Societies, University of Massachusetts, 1996
  • Outstanding Junior Faculty Award, College of Engineering, University of Massachusetts, 1986
  • Dow Outstanding Young Faculty Award, American Society for Engineering Education, 1985

Select Archival Publications:

  • Airth, D. and Fisher, D. L. (2004). A connectionist model of context effects in symbol perception. In revision.
  • Duffy, S. A., Niswander, E., Mundoli, R., Hancock, K., Shuldiner, P. and Fisher, D. L. (2004). The evaluation of alternative sign formats for airline terminal signs. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied. In revision.
  • Glaser, R. and Fisher, D. L. (2004). Effects of age on the usability of control interfaces: Identification and remediation. In revision.
  • Laurie, N. L., Zhang, S., Mundoli, R., Duffy, S. A., Collura, J. and Fisher, D. L. (2004). Evaluation of alternative DO NOT ENTER signs: Failures of attention. Transportation Research - F. In revision.
  • Ranney, T. and Fisher, D. L.(2004). The effect of global stimulus characteristics on the development of visual scanning strategies: Local catastrophic forgetting. In revision.

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