Gerald Matthews

Gerald Matthews is a Professor of Psychology at George Mason University, with prior faculty positions at the University of Dundee (Scotland) and the University of Cincinnati. He holds a BA (1980) and PhD (1984) from the University of Cambridge. His research focuses on human factors, stress measurement, workload assessment, driver behavior, and individual differences in performance. He developed the Dundee Stress State Questionnaire and contributed to models linking cognition-emotion dynamics to Metacognitive Therapy.

Key affiliations include roles as Specialty Chief Editor for Frontiers in Psychology (Social Psychology and Personality Section), Associate Editor for Human Factors and Personality and Individual Differences, and former President of IAAP Division 13 and ISSID. His work is funded by DoD agencies, NRC, and IARPA. Awards include IAAP Fellowship and book accolades from the British Psychological Society and AAP.

Research spans automation dependency in UAS operations, fatigue in automated vehicles, and human-robot teaming. He teaches Advanced Topics in Cognitive Science (PSYC-768-003). Current research emphasizes applying human factors principles to emerging technologies like extended reality training systems and AI-based security tools.

• Key Research Themes: Human-Machine Teaming, Multidimensional Stress Assessment, Cognitive-Affective Interactions
• Recent Focus: AI ethics, insider threat detection, and operator performance in nuclear control rooms