Hannah Masoner

Dr. Hannah Masoner is a Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of Southern Mississippi. She holds a PhD (2022) and MA (2019) from the same institution. Her office is located in Owings-McQuagge Hall (OMH) 214-E in Hattiesburg.

Education:

• PhD - University of Southern Mississippi (2022)
• MA - University of Southern Mississippi (2019)

Research Focus: Her work centers on perception and motor control in virtual environments. Key topics include posture's role in affordance perception, optic flow analysis, and spatial judgment in VR. She investigates how postural dynamics influence action capabilities and explores social behaviors like parental discipline through formidability inferences.

Publications: Recent work emphasizes perception-action links in VR, postural sway effects, and cognitive mechanisms underlying action planning. Her 2024 study on men’s harsh parental discipline highlights interdisciplinary interests in social psychology and perception.

Awards: No scientific awards listed.

Grants/Advising: No advising roles or grants mentioned in available records.

Labs/Teams: Affiliation with labs focusing on motor control and VR applications implied through research topics.