Steven J Harrison

Steven J. Harrison is an Assistant Professor at the University of Connecticut with joint appointments in the Doctoral Physical Therapy Program and Department of Psychological Sciences. He serves as the Associate Director of the Center for the Ecological Study of Perception and Action (CESPA) and coordinates the DPT Student Capstone Research.

Research Expertise:

• Experimental & Ecological Psychology
• Dynamical Systems Theory
• Human Movement Variability
• Perception-Action Coupling
• Complex Systems
• Interpersonal Coordination
• Haptic/Visual Perception

Publication Trends: Recent work focuses on haptic guidance systems for firefighters, gesture-speech physics, gait asymmetry effects on perception, and metastable coordination dynamics. Research integrates ecological psychology with applied technologies for balance and navigation improvement.

Labs & Teams: Conducts research at the Perception-Action Research Laboratory (PARL) and its applied branch PARL-A on Horsebarn Hill. Collaborates with interdisciplinary teams on NIH-funded studies of multiagent coordination.