Michael S. Wogalter

Education:

• B.A., University of Virginia
• M.A., University of South Florida
• Ph.D., Rice University

  Current Teaching:

• PSY 340 Ergonomics
• PSY 710 Advanced Topics: Safety
• PSY 710 Advanced Topics: Human Factors in Surface Transportation
• PSY 710 Advanced Topics: Forensics in Human Factor

Information:

wogalter@ncsu.edu

Michael S. Wogalter, Assoc. Prof.
Department of Psychology
Poe Hall 640 Box 7801
North Carolina State University
Raleigh, NC 27695-7801
Phone: 919-515-1726
FAX: 919-515-1716 or (919) 851-1884

Current research interests:

• Hazard and risk perception, warnings
• Technical documentation
• Complex visual and auditory displays
• Human information processing
  

Wogalter, M. S., & Conzola, V. C. (2001).
Warning effectiveness in the workplace. Journal of Risk Research, in press.

Hollander, T. D., & Wogalter, M. S. (2000).
Connoted hazard of voice warning signal words: An examination of auditory components. Proceedings of the International Ergonomics Association & the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Congress, 44 (3), 702-705.

Dempsey, P. G., Wogalter, M. S., & Hancock, P. A. (2000).
What's in a name? Using terms from definitions to examine the fundamental foundation of human factors and ergonomics science. Theoretical Issues in Ergonomics Science, 1, 3-10.

Wogalter, M.S., Young, S. L., Brelsford, J. W., & Barlow, T. (1999).
The relative contribution of injury severity and likelihood information on hazard-risk judgments and warning compliance. Journal of Safety Research, 30, 151-162.

Wogalter, M. S., & Sojourner, R. J. (1999).
Research on pharmaceutical labeling: An information processing approach. In D. C. Park, R. C. Morrell, & K. Shifren (Eds.) Processing of Medical Information in Aging Patients: Cognitive and Human Factors Perspectives. (pp. 291-310). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Wogalter, M. S., Mills, B. J., Paine, C. S., & Smith-Jackson, T. L. (1999).
Application of cognitive principles to the design of direct-to-consumer advertising of prescription medications. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 43, 515-519.

Wogalter, M. S., Magurno, A. B., Dietrich, D., & Scott, K. (1999).
Enhancing information acquisition for over-the-counter medications by making better use of container surface space. Experimental Aging Research, 25, 27-48.

Wogalter, M.S., Kalsher, M. J., & Rashid. R. (1999).
Effect of signal word and source attribution on judgments of warning credibility and compliance likelihood. International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics, 24, 185-192.

Wogalter, M. S., Howe, J. E., Sifuentes, A. H., & Luginbuhl, J. (1999).
On the adequacy of legal documents: Factors that influence informed consent. Ergonomics, 42, 593-613.