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Dr. Paul Ward Email:
pward@lsi.fsu.edu
PAUL WARD is an Assistant
Professor in the Department of Psychology, and Learning Systems Institute
(LSI) at Florida
State University.
Dr. Ward completed his undergraduate and Masters degrees in Sport
Science/Psychology at the University of Wolverhampton, UK (1998), and Manchester Metropolitan University,
UK
(1999), respectively. He earned his PhD in 2002 from Liverpool John Moores
University, UK,
under the direction of Professor A. Mark Williams. His dissertation
research examined the development of perceptual-cognitive expertise in
elite soccer players. He later won the 2003 American Psychological
Association, Division 21 (Applied Experimental Psychology), George E.
Briggs Dissertation Award for this research. His initial post-doctoral
work was funded by the Army and conducted under the direction of Peter
Hancock (2003-2004) in applied experimental and human factors
psychology at the University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL.
From 2004-2006, Dr. Ward continued his post-doctoral work as an
Associate in Research under the direction of Anders Ericsson at LSI,
Florida State University.
Along with Drs. Lang, Eccles, Ericsson, and Whyte, Dr. Ward is a co-founding member of,
and Research Scientist within, the Center for Expert Performance
Research (CEPR) at LSI-FSU, which was established in 2004 through
Office of Naval Research and Congressional funds. He also leads one of
six research projects on Expert and Superior Performance at the Florida Center for Research in
Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (FCR-STEM). His
research is currently supported by grant funding from the Office of
Naval Research, Florida Department of Education/FCR-STEM, U.S. Soccer
Federation, and the Financial Industry
Regulatory Authority Investor Education Foundation. He has
published numerous journal articles and proceedings papers in the
areas of Expert Performance, Sports Science, Applied Experimental
Psychology, Human Factors, Cognitive Science, Simulation, and
Military Psychology. His specific research interests are in examining
expert performance in dynamic representative tasks from domains such
as law enforcement, emergency and critical care, and sports. In
particular, Dr. Ward is interested in examining the underlying
cognitive and memory-based mechanisms that are responsible for
skilled performance and performance improvement, and the process by
which long-term working memory skills are acquired through deliberate
practice and training.
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