A. Aubteen Darabi, Ph.D.

CNSTAR Lead Scientist and Principal Investigator (PI)

Dr. Darabi has been the PI of several research and development projects for the U.S. Navy, and he currently serves as director of the Center for National Security Training and Research (CNSTAR). He teaches Change Management and Performance Systems Analysis courses in the Department of Educational Psychology and Learning Systems at the Florida State University. In addition to his work with military organizations, he has extensive experience working with state agencies and private organizations.

Laura Hassler Lang, Ph.D.

Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI) and LSI Director

As Director of the Learning Systems Institute and Associate Professor of Educational Leadership at Florida State University, Dr. Hassler Lang has been the PI on numerous research and development projects, primarily related to K-12 education, including data driven decision-making, leadership and technology tools and the U.S. Navy, with an emphasis on distance education and the study of expert performance. Other research interests include reading and reading assessment. She serves on the Executive Board of the Florida Center for Reading Research.

Fred Wilder

Subject Matter Coordinator

• Phone: +1.850.644.4164
• fwilder@lsi.fsu.edu

Judd Butler

Lead Instructional Designer

• Phone: +1.850.644.1618
• jbutler@lsi.fsu.edu

Research interests include performance improvement, self-monitoring performance systems, knowledge creation and sharing.

David Nelson

Instructional Designer

• Phone: +1.850.645.0376
• dnelson@lsi.fsu.edu

Research interests include instructional strategies for acquisition and transfer of complex cognitive skills, self-regulated learning, problem solving, human performance technology, and intelligence gathering, analysis, and interpretation.

Lydia Riedell

Instructional Designer

• Phone: +1.850.644.0968
• LRiedell@lsi.fsu.edu

Scholarly interests in the area of human performance technology include cognitive learning theory and styles, motivational strategies, and attitude alignment.

Jp Cooper

Graphic Designer

• Phone: +1.850.645.7471
• jpcooper@lsi.fsu.edu

Kristin Brown

Graphic Designer

• Phone: +1.850.645.8212
• kbrown@lsi.fsu.edu

Vincent Roumou

Network Administrator

• Phone: +1.850.644.7446
• vroumou@lsi.fsu.edu

Pat Heeter

• pheeter@lsi.fsu.edu

Xinya Liang

• xliang@lsi.fsu.edu

Bilge Altinay

• baltinay@lsi.fsu.edu