BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
Michael K. McBeath
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HOW AND WHERE TO REACH ME
Address
Department of Psychology
Arizona State University
Tempe, AZ 85287-1104
Phone & FAX
(480) 965-8930 (Office)
(480) 785-5939 (Home)
(480) 965-8544 (FAX)
E-Mail m.m@asu.edu
Web Page
http://www.public.asu.edu/~mmcbeath (Mine)
http://spl.la.asu.edu (My Lab)

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FAMILY AND EDUCATION
Family
Born in Istanbul, Turkey (U.S. Citizen)
Married to Karen McBeath
Children: Jasmine McBeath, Ross McBeath.
Education
Ph.D., Psychology, minor Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, CA.
M.S., Scientific Instrumentation, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA.
B.A., Electrical Engineering & Psychology, Brown University, Providence,RI.

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HONORS AND AFFILIATIONS
Honors and
Awards
Wakonse Fellow, Inspiration and Support for College Teaching, 2004
Mentor Appreciation Award, Arizona State University Preparing Future Faculty Program, 2000, 2001
Innovative Teaching Award, Kent Psi Chi Psychology Honor Society, 1996
Advisor of the Semester Finalist, Kent State Office of Campus Life,1995, 1996
National Eye Institute Young Investigator ARVO Travel Award, 1994
National Research Council Post-Doctoral Fellowship, 1990, 1991
Western Psychological Association Student Scholarship Award, 1990
Who's Who in Science and Engineering, 2nd Edition, 1994
Who's Who in the West, 21st-23 rd Editions, 1987, 1990, 1992
Who's Who of Emerging Leaders in America, 2nd-3rd Editions, 1988, 1990
National Research Service Award, 1987, 1988
Stanford University Fellowship, 1985
Sigma Xi, Brown University-Arizona State University
Professional
Affiliations
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
American Psychological Society (APS)
American Psychological Association (APA)
Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE)
Psychonomic Society
Vision Sciences Society (VSS)
Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO)
Acoustical Society of America
Society for Mathematical Psychology

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2002-Present
 Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-1104.  Research, teaching, and administration with specialties in perception and action including navigation, robotics, and image processing.   Also Area Head of Cogntion & Behavior Program.  Dept. Chairman, Dr. Keith Crnik.
1998-Present Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-1104. Research and teaching with specialties in pitch perception: baseball, audition, and slant. Dept. Chairman, Dr. Darwyn Linder.
1992-1998 Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Kent State University, Kent, OH 44242. Research and teaching with specialties in high level perception, real and virtual environments, and computational modeling of visual and auditory space and motion. Dept. Chairman, Dr. John Graham.
1990-1992 Research Associate (NRC), NASA-Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA 94035. Research on 3-D motion perception. Supervisor: Dr. Mary Kaiser.
1986-1990 Research Engineer, NASA-Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA 94035. Construction, programming, and development of experiments on human factors. Supervisors: Dr. Mary Kaiser and Dr. James Johnston.
1980-1985 Research Engineer, Psychology Department and McDonnell Laboratory for Psychical Research, Washington University, St Louis, MO 63130. Instrument design, construction, research. Supervisors: Dr. Ira Hirsh and Dr. Peter Phillips.
1980 Software Engineer, Milcom, Arlington, VA 22202. Programming. Supervisor: Gary Stevens.
1979 Systems Engineer, Microface, Torrance, CA 90503. Electronic design and construction. Supervisor: Gregg Bone.
1978 Hardware Engineer, Burroughs Corporation, Goleta, CA 93017. Electronic design, construction, and testing. Supervisor: Charles Bickle.


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