I study learning, expertise, and human-computer interaction. I mostly use the video game Tetris (a special research version) because it’s a great way to study learning a simple task with a really long learning curve that has both beginners and pros.
CV
Assistant Professor of Psychology at The American University in Cairo (2022-present)
Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology at The American University in Cairo (2021-2022)
Fulbright U.S. Scholar to Egypt (2019-2020)
Post-doctoral Scholar at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute studying learning and expertise (2017-2019)
Education
Ph.D. Cognitive Psychology from The University at Albany
Master of Science, Human Factors Psychology, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Master of Business Administration, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Bachelor of Science, Psychology, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
recent work
HOT: Higher Order Tetris, Experts' Subgoals and Activities. JH Berry, WD Gray, CogSci, 3409 2, 2019
Retroactive Transfer Phenomena in Alternating User Interfaces. R Raissi, E Dimara, JH Berry, WD Gray, G Bailly, Proceedings of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Comp Sys - 1, 2020
Video Games in Life, Work, and Play: Tool or Folly? JH Berry, American Center in Cairo, United States Embassy, Cairo, Egypt 2021
Arabic-English Bilinguals: Human Computer Interaction and Psycholinguistic Effects. JH Berry, HARP Lab, The American University in Cairo 2021
Arabic-English Biliteracy: HCI and Psycholinguistic Effects., JH Berry, Paradoxes, Promises and Paradigms Conference, University of Florida 2021