Robert W. Proctor, PhD, is Distinguished Professor of Psychological Sciences at Purdue University and has published over 275 articles and numerous books and chapters. His coauthored books include Attention: Theory and Practice (2004), Human Factors in Simple and Complex Systems (3rd ed., 2018), and Skill acquisition and training (2017). He is Fellow of American Psychological Association, Association for Psychological Science, and Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. He received the 2013 Franklin V. Taylor Award for Outstanding Contributions in the Field of Applied Experimental/Engineering Psychology and 2018 Paul M. Fitts Education Award for outstanding contributions to the education and training of human factors and ergonomics specialties.
 
Kim-Phuong L. Vu, PhD, is Professor of Psychology at California State University, Long Beach. Dr. Vu has over 100 publications relating to human performance, human factors, and HCI. She co-edited the Handbook of Human Factors in Web Design (2011), and has served as associate editor for Behavior Research Methods and Human Factors. Dr. Vu is a fellow of American Psychological Association, Association for Psychological Science, and Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, and recipient of the 2021 Franklin V. Taylor Award for Outstanding Contributions in the Field of Applied Experimental/Engineering Psychology. She specializes in developing implications of basic research findings for applied design problems.