Since retiring on December 3, 2002, Joe Young has
been serving as a consultant to universities and government contractors.
He has provided on-site grantsmanship consulting to the University of
Notre Dame, giving seminars on grantsmanship and working with individual
investigators and groups of investigators to perfect their grant proposals.
He has worked with the University of Queensland (Australia) to represent
intellectual property developed by their Key Centre for Human Factors and
Applied Cognitive Psychology to US government agencies and commercial firms.
He has worked extensively with Constella Group, Inc., a contractor
providing peer review support to US government agencies, writing and editing
panel review summaries.
Joe spent more than 30 years in government service as a Program Officer supporting psychology and cognitive science research. He was the founding program officer for the Memory and Cognitive Processes Program at the National Science Foundation, where he spent more than 26 years. He guided the introduction of perception into the Program's portfolio and its transformation into the Human Cognition and Perception Program. Prior to his service at NSF, he spent four years as a Program Officer in the Personnel and Training Research Programs at the Office of Naval Research. He is a recipient of the American Psychological Association's Meritorious Research Service Commendation, as well as the Lifetime Research Service Award of the Society for Mathematical Psychology.
Joe is a Summa cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Yale University, and a Stanford Ph.D. He was on the faculty of the State University of New York at Stony Brook prior to entering government service.
After retirement, Joe is pleased to offer his
services as a consultant. His areas of expertise include, but are not
limited to, the following:
The following are Joe's address, E-mail,
phone, and website:
4846 Montgomery Lane
Bethesda, MD 20814
(301) 907-7706 (Voice and FAX)
mightyjoe@earthlink.net
http://home.earthlink.net/~mightyjoe
Joe's curriculum vitae follows:
EDUCATION:
Stanford University, Ph.D. in Psychology,
1966
Yale University, B.A. in Psychology,
Summa Cum Laude, 1962
EXPERIENCE:
PSYCHOLOGY AND COGNITIVE SCIENCE
RESEARCH CONSULTANT, December 2002-Present.
Clients:
University
of Notre Dame—Grantsmanship
University of
Queensland—Intellectual Property Representation
Constella Group, Inc.—Peer Review
ACTING PROGRAM DIRECTOR FOR DEVELOPMENTAL AND
LEARNING SCIENCES, National Science Foundation, 2002.
Assumed leadership of ongoing program after the untimely
death of the Program Director. Maintained Panel and mail review process,
processing of awards and declinations, and all other aspects of the program
under exceptionally difficult conditions.
PROGRAM DIRECTOR FOR HUMAN COGNITION AND
PERCEPTION (formerly Memory and Cognitive Processes), National Science
Foundation, 1976-1996 and 2000-2002.
Organized and administered new program, including
organization and administration of joint Panel and mail review process,
development of policies and procedures, and representation of the Program so as
to gain credibility in the scientific community. Over more than twenty
years, continually adjusted aspects of the Program to respond to new
opportunities and to adapt to ongoing changes within NSF, the academic
community, and the field. Maintained close liaison with the academic
community, counterpart personnel in other Federal and non-Federal funding
agencies, and other parts of NSF. Gave frequent formal and informal
written and oral presentations within NSF and at meetings of professional and
scientific societies.
PROGRAM DIRECTOR FOR CROSS-DIRECTORATE
PROGRAMS, Division of Social and Economic Sciences, National Science Foundation,
February, 1999-2000.
Conducted review
process for applications from social, behavioral, and economic scientists to
NSF-wide competitions, such as POWRE (Professional Opportunities for Women in
Research and Education) and REU (Research Opportunities for Undergraduates)
Sites. Coordinated social, behavioral, and economic science participation
in other NSF-wide competitions, such as CAREER (Faculty Early Career Development
Program). Continued many aspects of former positions.
INFORMATION DIRECTOR, Division of Social,
Behavioral, and Economic Research,
National Science Foundation, 1996-January, 1999.
Assisted Division Director in keeping abreast of
current developments in scientific, professional, and political arenas that
affect the social, behavioral, and economic sciences. Assessed current
science policy issues and positions relevant to strategic planning for
SBER. Coordinated a number of ongoing activities within the Division and
undertakes frequent and varied short-term projects for the leadership of the
Division. Continued many aspects of former position
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, PERSONNEL AND TRAINING
RESEARCH PROGRAMS, Office of Naval Research, 1972-76.
Worked closely with Program Director in all aspects of
managing program of fundamental contract research involving fields of learning,
memory, and cognition; psychometrics and criterion development; and industrial
psychology. Maintained liaison with relevant parts of the scientific
community, with counterpart personnel in other funding agencies, and with
personnel in the military and related industrial establishment, scientific and
non-scientific, military and civilian. Gave frequent formal and informal
written and oral presentations to various groups.
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF PSYCHOLOGY, SUNY at Stony Brook, 1966-72.
ASSOCIATE MEMBER OF THE TECHNICAL STAFF, Bell Labs, Summer, 1963.
INTERN, System Development Corporation, Summer, 1962.
HONORS:
American Psychological Association (APA)
Meritorious Research Service Commendation, 2002
Society for Mathematical Psychology,
Lifetime Research Service Award, 2003
Phi
Beta Kappa, 1960.
Sigma Xi, 1961.
Honors with Exceptional Distinction in
Psychology, 1962.
Honorary Woodrow Wilson
Fellowship, NSF Fellowship Offered, 1962.
National Defense Education Act Fellowship, 1962-65.
USPHS Predoctoral Fellowship, 1965-66.
SUNY-Research Foundation Summer Fellowships,
1967, 1968.
NIMH Grant, 1968-72.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:
American Association for the Advancement of
Science (Fellow)
Society for Computers in
Psychology (Steering Committee, 1988-91)
American Psychological Association
American Psychological Society
Eastern Psychological Association
American Educational Research Association
Psychonomic Society
Cognitive Science Society
Society for Mathematical Psychology
SELECTED SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS:
Reinforcement-test intervals in paired-associate
learning. Journal of Mathematical Psychology,
1971, 8,
58-81.
Compound and simple responses in
paired-associate learning (with R. L. Schiffer).
Journal of
Experimental Psychology, 1971, 91, 206-211.
AVALA, a small on-line system with off-line communication
with a large computer.
Behavior
Research Methods and Instrumentation, 1972, 4, 100-101.
Presentations of scientific papers at scientific
meetings.
Presentations at scientific and
professional meetings on program, budget, and funding strategies of
ONR
and NSF
programs.