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The psychology community at UCF said goodbye last month to a professor who dedicated 31 years to teaching generations of students the intricacies of the mind.<\/p>\n
Ed Rinalducci, Ph.D., whose tenure from 1986-2017 included roles as associate dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, program director of the applied experimental\/human factors doctorate program and professor of psychology, died March 25 in Savannah, Georgia.\u00a0 He was 83.<\/p>\n
Colleagues in the Department of Psychology fondly remember his wry sense of humor.\u00a0 Although it\u2019s been three years since his departure from UCF, \u201cwe often remember him when a colleague makes a gaffe and someone invariably says \u2018What would Ed say about this?\u201d wrote psychology Professor Janan Smither, Ph.D., and Professor Mustapha Mouloua, Ph.D.<\/p>\n
Rinalducci\u2019s research interests revolved around perception and human factors, to include developing crash avoidance systems, driver distraction and aging and driving. His work was funded by government agencies like the U.S. Army Research Office, the Behavioral Sciences Directorate and the Department of Transportation.<\/p>\n
AJ Range, an assistant vice president in Student Development and Enrollment Services, met Rinalducci about 10 years ago and was immediately impressed by his character. Range invited him to a Rotary meeting, and soon after sponsored him to become a member. The two shared a passion for UCF, and talked often about teaching and working with students.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe was a very fine humanitarian and faithful to the club,\u201d Range said.<\/p>\n
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The psychology community at UCF said goodbye last month to a professor who dedicated 31 years to teaching generations of students the intricacies of the mind. Ed Rinalducci, Ph.D., whose tenure from 1986-2017 included roles as associate dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, program director of the applied experimental\/human factors doctorate program and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":134,"featured_media":26292,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[38,39,13,22,28],"tags":[6223],"class_list":["post-26291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breaking-news","category-faculty-news","category-news","category-psychology-departments","category-top-news","tag-ed-rinalducci"],"yoast_head":"\n