{"id":6237,"date":"2019-08-21T13:01:21","date_gmt":"2019-08-21T17:01:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sciencescosmaincms.cm.ucf.edu\/psychology\/?post_type=ucf_section&#038;p=6237"},"modified":"2020-03-25T14:54:14","modified_gmt":"2020-03-25T18:54:14","slug":"hfcp-faculty","status":"publish","type":"ucf_section","link":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/psychology\/ucf_section\/hfcp-faculty\/","title":{"rendered":"People &#8211; Human Factors PhD Faculty"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"heading-underline\">Faculty in Human Factors and Cognitive Psychology<\/h2>\n<div class=\"ucf-post-list colleges-post-list-people\">\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"list-unstyled row ucf-post-list-items\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"col-6 col-sm-4 col-md-3 col-xl-2 mt-3 mb-2 ucf-post-list-item\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"person-link\" href=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/psychology\/person\/rachel-greenspan\/\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"media-background-container person-photo mx-auto \">\r\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/psychology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/Greenspan-Headshot-300x350.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" class=\"media-background object-fit-cover\">\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"mt-2 mb-1 person-name\">Rachel Greenspan<\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"font-italic person-job-title\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAssistant Professor\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"col-6 col-sm-4 col-md-3 col-xl-2 mt-3 mb-2 ucf-post-list-item\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"person-link\" href=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/psychology\/person\/peter-a-hancock\/\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"media-background-container person-photo mx-auto \">\r\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/psychology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/08\/Peter-Hancock-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" class=\"media-background object-fit-cover\">\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"mt-2 mb-1 person-name\">Peter A. 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