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Biography
Professor Alan Hedge, PhD, CPE

Alan Hedge is a tenured Full Professor in the
Department of Design and Environmental Analysis,
His research and teaching activities focus
on issues of design and workplace ergonomics as these affect the health,
comfort and productivity of people. He is currently conducting research on the
health and comfort impacts of environmental stressors, such as the effects of
indoor air quality effects on sick building syndrome, the effects of lighting
on eyestrain problems among computer users, and on postural strain and
musculoskeletal disorder risk factors. He has coauthored a book on Healthy
Buildings, and published 25 book chapters and over 165 articles on these topics
in the ergonomics and related journals.
His professional
activities are extensive. He is a Fellow of the Ergonomics Society, an
Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society; and a member of the
American Psychological Association; the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society,
The Illuminating Engineering Society and a founding member of the International
Society for Indoor Air Quality and Climate. He is on the editorial board of the
journals Ergonomics, Theoretical Issues in Ergonomics, Journal of
Environmental Psychology, Journal of Human Environment Systems, and the Journal
of Architectural and Planning Research.. He is past chair of the Work
Environment Design Technical Subcommittee of the US HFES Technical Advisory
Group to the International Standards Organization, the Work Environment
subcommittee of the BSR/HFES 100 Computer Workstation Standard Revision
Committee, and the Work Environment subcommittee of the International
Ergonomics Association. He is a past
president of the Division of Environmental Psychology of the International
Association of Applied Psychology, and of the Organizational Design and
Management Technical Group of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society.
Contact
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email: ah29@cornell.edu
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