Tonya L Smith-Jackson

Bio

Tonya Smith-Jackson, PhD, CPE is Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs at NC A&T State University. Dr. Smith-Jackson earned MS and PhD degrees from NC State University in Psychology/Ergonomics and Interdisciplinary Industrial Engineering. She earned a BA in Psychology from UNC-Chapel Hill; and graduated from the inaugural class of the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics. She served as Department Chair of Industrial and Systems Engineering at A&T; as interim director of a cybersecurity center; director of the Human Factors Analytics Lab and co-director of the laboratory for Cyber-Human Analytics Research for the Internet of Things (CHARIoT). She spent 14 years at Virginia Tech, moving from assistant to associate to full professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering. She served as an engineer at IBM and Ericsson Mobile Communications; as well as a faculty member at universities and community colleges in NC, NY, VA and Germany.

Research Interests

Cyber-human Analytics in Internet of Things Contexts, Cognitive and Behavioral Scripts, Systems Safety, Risk Analysis, Cognitive Ergonomics, Mixed Methods Design and Evaluation, Statistics, Human Factors Analytics, Systems Engineering, Mobile communications, healthcare systems design and evaluation. usability engineering, consumer products, higher education leadership

External URL

http://www.tonyasmithjackson.com/about/

Recent Publications

• Rohith Nama, Tonya Smith-Jackson, Younho Seong, Matthew McCullough, John Lach, Azziza Bankole, Martha Anderson, Temple Newbold (2019). (Designing Dementia Caregiver Empowerment Interventions through a Simulation: A Conceptualization Study). (001) 1, International Journal of Health Systems Engineering.
• Dong Zhao (2016). (Decision-Making Chains in Electrical Safety for Construction Workers.). (1) 142, ASCE Journal of Construction Engineering and Management.
• Tonya Smith-Jackson (2016). (Open plan offices as sociotechnical systems: What matters and to whom?). (4) 54, pp. 16 . Work: a journal of prevention, assessment & rehabilitation.
• Dong Zhao, Andrew McCoy, Brian Kleiner, Tonya Smith-Jackson (2015). (Control measures of electrical hazards: An analysis of the construction industry). 77, pp. 143-151. Safety Science.
• Dong Zhao, Andrew McCoy, Brian Kleiner, J. Du, Tonya Smith-Jackson (2015). (Decision-making chains in electrical safety for construction workers). (1) 142, ASCE Journal Construction Engineering and Management.
• Dong Zhao, Andrew McCoy, Brian Kleiner, Tonya Smith-Jackson, G. Liu (2015). (Sociotechnical systems of fatal electrical injuries in the construction industry). (1) 142, Journal of Construction Engineering Management.
• Dong zhao (2015). (Sociotechnical Systems of Fatal Electrical Injuries in the Construction Industry.). (1) 142, ASCE Journal of Construction Engineering and Management.
• Hyung Kim, Tonya Smith-Jackson, B Kleiner (2014). (Accessible haptic user interface design approach for users with visual impairment). (4) 13, pp. 415-437. Universal Access in the Information Society.
• Hyung Kim, Tonya Smith-Jackson, J Terpenny (2014). (Haptic perception of users with low vision and their needs in haptic-incorporated user interfaces). (3) 9, pp. 195-208. Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology.
• Tonya Smith-Jackson (2013). (Cultural Ergonomics: Theory, Methods, Applications). In Smith-Jackson, Resnick, Johnson, pp. 234.
• Hyung Kim, Tonya Smith-Jackson, C Nam (2013). (Elicitation of haptic user interface needs of people with low vision). (7) 29, pp. 488-500. International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction.
• Hyung Kim (2013). (Elicitation of haptic user interface needs of people with low vision. ). 29, pp. 12. International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction, .
• Hyung Kim, Tonya Smith-Jackson, Janis Terpenny (2013). (Haptic perception of users with low vision and their needs in haptic-incorporated user interfaces). 9, pp. 195-208. Disability and Rehability.
• Tonya Smith-Jackson, Carlos Evia, Lisa Tabor, Kenneth Benson (2012). (Design of an inculsive sicence learning system for Applachian children). 13, pp. 18-32. Theoretical Issues in Ergonomics Science.
• Yu-Hsiu Hung, Woodrow Winchester, Tonya Smith-Jackson, Brian Kleiner, Kari Babski-Reeves, Thomas Mills (2012). (Identifying fall protection training needs for residential roofing subcontractors). 44, pp. 372-380. Applied Ergonomics.
• Tonya Smith-Jackson, Azziza Bankole, Martha Anderson, john Lach, A Knight, Kyunghui Oh, J Brantley, A Barth (2012). (Validation of a non-invasive body senor network technology in the detection of agitation in dementia). 27, pp. 346-354. American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias.
• Kyunghui Oh, Tonya Smith-Jackson (2011). (Effects of sign design features in bicycle pictorial symbols on bicycling faclity signs.). 44, pp. 990-995. Applied Ergonomics.
• Tonya Smith-Jackson, S., Artis, Y., Hung, Hyung Kim, C Hughes, B Kleiner, A Nolden (2011). (Safety critical incidents and small construction contractors: A prospective study). (Suppl 1-M5) 3, pp. 39-47. The Open Occupational Health and Safety Journal.
• Hyung Kim, Tonya Smith-Jackson, J Bohn (2011). (Younger and older adults with low vision have similar haptic capabilities and needs in 3D virtual navigation). (2) 10, pp. 72-89. Gerontechnology.
• Mi Na, Cavuoto Laura, Benson Kenneth, Smith-Jackson Tonya, Nussbaum Maury, (2004). ( A heuristic checklist for an accessible smart phone interface design). 13, pp. 351-365. Universital Access in the Information Society,.
• Hyung Nam Kim, Tonya Smith-Jackson, Chang Nam (Elicitation of haptic user interface needs of people with low vision.). 29, pp. 488 - 500. International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction.
• Chang Nam, L. Yueqing, Y. Takehiko, Tonya Smith-Jackson (Haptic user interfaces for the visually impaired: Implications for the haptically-enhanced science learning systems.). 28, pp. 784-798. International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction.
• Tonya Smith-Jackson, Resnick , Johnson (Smith-Jackson, T.L., Resnick, M., and Johnson, K. (Eds.). (2013). Cultural Ergonomics: Theory, Methods, & Applications. London & Oxford, UK: CRC Press – Taylor and Francis. ISBN-978-I-4398-I260-0.). CRC: Taylor and Francis.