I study learning, expertise, and human-computer interaction. I mostly use the video game Tetris (a special research version) because it’s a great way to study learning a simple task with a really long learning curve that has both beginners and pros.

 

CV

Assistant Professor of Psychology at The American University in Cairo (2022-present)

Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology at The American University in Cairo (2021-2022)

Fulbright U.S. Scholar to Egypt (2019-2020)

Post-doctoral Scholar at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute studying learning and expertise (2017-2019)

Education

Ph.D. Cognitive Psychology from The University at Albany

Master of Science, Human Factors Psychology, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Master of Business Administration, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Bachelor of Science, Psychology, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

recent work

HOT: Higher Order Tetris, Experts' Subgoals and Activities. JH Berry, WD Gray, CogSci, 3409 2, 2019

Retroactive Transfer Phenomena in Alternating User Interfaces. R Raissi, E Dimara, JH Berry, WD Gray, G Bailly, Proceedings of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Comp Sys - 1, 2020

Video Games in Life, Work, and Play: Tool or Folly? JH Berry, American Center in Cairo, United States Embassy, Cairo, Egypt 2021

Arabic-English Bilinguals: Human Computer Interaction and Psycholinguistic Effects. JH Berry, HARP Lab, The American University in Cairo 2021

Arabic-English Biliteracy: HCI and Psycholinguistic Effects., JH Berry, Paradoxes, Promises and Paradigms Conference, University of Florida 2021