Technology Leadership and Innovation Directory

Erin E Bowen Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Campus: West Lafayette
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Department: Technology Leadership & Innovation
Office: Young Hall 434; Lab: TERM 222
Phone: 765.496.7710 Lab: 765.494.9881
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Lab office: TERM 222
Lab phone: 765.494.9881
email: eebowen@purdue.edu,

Biography:

Dr. Erin Bowen is an Assistant Professor of Technology Leadership & Innovation at Purdue. She has multiple areas of expertise including: human factors and psychology in organizational technology integration; statistics and data integration to enhance organizational effectiveness; SPSS and LISREL data analysis software implementation to study technology industries; survey design, validation and implementation; and aviation psychology.

She also provides training and education in the application of advanced statistical techniques to organizational settings, particularly survey design and analysis, advanced confirmatory factor analytic and structural equation modeling techniques, and SPSS and LISREL use with applied datasets. Dr. Bowen's research and expertise has been featured in several national and international news outlets, including an appearance on the nationally syndicated radio program, "Rudy Maxa's World with Christopher Elliott".

Dr. Bowen is a founder of the interdisciplinary Applied Human Factors Research Laboratory at Purdue. The Applied Human Factors lab is focused on bringing expertise from psychology, aviation, and other industries to understand and improve the human component of high consequence and high technology organizations.

Current research projects include:

• Identifying training requirements and human factors issues to encourage physically disabled students into the aviation industry
• Comparative analysis of consumer perceptions and  objective quality performance in a high-technology industry
• Identifying predictors of student success in technology-mediated education
• Assessing experiential learning through case research methods in distributed learning environments
• Training and competency modeling requirements for light sport aircraft instructors
• Status of statistical training competence in Technology fields

In addition, Dr. Bowen is associate editor of the Journal of Aviation Technology and Engineering (www.jateonline.org) and a member of the  the Society for Industrial & Organizational Psychology, Association for Aviation Psychology, the American Psychological Association, APA Division 21: Applied Experimental and Engineering Psychology, the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, University Aviation Association, and American Mensa, Ltd. 

Dr. Bowen holds a Ph.D. in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from Saint Louis University, along with a graduate minor in Research Methodology. She primarily teaches advanced courses in statistics, research, and human factors for technology & industry. Prior to joining the faculty at Purdue, Dr. Bowen was Assistant Director for the National Center for Aviation Safety Research in St. Louis, MO and a consultant for the Federal Aviation Administration and other industries.

Publications

Relevant Publications and Presentations

Bowen, E. E., Sabin, E. J. & Patankar, M. S. (2011). Aviation maintenance human factors in a systems context: Implications for training. International Journal of Applied Aviation Studies, 11(1), 13-26. 

Springer, M. L. & Bowen, E. E. (2011). Assessing programmatic design and quality for a professional high-technology graduate education program: A conceptual framework. Journal of Aviation Technology and Education, 1(1), 28-34. 

Bowen, E. E. & Bigda-Peyton, T. (2011). Critical issues facing high-consequence industries: Outcomes of the fourth annual Safety Across High-Consequence Industries conference. International Journal of Safety Across High-Consequence Industries, 1, 6-21. 

Bowen, E., Bowen, B. & Headley, D. (2011). Development of a model of airline consumer satisfaction. Proceedings of the 16th International Symposium on Aviation Psychology. Dayton, OH.

Bowen, E., Wulle, B., & Jednachowski, M. (2011). Preliminary program assessment for attracting physically disabled individuals to aviation. Proceedings of the 16th International Symposium on Aviation Psychology. Dayton, OH.

Strutz, M. L., Ohland, M., Bowen, E. E., & Mann, E. (2010, June). Identifying engineering interest and potential in middle school students: Constructing and validating an instrument. Proceedings of the American Society of Engineering Education 2010 Annual Conference and Exposition, Louisville, KY.

Block, E. E., Ropp, T. D., & Speca, T. P. (2010, March). Implementing digital technologies and network systems into aircraft maintenance. Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Aviation Information Technology in Engineering and Management, New Orleans, LA.

Block, E. E., Sabin, E. J., & Patankar, M. S. (2007). The structure of safety climate for accident free flight crews. International Journal of Applied Aviation Studies, 7, 46-59. 

Block, E. E., Grawitch, M. J., & Sabin, E. J. (2007, April). Group structure and task type: Expanding the stepladder technique. 22nd annual meeting of the Society for Industrial-Organizational Psychology, New York City, NY.  

Grawitch, M. J., Block, E. E., & Ratner, J. F. (2005). How do evaluations of positive and negative experiences influence the intensity of affect in workgroups? Group Dynamics: Theory, Research, and Practice, 9, 261-274.

Links

• Applied Human Factors Research Lab