Profile for Eric Hiris

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Specialty area(s)

Cognition and Perception

Current courses at UWL

PSY 100 General Psychology, PSY 331 Experimental Psychology, PSY 439 Sensation & Perception

Education

Ph.D. Vanderbilt University 1995, Psychology
M.A. Vanderbilt University 1992, Psychology
B.A. Oakland University 1990, Psychology, Minor: Applied Statistics

Teaching history

I have taught courses on Cognition, Learning and Memory, Sensation & Perception, Research Methods, Experimental Psychology, Research Methods for Minors, Statistics, Pseudoscience, General Psychology, Evolutionary Psychology, and Advanced Statistics & Research Design.

Professional history

2015+: Associate Professor, University of Wisconson - La Crosse

2013-2015: Department Head/Full Professor; University of Northern Iowa.

2000-2013: Assistant/Associate Professor and sometimes Department Chair; St. Mary's College of Maryland.

1999-2000: Visiting Assistant Professor; Auburn University.

Research and publishing

I conduct research on visual perception, including visual illusions, biological motion, and depth perception.

Kudos

published

Eric Hiris, Psychology, authored the article "Perspective Illusions Based On Convergence Vectors" in "Perception" published on Sept. 10, 2019 by Sage Journals.

Submitted on: Sept. 11, 2019

published

Eric Hiris, CL-24, co-authored the article "Biological Form is Sufficient to Create a Biological Motion Sex Aftereffect" in "Perception" published on Sept. 26, 2016 by Sage Journals. The article appears in the October issue of Perception.

Submitted on: Sept. 27, 2016