Research Associate, Institute for Job & Occupational Analysis.  Currently assisting with U.S. Army Common Soldier Tasks study (for the Army Research Institute under a subcontract with the Human Resources Research Organization) and a detailed task analysis of new Digital tasks for the Battle Staff NCO course, in support of training programs under the U.S. Army Sergeants Major Academy, Ft. Bliss, TX.  Also provides technical services for Air Force Research Laboratory projects in training decision support systems and new systems research and development.
 

EDUCATION:

 M.A., Industrial Psychology, St. Mary's University, 1971

 B.A., Anthropology, University of Oklahoma, 1964

 EXPERIENCE:

Principal Specialist, McDonnell Douglas Astronautics Company (now McDonnell Douglas Training Systems Company), San Antonio, Texas (1985 - January, 1998) - Mr. Knight served as an intermediate scientist (Lead Engineer/Human Factors) with the Training Decision System (TDS) and Training Decisions Technology Analysis research programs, under Air Force contracts with the Air Force Human Resources Laboratory, to develop and validate decision support systems to assist managers in determining the what, when, and where of training. He also serves as a consultant for other contracts (such as the Douglas Aircraft's contract for the Advanced On-the-job Training System) and in-house behavioral science programs (including Training Requirements analyses and R&D of TDS applications for the new weapon systems acquisition process).

 Occupational Analyst and Team Chief, USAF Occupational Measurement Center, Randolph AFB, Texas (1981 -1985) - Occupational analyst and team chief of six other analysts who performed analysis of occupational data collected on over 20 specialties. Formulated research data packages and presented these packages to utilization and training workshops. Served as a task force member of the "Rivet Workforce" Steering committee.

 Assistant Deputy Commander for Maintenance and Maintenance Control Officer, 601 Tactical Air Support, Sembach AFB, West Germany (1978 - 1981) - - Directly supervised and responsible for the daily aircraft maintenance of over 60 aircraft utilizing over 650 personnel.

 Student, Air Force Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, AL (1977 - 1978) - Top level executive management courses. (Research thesis--Job Enrichment Applied to the Aircraft Maintenance Job Structure).

 Assistant Professor and Senior Executive Officer, Department of Behavioral Sciences and Leadership, USAF Academy, CO (1972 - 1977) - Taught four separate psychology courses. Actively managed the day-to-day activities of the department. Supervised the four editorial secretaries who performed all word processing for the 60 person faculty.

 Operations Staff Officer, 3504 Recruiting Group, Lackland AFB, TX (1969 - 1972) - Performed market analysis and operations research for seven separate Air Force recruiting programs over a six state area. Actively involved in providing recruiting service liaison with the Air Force Human Resources Laboratory (AFHRL) for research with the "All Volunteer" force.

 Squadron Commander and Aircraft Maintenance Officer, 375 Consolidated Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, Scott AFB, IL (1967 - 1969) - Integrated a new aircraft into the organization (DC-9). Responsible for the health, morale, and welfare of over 300 Air Force personnel.

 Aircraft Maintenance Officer, 5th Air Commando Squadron, Vietnam (1966 - 1967) - Responsible for the maintenance on over 33 aircraft performing the psychological warfare mission in Southeast Asia.

 Aircraft Maintenance Officer, 9th Military Airlift Squadron, Kelly AFB, TX (1965 - 1966) - Supervised over 100 personnel who performed specialized maintenance on 19 cargo (C-124) aircraft.

 Student, Aircraft Maintenance Officer's Course, Chanute AFB, IL (1964 - 1965).

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

 1985 - Instructor, Department of Psychology and Philosophy, St. Phillips College, San Antonio, Texas

 1979 - 1980 - Instructor (Psychology) University of Maryland/European Division. Sembach Air Base, West Germany.

 1972 - 1977 - Assistant Professor, Department of Behavioral Sciences and Leadership, USAF Academy, CO. (Courses: Social Psychology, Introductory Psychology, History and Systems Learning Laboratory Instructor).

 PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS:

 Vaughan, D.S., Grimes, G.R., & Knight, J.R. (1993). Evaluating the impact of policies on organizations: Increasing assignment length. Proceedings of the 35th Conference of the Military Testing Association. Williamsburg, VA: U.S. Coast Guard.

Agee, R., Martino, K.B.W., Lamb, T.A., & Knight, J.R. (1993, June). An operational test of OA & TIDES data for MPT decisionmaking. Presentation in the symposium, Military Occupational Analysis: Issues and Advances in Research and Application (H.W. Ruck, chair). Eighth International Occupational Analysts Workshop, San Antonio, TX; USAF Occupational Measurement Squadron.

 Coccia, T., Mitchell, J.L., Knight, J.R., & Shrum, R.C. (1992, October). Development of a career field management plan for the electronic computer and switching systems specialty. Proceedings of the 34th Annual Conference of the Military Testing Association. San Diego, CA: Navy Personnel Research & Development Center.

 Mitchell, J.L., Vaughan, D.S., Knight, J.R., Rueter, F.H., Fast, Jonathan, Haynes W.R., & Bennett, W.R. (1992, June). Training decisions technology analysis. (AL-TP-1992-0026). Brooks AFB, TX: Technical Training Research Division, Armstrong Laboratory, Human Resources Directorate.

 Mitchell, J.L., & Knight, J.R. (1992, April). Total quality management: A unique challenge for behavioral science researchers. Proceedings of the Thirteenth Psychology in the DoD Symposium (pp. 51-55). Colorado Springs, CO: USAF Academy Department of Behavioral Sciences and Leadership.

 Mitchell, J.L., Buckenmyer, D.V., Huguley, H., & Knight, J.R. (1991, October). Development of an integrated data base for the electronic computer and switching systems specialty (AFS 305X4). Proceedings of the 33d Annual Conference of the Military Testing Association. San Antonio, TX: Human Resources Directorate, Armstrong Laboratory and the USAF Occupational Measurement Squadron.

 Mitchell, J.L., Vaughan, D.S., Knight, J.R., Buckenmyer, D.V., & Bennett, W.R. (1991, May). An operational test of the training decisions system. Proceedings of the Seventh International Occupational Analysts' Workshop. San Antonio, TX: USAF Occupational Measurement Center.

 Mitchell, J.L., Knight, J.R., Buckenmyer, D.V., & Hand, D.K. (1991, May). The use of CODAP in the Training Decisions System. Proceedings of the Seventh International Occupational Analysts' Workshop. San Antonio, TX: USAF Occupational Measurement Center.

 Vaughan, D.S., Knight, J.R., Mitchell, J.L., Marshall, G.A., Feldsott, S., Rueter, F.H., Hand, D.K., & Haynes, W.R. (1991, April). Training Decisions System; Software User's Manual (AL-CR-1991-0002). Brooks AFB, TX: Training Systems Division, Armstrong Laboratory, Human Resources Directorate.

 Knight, J.R., Vaughan, D.S., Yadrick, R.M., & Bennett, W.R. (1990, April). Modeling career paths in Air Force enlisted specialties. Proceedings of the Twelfth Psychology in the Department of Defense Symposium. Colorado Springs, CO: USAF Academy, Department of Behavioral Sciences and Leadership (250-254).

 Knight, J.R., and Bennett, W.R. (1989, November). Utilization and training pattern simulation results. In the Symposium (Ruck, H.W., Chair), The Air Force training decision system: Modeling management and policy issues for effective training. Proceedings of the 31st Annual Conference of the Military Testing Association. San Antonio, TX: Air Force Human Resources Laboratory and the USAF Occupational Measurement Center.

 Mitchell, J.L., Vaughan, D.S., Knight, J.R., Rueter, F.H., Fast, J., & Haynes, W. R. (1989, November 1). Training decisions technology analysis. Draft final report, prepared for the Training Systems Division. Brooks AFB, TX: Air Force Human Resources Laboratory.

 Mitchell, J.L., Vaughan, D.S., Knight, J.R., Rueter, F.H., & Haynes, W.R. (1989, November). Training decisions system; User manual. Training Decisions Technology Analysis (Task 21). San Antonio, TX: draft technical report (CDRL A007) prepared for the Training Systems Division, Air Force Human Resources Laboratory.

 Vaughan, D.S., Knight, J.R., Mitchell, J.L., Marshall, G.A., Feldsott, S. Rueter, F.H.,Hand, D.K., & Haynes, W.R. (1989, November). Training decisions system; Programmer's guide. Training Decisions Technology Analysis (Task 21). San Antonio, TX: draft technical report (CDRL A007) prepared for the Training Systems Division, Air Force Human Resources Laboratory.

 Vaughan, D.S., Mitchell, J.L., Yadrick, R.M., Perrin, B.M., Knight, J.R., Eschenbrenner, A.J., Rueter, F.H., & Feldsott, S. (1989, June). Research and Development of the Training Decisions System (Final Report; AFHRL-TR-88-50). Brooks AFB, TX: Training Systems Division, Air Force Human Resources Laboratory.

 Perrin, B.M. & J.R. Knight (1988, November). The task characteristics subsystem: Allocating task modules to training settings. In the symposium, The Air Force Training Decisions System: R&D Results (W.R. Bennett, Chair). Proceedings of the 30th Annual Conference of the Military Testing Association (pp 785-790), Arlington, Virginia: Army Research Institute.

 Perrin, B.M., Knight, J.R., Mitchell, J.L., Vaughan, D.S., & Yadrick, R.M. (1988, September). Training decisions system: Development of the task characteristics subsystem (AFHRL-TR-88-15). Brooks AFB, Texas: Training Systems Division, Air Force Human Resources Laboratory.

 Yadrick, R.M., Knight, J.R., Mitchell, J.L., Vaughan, D.S., & Perrin, B.M. (1988, July). Training decisions system: Development of the field utilization subsystem (AFHRL-TR-88-7). Brooks AFB, Texas: Training Systems Division, Air Force Human Resources Laboratory.

 Perrin, B.M., Mitchell, J.L., & Knight, J.R., (1986, September). Validation of task clustering procedures. Technical Report (CDRL 7C prepared for the Training Systems Division, Air Force Human Resources Laboratory, Brooks AFB, Texas.

 Perrin, B.M., Vaughan, D.S., Yadrick, R.M., Mitchell, J.L., Knight, J.R. (1986, February). Development of task clustering procedures. Technical Report (CDRL 7B) prepared for the Manpower and Personnel Research Division, Air Force Human Resources Laboratory, Brooks AFB, Texas.

 Knight, James R., Jr. (1984, May). The assessment of common skills among related cryptographic career ladders - A training report (Air Force Personnel Test 90-306-538). Randolph AFB, Texas: Occupational Analysis Program, USAF Occupational Measurement Center.

 Knight, James R., Jr., & Falle, Ian E. (1983, October). The assessment of common skills among similar career ladders. Proceedings 25th Annual Conference of the Military Testing Association. Gulf Shores, Alabama: Navy Training Equipment Center.

 Knight, James R., Jr. (1982, September). Electronic-mechanical communications and cryptographic equipment systems career ladder - An occupational survey report (Air Force Personnel Test 90-306-477). Randolph Air Force Base, Texas: Occupational Analysis Program, USAF Occupational Measurement Center.

 Knight, James R., Jr. (1982, January). Audiovisual media career ladder - An occupational survey report (Air Force Personnel Test 90-231-433). Randolph Air Force Base, Texas: Occupational Analysis Program, USAF Occupational Measurement Center.
 
 

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