Lyndsey Lanagan-Leitzel

Professor and Assistant Department Chair
Psychological Science

Biography

Dr. Lanagan-Leitzel is a cognitive psychologist whose research focuses on attention, memory, decision-making, and visual search and surveillance in applied settings, especially lifeguarding. She earned her M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Cognitive Psychology from the Pennsylvania State University.

Research Interests

Detection of Critical Events in Lifeguarding
Use of Reply All in Email Communication
Pedagogy

Of Note

Dr. Lanagan-Leitzel researched the history of the Department of Psychological Science and shared this research with the university community. This presentation can be viewed at www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tl2TWA9G8dg.

Teaching Interests

Cognitive Psychology
Psychology in South Park
Research Methods and Statistics

Publications

Grandhi, S. A., & Lanagan-Leitzel, L. K. (2016). To reply or to reply all: Understanding replying behavior in group email communication. Proceedings of the 19th ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work & Social Computing (pp. 560-569). New York, NY: ACM. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2818048.2819981

Lanagan-Leitzel, L. K., Skow, E., & Moore, C. M. (2015). Great expectations: Perceptual challenges of visual surveillance in lifeguarding. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 29, 425-435. doi: 10.1002/acp.3121

Lanagan-Leitzel, L. K. (2012). Identification of critical events by lifeguards, instructors, and non-lifeguards. The International Journal of Aquatic Research and Education, 6, 203-214.

Lanagan-Leitzel, L. K. & Moore, C. M. (2010). Do lifeguards monitor the events they should? The International Journal of Aquatic Research and Education, 4, 241-256.

Lyndsey Lanagan-Leitzel