Skip Beck is a prolific academic researcher who has published extensively in the areas of student retention, institutional commitment, online learning, human-computer interaction, and more. Some of his most highly cited works include studies published in the Journal of College Student Retention, Journal of The First-Year Experience & Students in Transition, The Internet and Higher Education, and Human Factors. His research focuses on improving student outcomes and understanding how humans interact with and rely on technology.

1. Skip Beck’s Favorite Journal Publications:
Davidson, W. B., Beck, H. P., & Grisaffe, D. B. (2015). Increasing the institutional
commitment of college students: Enhanced measurement and test of a nomological model.
Journal of College Student Retention, 17, 162-185.
Beck, H. P. & Davidson, W. B. (2015). Improving the retention of first-year college students: A
temporal model of assessment and intervention. Journal of The First-Year Experience &
Students in Transition, 27, 75-91.
Beck, H. P. & Milligan, M. (2014). Factors influencing the institutional commitment of online
students. The Internet and Higher Education, 51-56.
Fridlund, A. J., Beck, H. P., Goldie, W. D., & Irons, G. (2012, January 23). Little Albert: A
Neurologically Impaired Child. History of Psychology, 15, 302-327. doi:
10.1037/a0026720
Beck, H. P. (2011). Finding Little Albert: A seven-year search for psychology’s lost boy.
The Psychologist, 24, 392–395.
Dzindolet, M. T., Beck, H. P., & Pierce, G. L. (2010). Developing trust in human and computer
agents. In C. Miller & C. Hayes (Eds.), Human-computer etiquette: Cultural expectations
and the design implications they place on computers and technology (pp. 145-180). Boca
Raton, FL: CRC Press. doi: 10.1201/b10420-11
Beck, H. P., Levinson, S., & Irons, G. (2010). The evidence supports Douglas Merritte as Little
Albert. American Psychologist, 65, 301-303. doi: 10.1037/a0019444
Beck, H. P., Levinson, S., & Irons, G. (2009). Finding Little Albert: A journey to John B.
Watson’s infant laboratory. American Psychologist, 64, 605-614. doi: 10.1037/a0017234
Beck, H. P., McKinney, J. B., Dzindolet, M. T., & Pierce, L. G. (2009). Effects of human–
machine competition on intent errors in a target detection task. Human Factors, 51, 477-
486. doi: 10.1177/0018720809341746
Davidson, W. B., Beck, H. P., & Milligan, M. (2009). The College Persistence Questionnaire:
Development and validation of an instrument that predicts student attrition. Journal of
College Student Development, 50, 373-390. doi: 10.1353/csd.0.0079
Beck, H. P., Dzindolet, M. T., & Pierce, L. G. (2007). Automation usage decisions:
controlling intent and appraisal errors in a target detection task. Human Factors, 49, 429-
437. doi: 10.1518/001872007X200076
Davidson, W. D., & Beck, H. P. (2006-2007). Survey of Academic Orientation scores and
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2. persistence in college freshmen. Journal of College Student Retention:
Research, Theory & Practice, 8, 297-305. doi: 10.2190/H18T-6850-77LH-0063
Davidson, W. B., & Beck, H. P. (2006). Using the Survey of Academic Orientations to predict
undergraduates’ stress levels. NACADA Journal, 26, 13-20.
Dzindolet, M., Pierce, L., & Beck, H. P. (2006). Misuse of human and automated decision aids in
a soldier detection task. In Proceedings of the 50th
annual meeting of the Human Factors
and Ergonomics Society, Santa Monica, CA: Human Factors and Ergonomics Society.
Dzindolet, M. T., & Beck, H. P. (2006). Adaptive automation: Building flexibility
into human-machine systems. In E. Salas, S. Burke, & L. Pierce (Eds.) Advances in human
factors and cognitive engineering, (Vol 6, pp. 213-248). Boston: Elsevier Press.
Dzindolet, M. T., Petersen, S. A., Pomranky, R. A., Pierce, L. G., & Beck, H. P. (2003). The role
of trust in automation reliance. International Journal of Human and Computer Studies, 58,
697-718. doi: 10.1016/S1071-5819(03)00038-7
Beck, H. P., Dzindolet, M. T., & Pierce, L. G. (2002). Applying a decision-making model to
understand misuse, disuse and appropriate automation use. In E. Salas (Ed.), Advances in
human factors and cognitive engineering: Automation, (Vol 2, pp. 37-78). Amsterdam:
JAI.
Dzindolet, M. T., Pierce, L. G., Beck, H. P., & Dawe, L. A. (2002). The perceived utility of
human and automated aids in a visual detection task. Human Factors, 44, 79-94.
doi: 10.1518/0018720024494856
Beck, H. P., Rorrer-Woody, S., & Pierce, L. G. (2002). The relations of learning and grade
orientations to academic performance. In R. A. Griggs (Ed.), Handbook for teaching
introductory psychology: With an emphasis on assessment (Vol. 3, pp. 121-122).
Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum. doi: 10.1207/s15328023top1801
Dzindolet, M. T., Pierce, L. G., Pomranky, R., Peterson, S., & Beck, H. P. (2001). Automation
reliance on a combat identification system. In Proceedings of the Human Factors and
Ergonomics Society 45th
Annual Meeting, 532-536, Santa Monica, CA: Human Factors
and Ergonomics Society.
Beck, H. P., & Davidson, W. B. (2001). Establishing an early warning system: Predicting low
grades in college students from Survey of Academic Orientations Scores. Research in
Higher Education, 42, 709-723.
Dzindolet, M. T., Pierce, L. G., Beck, H. P., Dawe, L. A., & Anderson, W. B. (2001). Predicting
misuse and disuse of combat identification systems. Military Psychology, 13, 147-164.
doi: 10.1207/S15327876MP1303
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3. Dzindolet, M. T., Pierce, L. G., Beck, H. P., & Dawe, L. A. (2000). Trustbusting in automation
use. In Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 44th
Annual Meeting,
120, San Diego, CA: Human Factors and Ergonomics Society.
Pollio, H. R., & Beck, H. P. (2000). When the tail wags the dog: Perceptions of learning and grade
orientations in, and by, contemporary college students. Journal of Higher Education, 71,
84-102.
Davidson, W. B., Beck, H. P., & Silver, N. C. (1999). Development and validation of scores on a
measure of academic orientations in college students. Educational and Psychological
Measurement, 59, 678-693. doi: 10.1177/00131649921970107
Beck, H. P., & Pierce, L. G. (1998). The effects of movement and intravehicular versus
intervehicular communication on C2V crew performance: Limited User Tests Phase III.
(ARL-TR-1428). Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD: U.S. Army Research Laboratory.
Beck, H. P., Palmer, R. M., Lindau, W. D., Carpenter, P. L. (1997). The use of a discriminant
function to improve prison promotion decisions. Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 25,
123-130.
Beck, H. P., & Pierce, L. G. (1996). The impact of selected group processes on the coordination
and motivation of Army teams (ARL-CR-292). Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD: U.S.
Army Research Laboratory.
Beck, H. P., Sigmon, G. L., & Aeschleman, S. R. (1992). Demonstration of an actuarial method
for estimating preinjury hand strength. Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation, 2, 3-9.
doi: 10.1007/BF01078927
Beck, H. P., & Sigmon, G. L. (1989). The use of regression analysis to estimate preinjury static
and dynamic performances on Tool #162 of the BTE Work Simulator. Fourth National
Forum on Issues in Vocational Assessment, 259-263.
Johnson, B. G., & Beck, H. P. (1988). Strict and lenient grading scales: How do they affect the
performance of college students with high and low SAT Scores? Teaching of Psychology,
15, 127-131.
Sigmon, G. L., & Beck, H. P. (1988). Estimating preinjury hand functioning: A statistical method
for reconstructing the past. Third National Forum on Issues in Vocational Assessment,
77-82.
Carstens, C. B., & Beck, H. P. (1986). The relationship of high school psychology and natural
science courses to performance in a college introductory psychology class. Teaching of
Psychology, 13, 116-118. doi: 10.1207/s15328023top1303
Beck, H. P., & Seta, J. J. (1980). The effects of frequency of feedback on a simple coaction task.
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 38, 75-80. doi: 10.1037/0022-3514.38.1.75
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4. Logan, C. A., & Beck, H. P. (1978). Long-term retention of habituation in the sea anemone
(Anthopleura elegantissima). Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology, 92,
928-936. doi: 10.1037/h0077532
Logan, C. A., & Beck, H. P. (1977). Persistent sensitization following habituation in the sea
anemone (Anthopleura elegantissima). Journal of Biological Psychology, 19, 22-24.
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