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Baruch Fischhoff
 Howard Heinz University Professor of Social and Decision Sciences and Engineering and Public Policy Ph.D.: Hebrew University of Jerusalem Department Member Since: 1987 208 Porter Hall Pittsburgh, PA 15213 Office: PH 219E Phone: 412.268.3246 Fax: 412.268.6938 email: baruch@cmu.edu Office Asst.: Rosa Stipanovic View Curriculum Vitae Centers: Center for Behavioral Decision Research Center for Risk Perception and Communication Head, Decision Sciences Major View ALL Faculty |
Bio: BARUCH FISCHHOFF, Ph.D., is Howard Heinz University Professor, in the Department of Social and Decision Sciences and Department of Engineering and Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon University, where he heads the Decision Sciences major. A graduate of the Detroit Public Schools, he holds a BS in mathematics and psychology from Wayne State University and an MA and PhD in psychology from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He is a member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences, and has served on many NAS/NRC/IOM committees. He is a past President of the Society for Judgment and Decision Making and of the Society for Risk Analysis, and recipient of its Distinguished Achievement Award. He is a Fellow of the American Psychological Society and of the American Psychological Association, and recipient of it Early Career Awards for Distinguished Scientific Contribution to Psychology and for Contributions to Psychology in the Public Interest. He is a member of the Environmental Protection Agency Scientific Advisory Board, where he chairs the Homeland Security Advisory Committee; the Department of Homeland Security's Science and Technology Advisory Committee, the World Federation of Scientists Permanent Monitoring Panel on Terrorism, and the Department of State Global Expertise Program. He chairs the Food and Drug Administration Risk Communication Advisory Committee. He was a founding member of the Eugene, Oregon, Commission on the Rights of Women. His research includes risk communication, analysis and management; adolescent decision making; informed consent; security; and environmental protection. He has co-authored or edited four books, Acceptable Risk (1981), A Two-State Solution in the Middle East: Prospects and Possibilities (1993), Preference Elicitation (1999), and Risk Communication: The Mental Models Approach (2001). Select Publications Fischhoff, B. (1989). Risk: A guide to controversy. Appendix to National Research Council. Improving risk communications (pp. 211-319).Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press. Fischhoff, B. (1991). Value elicitation: Is there anything in there? American Psychologist, 46(8), 835-847. Fischhoff, B. (1992). Giving advice: Decision theory perspectives on sexual assault. American Psychologist,47(4), 577-588. Fischhoff, B. (1994). Acceptable risk: A conceptual proposal. Risk: Health, Safety & Environment, 1, 1-28. Fischhoff, B. (1995). Risk perception and communication unplugged: Twenty years of process. Risk Analysis, 15, 137-145. Fischhoff, B. (1996). The real world: What good is it? Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 65, 232-248. Fischhoff, B., Downs, J., & Bruine de Bruin, W. (1998). Adolescent vulnerability. Applied and Preventive Psychology, 7, 77-94. Fischhoff, B. (1999). What do patients want? Help in making effective choices. Effective Clinical Practice, 2, 198-200. Fischhoff, B. (2000). Scientific management of science? Policy Sciences, 33, 73-87. Eggers, S.L., & Fischhoff, B. (2004). A defensible claim? Behaviorally realistic evaluation standards. Journal of Public Policy and Marketing,23, 14-27. Fischhoff, B. (2005). Risk perception and communication. In D. Kamien (ed.), McGraw-Hill Handbook of Terrorism and Counter-terrorism (p. 463-492). New York: McGraw-Hill. Fischhoff, B. (2005, August 7). A hero in every aisle seat. New York Times. Fischhoff, B. (2005). Cognitive processes in stated preference methods. In K-G. Maler & J. Vincent (eds.), Handbook of Environmental Economics (pp. 937-968). Amsterdam: Elsevier. Fischhoff, B. (2005). Decision research strategies. Health Psychology, 21(4), S1-S8. Fischhoff, B. (2005, October 2). We need the right words to weather the next storm. Washington Post. Apt, J. & Fischhoff, B. (2006). Power and people. Electricity Journal, 19(9), 17-25. Bruine de Bruin, W., Fischhoff, B., Brilliant, L., & Caruso, D.(2006). Expert judgments of pandemic influenza. Global Public Health 1(2), 178-193. Fischhoff, B.(2006, May). Communication: Getting straight talk right. and Modeling: Visualizing your vulnerabilities. Harvard Business Review, 8. Fischhoff, B., Bruine de Bruin, W., Guvenc, U., Caruso, D., & Brilliant, L. (2006). Analyzing disaster risks and plans: An avian flu example. Journal of Risk and Uncertainty. 33, 133-151. Bruine de Bruin, W., Parker, A., & Fischhoff, B. (2007) Individual differences in adult decision-making competence (A-DMC). Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 92, 938-956. Fischhoff, B. (2007). The early history of hindsight research. Social Cognition. 25, 10-13. Fischhoff, B., Atran, S., & Fischhoff, N. (2007). Counting casualties: A framework for respectful, useful records. Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 34, 1-19. Florig, K., & Fischhoff, B. (2007). Individuals decisions affecting radiation exposure after a nuclear event. Health Physics, 92, 475-483. National Research Council. (2007). Risk comparisons. Scientific Reviews of the Proposed Risk Assessment Bulletin from the Office of Management and Budget (pp.37-8). Washington, DC: National Academies Press. Fischhoff, B. (2007, November). Communicating with the public: Before, during, and after emergencies. China Emergency Management (in Chinese), 16-19. Fischhoff, B. (2007). Non-persuasive communication about matters of greatest urgency: Climate change. Environmental Science & Technology, 41, 7204-7208. Fischhoff, B. (2008). Assessing adolescent decision-making competence. Developmental Review, 28, 12-28. Fischhoff, B. (in press). Risk perception and communication. In R.Detels, R.Beaglehole, M.A..Lansang, and M. Gulliford (eds), Oxford Textbook of Public Health, Fifth Edition (Chapter 8.9). Oxford: Oxford University Press. Fischhoff, B., Atran, S., & Sageman, M. (in press) Mutually Assured Support: A security doctrine for terrorist nuclear weapon threats. Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. Fischhoff, B., President's Columns from the Society for Risk Analysis RISK Newsletter. |