Sandra Schneider, Ph.D.

Professor of Cognitive Psychology and Associate Chair in the Department of Psychology, USF

Sandra L. Schneider, Ph.D., is a Professor in the Cognition, Neuroscience, and Social Psychology Area within the Department of Psychology at the University of South Florida in Tampa.  Dr. Schneider conducts research on the motivational and cognitive processes that underlie judgment and decision making. She has overseen several federally-funded and foundation research grants and published numerous peer-reviewed articles, an edited volume, and a 4-volume edited series on experimental designs in behavioral and social science research. She is currently an Associate Editor for the Judgment and Decision Making journal, and has formerly served as Director of the Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences Division and as Director of the Decision, Risk, and Management Sciences Program at the National Science Foundation, as well as having held several administrative positions within the university.