Behavioral Sciences
David W. Eby
Research Professor
Lidia P. Kostyniuk
Research Scientist Emerita
Lisa J. Molnar
Research Associate Professor Emerita
Jennifer S. Zakrajsek
Lead Research Area Specialist
Renée M. St. Louis
Assistant Research Scientist
Nicole Zanier
Research Area Specialist
The Behavioral Sciences team works to enhance safe mobility for all ages by deepening our understanding of the social and behavioral issues important to transportation.
Using innovative research approaches, UMTRI’s behavioral scientists:
- Understand the relationship between public policy and social and behavioral factors in transportation
- Evaluate the effects of public policy and intervention programs that promote safe driving
- Expand knowledge of the social and behavioral factors related to high-risk driving behavior
- Investigate social, behavioral, and cognitive factors related to Intelligent Transportation System technologies
- Prevent traffic injuries and fatalities through the development of programs that intervene against factors related to high-risk driving behavior
Transportation is a social, psychological, human phenomenon, that demands far more exhaustive research than it has yet received.
Harlan Hatcher, University of Michigan President, 1951-1967