Dr. Timothy Wright, Principal Research Associate at Dunlap & Associates, Inc. holds MS and PhD degrees in Cognitive Psychology from Florida State University.  Dr. Wright’s research interests span domains of attention, distracted driving, vulnerable road users, and transportation safety generally. Throughout his nearly 10-year career, he has served as principal investigator or co-principal investigator on projects that together represent over 6 million dollars. These projects involved the development and implementation of a variety of different approaches both in the laboratory and the field. These projects included demonstration programs, literature reviews, and field studies exploring factors related to the safety of both passenger vehicle drivers and pedestrians/bicyclists.  In recognition of his accomplishments, he was appointed to the Transportation Research Board’s Committee on Simulation and Measurement of Vehicle and Operator Performance and elected the Vice President and subsequently President of the New England Chapter of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society.