PM Dr. Preston Menke

My Work In

I/O and Human Factors Psychology

My Master’s and PhD training is in Industrial-Organizational and Human Factors Psychology. This can be described as the scientific study of how people interact with organizations, technologies, tasks, teams, and environments, using a arsenal of measurement and research techniques to design for workplace performance, decision-making, user experience, and organizational outcomes.

Publications

Title Link Citation
Knowledge spillover, trust, effort, and error exposure in peer-assisted learning View Juvina, I., Carson, J., Menke, P., & Crowe, P., Wong. C., McNett, H. (2025). Knowledge spillover, trust, effort, and error exposure in peer-assisted learning. Topics in Cognitive Science.
Peer-assisted learning is more effective at higher task complexity and difficulty View Carson, J., Juvina, I., O'Neill, K., Wong, C. H., Menke, P., Kindell, K. M., & Harmon, E. (2024). Peer‐assisted learning is more effective at higher task complexity and difficulty. Topics in Cognitive Science, 16(1), 129-153.
Human-AI coordination to induce flow in adaptive learning systems View Juvina, I., O’Neill, K., Carson, J., Menke, P., Wong, C.H., McNett, H., & Holsinger, G. (2024). Human-AI coordination to induce flow in adaptive learning systems. In: Kolski, C., Mihăescu, M.C., Rebedea, T. (eds). AI approaches for designing and evaluating interactive intelligent systems. ROCHI 2022. Learning and Analytics in Intelligent Systems, vol 36. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-53957-2_7
Evaluating the Construct Validity of Instructional Manipulation Checks as Measures of Careless Responding to Surveys View Ramsey, M. C., Bowling, N. A., & Menke, P. S. (2024). Evaluating the Construct Validity of Instructional Manipulation Checks as Measures of Careless Responding to Surveys. Applied psychological measurement, 48(7-8), 341–356. https://doi.org/10.1177/01466216241284293
Peer-Assisted Learning Presents Greater Learning Over Individual Learning in Miller Analogies Task, in development View Menke, P. S. (in development). Peer-Assisted Learning Presents Greater Learning Over Individual Learning in Miller Analogies Task. Wright State University ETD.

Conference Presentations

Title Conference Citation
Peer-Assisted Learning leads to greater learning gain over individual learning in a complex task College of Science and Math Festival of Research Menke, P., Carson, J., Juvina, I. (2023). Peer-Assisted Learning leads to greater learning gain over individual learning in a complex task. Poster session presented at College of Science and Mathematics Festival of Research, Wright State University, Dayton, OH, United States.
Exploring Mechanisms Underlying Time-on-Task Effects in an Image Recognition Task College of Science and Math Festival of Research Carson, J., Menke, P., Watamaniuk, S., Juvina, I., Aue, W., MacNeil, E., & Davis, T. (2024, November). Exploring Mechanisms Underlying Time-on-Task Effects in an Image Recognition Task. Poster session presented at College of Science and Mathematics Festival of Research, Wright State University, Dayton, OH, United States.
Peer-assisted learning: Investigating the mechanisms of knowledge spillover and trust College of Science and Math Festival of Research Carson, J., Menke, P., Crowe, P., Wong, C.H., & Juvina, I. (2021, October). Peer-assisted learning: Investigating the mechanisms of knowledge spillover and trust. Poster session presented at College of Science and Mathematics Festival of Research, Wright State University, Dayton, OH, United States.
Investigating Peer-Assisted Learning in the Miller Analogies Task Midwest Cognitive Science Menke, P., Juvina, I., Carson, J., Rodgers, B., Wong, J. (2023). Investigating Peer-Assisted Learning in the Miller Analogies Task. Poster session presented at Midwest Cognitive Science, Ohio University, Athens, OH, United States.
Interaction among peers increases performance in the Remote Associates Test Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society (Vol. 45, No. 45) Carson, J., Menke, P. S., Wong, C. H., Kindell, K., & Juvina, I. (2023). Interaction among peers increases performance in the Remote Associates Test. In Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society (Vol. 45, No. 45).
Cognitive and motivational effects in peer-assisted learning International Conference on Cognitive Modeling (MathPsych/ICCM 2022) Juvina, I., Carson, J., Menke, P., & Crowe, P. (2022). Cognitive and motivational effects in peer-assisted learning. In International Conference on Cognitive Modeling (MathPsych/ICCM 2022). mathpsych.org/presentation/881.
Human-AI Coordination to Induce Flow in Adaptive Learning Systems Romanian Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (pp. 139-162) Juvina, I., O’Neill, K., Carson, J., Menke, P., Wong, C. H., McNett, H., & Holsinger, G. (2022, October). Human-AI Coordination to Induce Flow in Adaptive Learning Systems. In Romanian Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (pp. 139-162). Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland.
Varying Too Little—or Too Much? Using Response Variability to Assess Carelessness Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology Annual Conference Ramsey, M. C., Bowling, N.A., Formica, O. Menke, P.S. & LaHuis, D.M. (2025). Varying Too Little—or Too Much? Using Response Variability to Assess Carelessness. Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology Annual Conference, Denver, CO, United States.
Validity of Response Variability Based Indices of Careless Responding Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology Annual Conference Ramsey, M.C., Bowling, N.A., LaHuis, D.M., Sexton, D.J., & Menke, P. S. (2024). Validity of Response Variability Based Indices of Careless Responding. Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology Annual Conference, Chicago, IL, United States.
Examining the Validity of Instructional Manipulation Checks as Measures of Careless Responding Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology Annual Conference Ramsey, M.C., Menke, P. S., Becker, S.P., Schwanz, R.J., Merkle, J.D., & Bowling, N.A. (2023). Examining the Validity of Instructional Manipulation Checks as Measures of Careless Responding. Presented at Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology Annual Conference, Boston, MA, United States.
Autonomous Mental Model Elicitation and Visualization Using Transformer LLM Technology AFRL Poster Session, Repperger Research Session Menke, P.S., Pearce, K., King, J. (2022). Exploring Autonomous Mental Model Elicitation and Representation Using BERT Transformer Technology. Presented at the AFRL Poster Session, Repperger Research Session, Fairborn, OH, United States.

Graduate Coursework

Measurement

  • Design and Quant
  • Design and ANOVA
  • Measurement Models
  • Measurement Models 2
  • Psychometrics
  • Psychometrics 2
  • Personnel Psychology
  • Personality
  • Psychological Statistics 1 (GTA)
  • Psychological Statistics 2 (GTA)
  • Advanced Psychological Statistics (GTA)

Design

  • Ecological Interface Design
  • Engineering Psychology
  • Physical Ergonomics
  • Task Analysis and Work Domain Analysis
  • Perception
  • Cognitive Systems Engineering (GTA)

Research Methods

  • IO Psychology Research Methods
  • Computational Cognitive Modeling
  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Social Psychology
  • Cognition
  • Psycholinguistics
  • History of Psychology
  • Cognitive Research Methods (GTA)

Ongoing Projects

  • Pro-Environmental Educational Outcomes in an Ecological Game-Based Learning Environment – Publication in Preparation: A dissertation addressing an ecological interface experience to promote behaviors for more sustainable driving
  • Moderating Role of Organizational Variables: Task Complexity and Task Significance on Constraints and Outcomes – A dissertation collaboration focusing on industrial/organizational variables in a game-based environment
  • Cyberball: Ostracism & Fractals Study – A cognitive neuroscience investigation into fractal effects in Cyberball
  • Non-invasive neurostimulation technologies context-based outcomes – A series of studies examining performance, cognitive, and qualitative effects of neurostimulation.
  • Miller Analogies Task in Peer Assisted Learning – Publication in Preparation: A series of studies examining performance, cognitive, and qualitative effects of neurostimulation.

Media

Wright State Newsroom
Wright State psychology team studies ways to identify fatigue in pilots, drivers