Richard N. Landers, Ph.D., is the John P. Campbell Distinguished Professor of Industrial-Organizational Psychology at the University of Minnesota. He is Principal Investigator for TNTLAB (Testing New Technologies in Learning, Assessment and Behavior), where he studies innovative technologies like games, gamification, machine learning, artificial intelligence, and virtual reality, as used in psychometric assessment, employee selection, adult learning, and research methods. He is a Fellow of SIOP, APA, and APS and is currently President-Elect of SIOP.
His research appears in psychology journals, including American Psychologist, Journal of Applied Psychology, Journal of Business and Psychology, Industrial and Organizational Psychology Perspectives, and Psychological Methods, and in interdisciplinary human-computer interaction outlets, including Computers in Human Behavior, International Journal of Human-Computer Studies and Simulation & Gaming. He is currently editor-in-chief of Technology, Mind, and Behavior, an interdisciplinary journal at the intersection of psychology and technology.
Dr. Landers maintains connections with industry, the media, and I-O practitioners. He is featured in the popular press, such as Forbes, Business Insider, and Popular Science, and he regularly consults as president of Landers Workforce Science LLC, primarily by auditing employee hiring and learning/development systems incorporating artificial intelligence and machine learning. Past clients include AON, Criteria, HireVue, Johnson & Johnson, Sapia, and TransUnion.
