Tonya Smith-Jackson, PhD, CPE is a Professor and Chair of the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at NC A&T State University in Greensboro, NC. She joined the university in 2013. She is currently a program director at the National Science Foundation. Dr. Smith-Jackson earned the PhD in Psychology/Ergonomics and MS in Interdisciplinary Psychology/Ergonomics and Industrial Engineering from NC State University; and a bachelor’s degree in Psychology from UNC-Chapel Hill. She graduated from the inaugural class of the NC School of Science and Mathematics. Dr. Smith-Jackson directs the Human Factors Analytics Lab and is former Director of the Center for Advanced Studies in Identity Sciences (CASIS). She also co-directs the laboratory for Cyber-Human Analytics Research for the Internet of Things (CHARIoT). She is a Fellow of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. Her current research focuses on cyber-human systems, cognitive ergonomics, fairness and inclusion in data science, and mixed data modeling to develop systems that empower caregivers, older people and persons with disabilities, provide support for security and privacy, and protect the nation’s cyber infrastructure. She has over 160 peer-reviewed, interdisciplinary publications and $16.4 million in external research funding. She has advised to completion 20 doctoral students, 34 MS thesis students, 15 MS project students, 47 undergraduate researchers, and 4 high school researchers. Dr. Smith-Jackson has been employed in industry, government, and academia in North Carolina, New York, Virginia, and Germany. She chose academia because her passion is the development and success of future engineers and scientists. She is a native of Gaston, NC, located in Northampton County.
