George R. Mastroianni

Hometown: Colorado Springs, CO

PSU Connection: Employee

School: World Campus

Department: Psychology of Leadership

Position: Professor

Memorable moment in your Penn State career: I enjoy getting to know our students, even if virtually!

Active Duty or Veteran: Veteran

Branch: Army

Rank: Lieutenant Colonel

Rate/MOS: Research Psychologist

Where/when did you serve: Active duty 1981 – 1992. US Army Reserve 1992 – 2006. Served at Fort Rucker, AL; Fort Ord, CA; Presidio of San Francisco, CA; Fort Sam Houston, TX; US Air Force Academy

Awards: Army Service Ribbon, Army Achievement Medal, Army Commendation Medal, Meritorious Service Medal, Aviation Non-crewmember Badge, Expert Field Medical Badge

What was your favorite military assignment/duty station and why? Doing aviation human factors research at Fort Rucker, Alabama.

George R. Mastroianni, Army, LTC (ret), served as an US Army Research Psychologist, where he worked in a variety of biomedical laboratories and other military research settings. His research experience included aviation human factors, the effects of laser exposure on human vision and performance, modeling and simulation of human performance, and operational testing of new Army equipment. George worked as a Professor of Psychology at the US Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, CO from 1997 until 2016, where he taught Biopsychology, Learning and Memory, Sensation and Perception, and Introduction to the Behavioral Sciences. He has published books, continues research, and hosts a blog. George currently teaches in the Master’s in the Psychology of Leadership program in the World Campus at the Pennsylvania State University.