College of Arts & Sciences Faculty Research Forum

The Faculty Research Forum celebrates the breadth and depth of scholarship within the College of Arts & Sciences. It highlights the interdisciplinary spirit that is central to our work, bringing together excellence across the arts, humanities, social sciences and natural sciences.

As the academic heart of William & Mary, the College is home to faculty whose research and creative practice take many forms: innovative theatre and performance, community-engaged scholarship, award-winning writing, new scientific discoveries and more. Their work shapes our students, strengthens our communities and contributes to knowledge and progress across the country and around the world. The Forum provides a space to share this work, learn from one another and recognize the impact we achieve across disciplinary boundaries.

Making Decisions: Analytics, Cognition, and Application

Professor Harvey Langholtz, Psychological Sciences
Monday, February 16, 4 p.m. in Tucker 127

Do you ever wonder what factors people consider when they make decisions? Do they make decisions based upon likely outcomes or go with their gut? Is there a scientific/concrete way to make better decisions?

Professor Harvey Langholtz from the Department of Psychological Sciences explores these questions in his latest book, Making Decisions: Analytics, Cognition, and Application. Linking three concepts: The math—especially probability—that undergirds decision making; the cognitive processes people use in making decisions; and the application of theory to real-world decisions. Langholtz discusses analytical models that identify optimal decisions and also explains how people process decisions in real-world settings.

Join Professor Langholtz to discuss these topics and his book at the next CAS Faculty Research Forum. Leave your crystal ball at home!

Nomination Criteria

We aim for the Forum to be inclusive of our full community, representing a range of disciplines, types of research and stages of faculty careers. In shaping each year’s program, we seek balance across the humanities, social sciences and sciences. We hope to highlight both recent achievements by early career faculty and the ongoing, deeply developed work of colleagues with sustained research portfolios.

Open to tenured and tenure-eligible faculty, the presentations should showcase fresh, fully formed research or creative work that is ready to share with a wider audience. We are not seeking works in progress or retrospective talks that survey an entire career. Our goal is to reflect the breadth, depth and vitality of research across the College.

We invite self-nominations from eligible faculty. If you are interested in presenting and contributing to this year’s program, please complete this brief form.