Andrew M. Parker
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Education
Overview
Biography
Andrew M. Parker is a behavioral scientist at the RAND Corporation and a professor at the Pardee RAND Graduate School. His research applies core concepts in behavioral decision research to the understanding of decisionmakers' behavior in complex, real-world situations. He has led or contributed to multiple RAND projects on decision quality, risk perception, and group decisionmaking, involving such content domains as health behavior, aging, public health emergency preparedness, long-range planning for climate change, and psychological health. Past projects have addressed decisionmaking in low-income consumption, adolescent sexual and contraceptive behavior, drug and alcohol use, and expectations for major life events. Parker was principal investigator on a National Science Foundation-funded project validating an adult measure of decisionmaking competence, which has been used to predict major life outcomes. Parker received a B.A. in psychology and statistics from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; an M.S. in statistics and an M.S. behavioral decision theory, both from Carnegie Mellon University; and a Ph.D. in behavioral decision theory, also from Carnegie Mellon.
Research Focus
Concurrent Non-RAND Positions
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of MedicineRecent Projects
- Assessing crisis decisionmaking
- H1N1 risk perception
- Penetration strategy for the Consumer Mobile Alert System
- Health risk perceptions and social networks
- Evaluation of the Cities Readiness Initiative
Selected Publications
Jacobson, D., Parker, A.M., Spetzler, C., Bruine de Bruin, W., Hollenbeck, K., Heckerman, D., & Fischhoff, B., "Improved learning in U.S. history and decision competence with decision-focused curriculum.," PLoS ONE, 7(9):e45775, 2012
Parker, A.M., Bruine de Bruin, W., Yoong, J., & Willis, R., "Inappropriate confidence and retirement planning: Four studies with a national sample.," Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, 25:382-389, 2012
Gidengil, C.A., Parker, A.M., & Zikmund-Fisher, B.J., "Trends in risk perception and intention to be vaccinated for H1N1 influenza: A longitudinal study of the first year of the pandemic.," American Journal of Public Health, 102:672-679, 2012
Straus, S.G., Parker, A.M., & Bruce, J.B., "The group matters: a review of processes and outcomes in analytic teams.," Group Dynamics, 15:128-146, 2011
Fischhoff, B., Bruine de Bruin, W., Parker, A.M., Millstein, S.G., & Halpern-Felsher, B., "Adolescents' perceived risk of dying.," Journal of Adolescent Health, 46:265-269, 2010
Maurer, J., Harris, K.M., Parker, A.M., & Lurie, N., "Does receipt of seasonal influenza vaccine predict intention to receive novel H1N1 vaccine: Evidence from a nationally representative survey of U.S. adults.," Vaccine, 27:5732-5734, 2009
Bruine de Bruin, W., Parker, A. M., & Fischhoff, B., "Individual differences in Adult Decision-Making Competence," Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 92:938-956, 2007
Parker, A. M., & Fischhoff, B., "Decision-making competence: External validation through an individual-differences approach," Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, 18:1-27, 2005
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