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Neil Charness, Ph.D.

William G. Chase Professor of Psychology
Florida State University
Tallahassee, Florida, United States

Neil Charness is William G. Chase Professor of Psychology, a Florida State University Distinguished Research Professor, and Director of the Institute for Successful Longevity at Florida State University. He received his BA from McGill University (1969) and MSc and PhD from Carnegie Mellon University (1971, 1974) in Psychology. He was an Assistant Professor at Wilfrid Laurier University (1974-77), Professor at University of Waterloo (1977-94), before moving to Florida State University. Neil’s research focuses on human factors approaches to age and technology use. He has published over 200 journal articles, book chapters, proceedings papers, and technical reports, and also co-authored books on Designing Telehealth for an Aging Population: A Human Factors Perspective (2011), Designing for older adults: Principles and creative human factors approaches (3rd Edition) (2019), and Designing for older adults: Case studies, methods, and tools (2020). He is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA), the Association for Psychological Science (APS), and the Gerontological Society of America (GSA). He received the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Jack A. Kraft Innovator award, the APA Division 21 Franklin V. Taylor Award, the APA Division 20 M. Powell Lawton award, the APA Prize for Interdisciplinary Team Research, Grandmaster of the International Society for Gerontechnology, and APA’s Committee on Aging award for the Advancement of Psychology and Aging.

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