Dr. Joan Johnston is a Senior Scientist with the U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL) where she conducts research on training effectiveness and team training. In 2014, she received the US Army Civilian Service Achievement Medal for an innovative team training strategy to improve decision making under stress. Prior to ARL, she was a senior research psychologist for the U.S. Navy. She was made a NAVAIR Fellow, was awarded the ONR Dr. Arthur E. Bisson Prize for Naval Technology Achievement (2000), and the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology M. Scott Myers Award for Applied Research in the Workplace (2001). She serves as a reviewer for the Journal of Military Psychology. Dr. Johnston received her M.A. and Ph.D. in Industrial and Organizational Psychology from the University of South Florida.