Robert Mauro

Portrait of Robert Mauro
Associate Professor of Psychology
Clark Honors College, Psychology
mauro@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4917
Office: 327 Straub Hall, 1227 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1227
Research Interests: Social/Personality, Decision Making, Aviation Psychology, Psychology and Law, Human Emotions.
Website: https://www.decisionresearch.org/researchers/robert-mauro/
Office Hours: Fall 2026: Monday, Wednesday 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM in Chapman 102. If you arrive after 5:00 PM, the building will be locked. Knock on the glass window on the left side of the door on the south side (across from the art museum) of the building. Thursday 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM in Straub 327 Enter Straub Hall from the entrance opposite the small park, turn left as soon as you can. Use the stairs in front of you or the elevator on your right as you face the stairs. Go to the third floor and turn right.

Biography

Dr. Mauro teaches and conducts research in applied decision-making and human emotion.  Dr. Mauro’s applied work is focused on topics in psychology and law and aviation.  His psychology and law work includes studies of capital sentencing, the drug courier profile, and expert testimony.  His work in aviation includes laboratory and field work on pilot decision-making, training, cockpit procedures, and automation.  His work in human emotions includes studies of the cognitive models of emotion, opponent-process theory, and the relations between cognition and emotion.  Dr. Mauro’s research utilizes experimental, survey, and observational methods and psychological and physiological measures.  For more information, visit Dr. Mauro’s website at https://www.decisionresearch.org/researchers/robert-mauro/.

Selected Publications:

Trippe, J. & Mauro, R. (2017). Automation Surprise in Commercial Aviation. In Vidulich, M., Tsang, P., & Flach, J. (Eds.) Advances in Aviation Psychology. Ashgate, Farnham, UK.

Barshi, I., Mauro, R., Degani, A. & Loukopoulou, L. (2016). Designing Flightdeck Procedures. NASA/TM-2016-219421.

Mauro, R. (1992). Affective dynamics: Opponent processes and excitation transfer. In M. Clark (Ed.) Review of personality & social psychology. Newbury Park, CA: Sage.

Gross, S., & Mauro, R. (1988). Death and Discrimination: Racial Disparities in Capital Sentencing. Northeastern University Press: Boston, MA.