Background
Seidel, Robert J. was born on January 13, 1931 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, United States. Son of Frederick Seidel and Esther (Zipper) Seidel Manheim.
Seidel, Robert J. was born on January 13, 1931 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, United States. Son of Frederick Seidel and Esther (Zipper) Seidel Manheim.
Bachelor of Science magna cum laude, Rutgers University, 1952; Doctor of Philosophy in Experimental Psychology, University of Pennsylvania, 1957.
Physiological psychologist engineering psychology branch, Frankford Arsenal, 1954-1957;
assistant professor psychology, Denison U., Granville, Ohio., 1959-1961;
associate professional lecturer, George Washington University, Washington, 1962-1964;
National Institute of Mental Health special postdoctoral fellow, Institute for Mathematics Studies in Social Sciences Stanford (California) U., 1964-1965;
senior scientist, program director eastern division, Instrnl. Technology Group, 1961-1977;
vice-president, director education and training system division, Human Resources Research Organisation, 1978-1982;
principal scientist, Human Resources Research Organisation, 1983;
chief automated instrumental system technical area, United States Army Research Institute, Alexandria, Virginia, since 1983. Part-time instructor graduate school University of Pennsylvania, 1954-1957.
Visiting lecturer Trinity College, summer 1959. Visiting professor U. Maryland., 1966-1967. Visiting lecturer Institute D'Informatique, Paris, summer 1971.
Member field reader group office education National.Ctr. Ednl. Research and Development, 1972-1973. Session chairman, presenter Intersvc.
Industrial Technology Conference, 1984. Session chairman Defense Computer-Graphics Conference, 1984. Presenter, conductor workshops, participant many professional conferences and symposia, since 1982.
1st lieutenant United States Air Force, 1957-1959. Fellow American Psychological Association, Association for Development of Computerized Instructional Systems. Member Society for Applied Learning Technology (session chairman, presenter interactive instruction delivery conference 1984), American Educational Research Association, Sigma Xi, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Sylvia Leventhal, August 9, 1953. Children: Richard William, Cynthia Lynn.