J. Peter Kincaid Biography

J. Peter Kincaid (born 1942) is a scientist and educator who is the founding director of the Modeling and Simulation Ph.D. program at the University of Central Florida. Trained as a human factors psychologist at the Ohio State University, Kincaid has split his career between higher education and working as a scientist for the U.S. military. He developed the Flesch-Kincaid Readability Test for the U.S. Navy.

Education

He received degrees in psychology and human factors.

  • Oberlin College (BA 1964)
  • Ohio State University (PhD 1971)

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