Dr. Daniel B. Shank is an Associate Professor of Psychological Science at Missouri University of Science and Technology, USA, specializing in the areas of social psychology and technology, especially artificial intelligence. He has received over $3 million in external and internal grants, including major external grants from the National Science Foundation and the Army Research Office. He has published over 50 peer-reviewed articles, including in Computers in Human Behavior; Journal of Personality and Social Psychology; Technology, Mind, and Behavior; Social Science Research; and Human Factors. He's received awards for Research, Teaching, Student Impact, Experiential Learning, and overall Excellence from Missouri S&T.

Dr. Shank previously received a BA in Computer Science from Harding University, an MS in Artificial Intelligence and an MA and PhD in Sociology from the University of Georgia. Before joining Missouri S&T, he was a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Alabama Birmingham and at the University of Melbourne in Australia.