Thomas Smith, PhD, lecturer in the School of Kinesiology, has recently had his paper entitled “Learning is Compromised during Remote Instruction – A Social Cybernetic Analysis” accepted for presentation at the 64th Annual meeting of the Human Factors & Ergonomics Society (HFES). The paper will subsequently be published in the 2022 Proceedings of the HFES. Along with his publication, Smith has also been appointed Chair of the HFES Education Technical Group for a 2-year term.