Pamela McCauley, Ph.D. received the top award at Women of Color magazine's 24th annual Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) Conference. She has authored over 100 technical papers, book chapters, conference proceedings, four books, and the bestselling ergonomics textbook, Ergonomics: Foundational Principles, Applications, and Technologies.

In 1993, Pamela won a $90,000 graduate fellowship from the National Science Foundation (NSF), the largest fellowship at the time at the University of Oklahoma. She is the first African American woman to earn a Ph.D. in engineering in the state of Oklahoma.

She also has the distinction of being a 2012 U.S. Fulbright Scholar for her U.S.-New Zealand Human Engineering and Mobile Technology in High Consequence Emergency Management Research Program focused on biomechanics, human factors, and ergonomic design.

During the 2015-2016 term, the State Department awarded Dr. McCauley the Jefferson Science Fellowship, a distinguished appointment given to senior academics based on their stature in scientific or engineering communities and their ability to understand scientific advancements outside their discipline area to integrate this knowledge into Department of State/USAID policy discussions.

Dr. McCauley was also tapped by the United Nations to serve as a global expert on women in STEM, and by the World Bank to study the use of industrial engineering techniques to promote sustainability of HIV/Aids healthcare service delivery in developing nations.

More recently, she was selected to lead the NSF I-Corps Program in the Computer Information Science and Engineering Directorate. The I-Corps program prepares scientists and engineers to extend their focus beyond the university laboratory.

Dr. McCauley’s research focuses on human engineering in information systems. She has looked at the human impact on information security and how humans interact with technology as it relates to disaster management. She has also created simulations and technologies to streamline high-consequence disaster management using artificial intelligence (AI).

In 2019, she was appointed associate dean of academic programs for diversity, equity, and inclusion at the Wilson College of Textiles at North Carolina State University, where she also leads the Women’s Ergonomics Footwear Research Team. She was formally inducted into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame in 2022.