Rate My Professor Randy Gibb

Randy Gibb holds a PhD and Master of Science in Industrial Engineering, specializing in human factors, from Arizona State University, along with a Master of Arts from the U.S. Naval Command & Staff College and a bachelor's degree as a distinguished graduate from the U.S. Air Force Academy in 1986. His distinguished 26-year career in the U.S. Air Force culminated in his retirement as a Colonel in 2012. During this time, he commanded two flying units—one in Air Mobility Command and one in Air Education and Training Command—served as Department Head of the Behavioral Sciences & Leadership Department at the U.S. Air Force Academy, acted as Senior Military Professor at the Graduate School of Engineering and Management at the Air Force Institute of Technology at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, and held the position of Associate Professor and Chair of the Human & Environmental Systems Department in the College of Technology and Innovation at Arizona State University.

In 2014, Randy Gibb joined Grand Canyon University as Dean of the Colangelo College of Business, where he spearheaded initiatives exemplifying servant leadership and inspiring students to leverage business as a ministry and a force for good in Business & Economics. He advanced to Provost and Chief Academic Officer in July 2022. Gibb's research specializations encompass leadership development, human factors engineering, aviation safety, and visual spatial disorientation. Notable publications include the book 'Aviation Visual Perception: Research, Misperceptions, and Mishaps' (Ashgate, 2010); 'Spatial Disorientation: Decades of pilot fatalities' in Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine (2011); 'Visual spatial disorientation: re-visiting the black hole illusion' in the same journal (2007); 'Visual misperception in aviation: glide path performance in a black hole environment' in Human Factors (2008); and 'Classification of Air Force aviation accidents: mishap trends and prevention' in the International Journal of Aviation Psychology (2008). His contributions have influenced aviation safety protocols and leadership training in military and academic settings.