• Ph D, Psychology, University of Kansas, 1986
• MA, Psychology, University of Kansas, 1984
• BA, Psychology/Computer Science, Gustavus Adolphus College, 1981

• Create with VR Grant Program, Unity Technologies, (2022 - 2023)
• Training in Structural Equation Modeling, Faculty Development1995)
• Renovation of the South Dakota Union Building for Human Factors Research and Research Training, National Science Foundation1994)
• The Human-Computer Interface in the Modern Mission Control Center, Continuation of NASA1993)
• The Human-Computer Interface in the Modern Mission Control Center, Continuation of NASA grant1992)
• An Examination of Functional Regression Methods, General Research Fund1991)
• The Human-Computer Interface in the Modern Mission Control Center, Continuation of NASA1990)
• The Human-Computer Interface in the Modern Mission Control Center, NASA 1988)
• The Human-Computer Interface in the Modern Mission Control Center, Supplement to NASA grant1988)

Citations listed below are presented in a standardized, modified format for display purposes only. They do not necessarily reflect the preferred style and conventions of the faculty member or discipline.

• Granaas, Michael. Teaching Bit Response: Keep Teaching the Variance ., Editors John Gabrosek, 4 pages. Vol. 18, Iss. 2 American Statistical Association, 2010.
• Smith, T.B., Rosenstein, I., and Granaas, Michael. Intake screening with the self-rating depression scalce In a university counseling center., 133-141. Vol. 4, Iss. 2 Journal of College Counseling, 2001.
• Granaas, Michael. Model Fitting: A better approach., 800-801. Vol. 53, Iss. 7 American Psychologist, 1998.
• Granaas, Michael. Statistics as Principled Argument: A Review, by Robert P. Abelson., 257-259. Vol. 4, Iss. 3 Structural Equation Modeling, 1997.
• Anderson, Glen, Berkhout, Jan, Granaas, Michael, and Canakapalli, Sri. Gloved Operator Performance Study: The Effect of Hand Wear and Elastic Resistance of a Control During Tracking Performance, 71. Army Research Laboratory, 1994.
• Straub, H.R., and Granaas, Michael. Task-specific preference for numeric keypads., 289-290. Vol. 24, Iss. 3 Applied Ergonomics, 1993.
• Straub, H.R., and Granaas, Michael. Interactions of instructions with the recall strategy actually used in a paired-associates learning task., 987-993. Vol. 71 Psychological Reports, 1992.
• Granaas, Michael. TIMEX2: A Modified C-Language timer for PC-AT class machines., 619-622. Vol. 21 Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, and Computers, 1989.
• Granaas, Michael. Simple, applied text parsing, 209-216. Vol. 17 Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, and Computers, 1985.
• Granaas, Michael, McKay, T.D., Laham, R.D., Hurt, L.D., and Juola, J.F.. Reading moving text on a CRT screen, 97-104. Vol. 26 Human Factors, 1984.

• Blair and Linda Tremere Faculty Service Award, University of South Dakota Foundation, 2012
• Friends of Education Award, Vermillion Middle School, 1991
• Invited Speaker, CMA Math/Computer Science/Physics Symposium, Sioux Falls College, 1989
• Friends of Education Award, Vermillion Middle School, 1988
• Invited Speaker, Psychology Banquet, South Dakota State University, 1988
• NASA-ASEE Summer Faculty Fellow, NASA-Ames., 1988
• NASA-ASEE Summer Faculty Fellow, NASA-Ames., 1987
• Outstanding Student Paper, National Meeting of Society for Computers in Psychology, 1984
• NIHM Trainee, University of Kansas, 1983
• NIMH Trainee, University of Kansas, 1982

• Granaas, Michael, Modeling in Undergraduate Statistics. Presented at the ecots 2012 The First Biennial Electronic Conference On Teaching Statistics, Online. (May 14, 2012)
• Banka, Caraway, Jean, Struckman-Johnson, Cindy, and Granaas, Michael, Men's and Women's Perceptions of Sexual Coercion: The Rol of Intimacy and Verbal Manipulation. Presented at the 41st meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (January 2008)
• Granaas, Michael, Testing Models and an Alternative to Hypothesis Testing in Undergraduate Statistics. Presented at the 1st Annual Great Plains Conference on the Teaching of Psychology (January 2007)
• Granaas, Michael, Hypothesis Testing in Psychology: Throwing the Baby out with the Bathwater?. Presented at the Sixth International Conference on Teaching of Statistics, Cape Town, South Africa. (January 2002)
• Smith, T.B., Rosenstein, I, and Granaas, Michael, A Psychometric Investigation of the Self-Rating Depression Scale in Counseling Centers. Presented at the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL. (April 1999)
• Straub, Holly, Galinsky, A M., and Granaas, Michael, Wayfinding strategies reported by male and female college students. Presented at the 36th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Los Angeles, CA. (November 1995)
• Straub, H.R., Galinsky, A.M., and Granaas, Michael, Way-Finding Strategies Reported by Male and Female College Students.. Presented at the Psychonomic Society Meeting, San Diego, CA. (November 1995)
• Granaas, Michael, Straub, Holly, Fernau, S, and Russell, C, Effect of VDT update rate on an alphanumeric monitoring task. Presented at the WPA-RMPA Annual Meeting (April 1993)
• Granaas, Michael, Fernau, S.D., and Straub, H.R., Auditory Feedback in a Complex Monitoring Task. Presented at the National Conference for Undergraduate Research, Pasadena, CA. (March 1991)
• Granaas, Michael, and Sredinski, V.E., Enhacning the Usability of CRT Displays in Test Flight Monitoring. Presented at the Space Operations, Applications and Research Symposium, Albuquerque, MN. (June 1990)
• Granaas, Michael, Noonan, M.P., and Yutrzenka, B.A., Medical Students' Attitudes and Referral Practices Regarding Battered Women. Presented at the Woman's Research Conference, Vermillion, SD. (April 1990)
• Noonan, M.P., Yutrzenka, Barbara, and Granaas, Michael, Medical Student's Attribution of Blame on Cases of Domestic Violence. Presented at the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL. (January 1990)
• Granaas, Michael, and Rhea, D.C., Techniques for Optimizing Human-Machine Information Transfer Related to Real-Time Interactice Display Systems. Presented at the AIAA 27th Aerosace Sciences Meeting, Reno, NV. (January 1989)
• Granaas, Michael, The Psychology of Computer Displays in the Modern Mission Control Center. Presented at the AIAA 15th Aerodynamic Testing Conference, San Diego, CA. (May 1988)
• Granaas, Michael, Descriptive Line Fitting. Presented at the South Dakota Psychological Association Annual Meeting, Sioux Falls, SD. (January 1987)
• Granaas, Michael, and Reiss, M., Effects of Single vs. Multiple Question Formats and Feedback on Question Answering. Presented at the South Dakota Psychological Asssociation Annual Meeting, Sioux Falls, SD. (January 1987)
• Granaas, Michael, and Martin, E., Smooth Data With Straight Lines. Presented at the Mathematical Association of Teaching of Mathematics, Wichita, KS. (January 1986)
• Martin, E., and Granaas, Michael, Chi-Square and Small Samples. Presented at the Southwestern and Rocky Mountain Divisions of American Association for the Advancement of Science, Denver, CO. (January 1984)
• Juola, J.F., Chen, H.C., Cocklin, T.C., and Granaas, Michael, Reading RSVP Text. Presented at the Psychonomic Society Meeting, Minneapolis, MN. (November 1982)