Stephen James

Dr. Stephen James is an Assistant Professor in the Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine at Washington State University. His research focus includes the interaction between physical stressors [such as sleep related fatigue], law, policy, training and practice relating to operational performance for military and law enforcement personnel. Dr. James strives to better understand the dynamics of performance in a wide variety of military and policing tasks: driving, citizen encounters, crisis intervention and deadly force encounters. Prior to becoming an academic, Dr. James spent more than 20 years in the British infantry as a solider and officer; he has served in Cyprus, the Former Yugoslavia, Northern Ireland, and Afghanistan.