Scott B. Stevenson was born in Huntsville, AL, USA, in 1959. He received the B.A. degree in psychology from Rice University in 1981 and the Ph.D. degree in experimental psychology from Brown University in 1987. From 1987 to 1991, he was an NRSA fellow at the University of California at Berkeley, and then an Assistant Researcher at UCB until 1995. In 1995, he joined the faculty of the University of Houston College of Optometry, where he is now an Associate Professor of Optometry and Vision Sciences. Dr. Stevenson is a member of the Association of Researchers in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) and the Vision Sciences Society (VSS). He is a past recipient of a National Research Service Award from the NIH and the Cora and J. Davis Armistead Teaching Award from the University of Houston.