Richard Worden Pew (born April 22, 1933) is an American engineering psychologist in the field of human factors.
Pew earned a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering from Cornell University in 1956 where he was a member of Sigma Pi fraternity.
He completed a PhD in psychology in 1963 under the guidance of Paul Fitts at the University of Michigan, and subsequently became a faculty member there.
Pew has spent many years as a research scientist at BBN Technologies, and is a Fellow of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society.
[2] Pew is also an accomplished fencer, and competed in the individual and team épée events at the 1956 Summer Olympics.