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David A. Goss, OD, PhD
Professor of Optometry
OD 1974 (Pacific University)
PhD 1980 (Indiana University)
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David A. Goss holds degrees from Illinois Wesleyan University (B.A., Biology, 1970), Pacific University (O.D., 1974), and Indiana University (Ph.D., Physiological Optics, 1980). Before entering graduate school at Indiana, he practiced optometry in the office of Drs. Lande and Crouch in Storm Lake, Iowa. He served on the faculty of Northeastern State University College of Optometry (Tahlequah, Oklahoma) from 1980 to 1992. He has been Professor of Optometry at Indiana University since 1992.
Publications:
Most of Dr. Goss's research papers have been on the topics of myopia, refractive development, clinical analysis of accommodation and vergence, and the history of optometry. He has also published on the history of spectacle lens wear and vision problems of baseball players. He is the author of 12 book chapters on various topics and has written a textbook entitled "Ocular Accommodation, Convergence, and Fixation Disparity: A Manual of Clinical Analysis," now in its second edition. He was co-editor of a book entitled "Eye and Vision Conditions in the American Indian," and was co-author with Dr. Ted Grosvenor of "Clinical Management of Myopia." His fourth book, "Introduction to the Optics of the Eye," with Dr. Roger W. West as co-author, was published in 2002.
Service:
His service activities include member of the National Academy of Sciences working group on myopia prevalence and progression (1984-87), member of the Review Board, Journal of the American Optometric Association (1988-94), member Editorial Board, Journal of Optometric Vision Development (1997-present), Editor of Hindsight--Newsletter of the Optometric Historical Society (1996-present), principal author of the American Optometric Association Clinical Practice Guideline on Care of the Patient with Myopia (1997-98), and Editor of the Indiana Journal of Optometry (1998-present).
Teaching:
His current teaching assignments are courses in the theory, measurement, diagnosis, and management of refractive problems and binocular vision problems, basic vision therapy, and advising in the binocular vision/pediatrics clinic.
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Hobbies:
His hobbies include jogging, baseball history, and genealogy. He is a member of the Society for American Baseball Research, the Indiana Historical Society, the Illinois State Historical Society, and various genealogical organizations. He is the author of 19 non-optometric publications, most of which are related to baseball history.
