%SECTION            Academic Unit
%Country            USA-PA, Philadelphia
%Shortname          Drexel Univ., Information Studies
%Institution        Drexel University
%Unit               College of Information Studies
%Address            CIS, Drexel Univ
Drexel University
Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA
%Phone              +01-215-895-2474
%Fax                +01-215-895-2494
%Email              tannerab@duvm.ocs.drexel.edu
%Contact            Assoc. Dean Anne Tanner
%Updated            1993-01-26
%Degrees            BSIS, MSIS, PhD
%HCI_MS_Theses      (not a thesis degree)
%HCI_PhD_Theses     4
%HCI_MS_Current     25
%HCI_PhD_Current    10
%Description HCI, Information Systems
%Facilities All incoming freshmen are required to own a Macintosh
microcomputer.  Many Macs of various types are available on
campus. An IBM PC lab is used for teaching.  A Resource Center
has IBM PC's, Mac's, Unix workstations, on-line access to
University IBM 9121 and SUN's.

%SECTION            HCI Program
%Contact            Margaret Christensen
%Title              Assistant Professor
%Address            CIS, Drexel University
Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA
%Phone              +01-215-895-2179
%FAX                +01-215-895-2494
%Email              christem@duvm.ocs.drexel.edu
%Program HCI is studied within the context of an information
systems program.  Students take HCI courses at all levels. The
following courses may be elected in the Psychology Department:
 * Psych 337, The Psychology of HCI (undergrad)
 * Psych 612, The Psychology of HCI Design (graduate)
%Other_Contacts +
 * Thomas T. Hewett, PhD, Professor of Psychology,
   hewett@duvm.ocs.drexel.edu, (215)-590-8616

%SECTION            HCI Faculty
%Name               Margaret Christensen
%Title              Assistant Professor
%Degree             PhD
%Phone              +01-215-895-2179
%Email              christem@duvm.ocs.drexel.edu
%Interests +
 * systems that can be used with almost no training
 * hypermedia
 * UI for the elderly
 * AI (Artificial Intelligence)
%Publications +
 * "Using Hypermedia to Teach about Hypermedia", M. Christensen,
   M. Giamo, T. Jones, L. Simpson, Educational Technology Review,
   Jan. 1993, to appear.
 * "Extending Computers to the Frail Elderly", M. Christensen,
   J.Hurwitz, R. Lawrence, S.Strum, in Human aspects in
   Computing, H.-J.Bullinger, ed., Elsevier Science Publishers
   B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1991.
 * "EASE: A User Interface for the Elderly", M. Christensen, S.
   Chaudhary, R. Gottshall, J.Hartman, in Designing and Using
   Human-Computer Interfaces and Knowledge Based Systems,
   Salvendy and Smith, eds., 1989, Elsevier Science Publishers
   B.B., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, pp.428 - 435.

%SECTION            HCI Faculty
%Name               Gary W. Strong
%Title              Associate Professor
%Degree             PhD
%Phone              +01-215-895-2482
%Email              strong@duvm.ocs.drexel.edu
%Interests +
 * cognitive science
 * vision
 * user interfaces and navigation
 * CHI theory
%Publications +
 * Hewett, T.T.; Baecker, R.; Card, S.; Carey, T.; Gasen, J.;
   Mantei, M.; Perlman, G.; Strong, G. and Verplank, W. (1992)
   ACM SIGCHI Curricula for Human-Computer Interaction. New York:
   ACM.
 * Strong. G.W. and Strong, K.E.O. (1991) Visual guidance for
   information navigation: A CHI design principle derived from
   cognitive neuroscience. Interacting with Computers
   3(2):217-231.
 * Strong, G.W. and Whitehead, B.A. (1989) A solution to the tag
   assignment problem for neural networks.  With open peer
   commentary and authors' response.  Behavioral and Brain
   Sciences 12(3):381-433. 1989, Elsevier Science Publishers B.
   V. Amsterdam, The Netherlands, pp. 428 - 435.

%SECTION            HCI Courses
%Title              User Interfaces for Information Systems
%Number             Info.609
%Instructor         Margaret Christensen
%Frequency          once or twice per year
%Times_Taught       8
%Enrollment         45 this year
%Format             graduate seminar
%Tools              
%Text +
 * Shneiderman, "Designing the User Interface", 2nd ed., B.
   Addison Wesley, Reading, MA, 1992. (In fall of 92).
 * Baecker & Buxton, "Readings in Human-Computer Interaction",
   Morgan Kaufmann, Los Altos, CA, 1987. (Formerly used.)
 - Collection of original research papers updated for each
   offering
%Description Students learn to read, critique, apply, and produce
original research in the field of human computer interaction.

%SECTION            HCI Courses
%Title              Human-Computer Interaction
%Number             L103
%Instructor         Margaret Christensen, Karen Strong
%Frequency          twice per year
%Times_Taught       8 (by Christensen)
%Enrollment         30
%Format             Lecture plus laboratory
%Tools              HyperCard
%Text +
 * Rubinstein & Hersh, "The Human Factor", Digital Press, Bedford,
   MA, 1984.
 * Goodman, "The Complete HyperCard Handbook", Bantam Books, New
   York, 1990.
 - Collection of readings updated every term
%Description Freshmen learn survival skills in the design and
implementation of user interfaces.  Principles discussed in
lecture, are implemented in laboratory sessions, and cumulatively
lead to each student's completion of a prototype information
system in HyperCard.