Gloria Mark

• 1991·Columbia University | Ph.D. in Psychology
• 1984·University of Michigan | M.S. in Biostatistics

Gloria Mark’s official biography describes her research on the impact of digital media on people’s lives, with a focus on multitasking, interruptions, mood, and digital-device use. She presents this work as human-computer interaction (HCI) research. Her UCI research page describes a real-world “living laboratory” approach that combines objective measures with other data to study how people interact with information technology in everyday life.

Her official biography says that she has published more than 200 articles and is the author of Attention Span; her UCI biography PDF also lists Multitasking in the Digital Age. She was inducted into the SIGCHI Academy in 2017, an honor for major contributions to human-computer interaction; this profile uses the Academy’s precise name rather than calling it an ACM SIGCHI Fellowship.

• 2000–present (now emerita)·Department of Informatics, University of California, Irvine | Former assistant professor, associate professor, and professor; now Professor Emerita
  • Her 2019 CV lists assistant professor (2000–2003), associate professor (2003–2007), and professor (2007–present); the current UCI Informatics page lists her as Professor Emerita, so the older CV’s “present” is not treated as a current active appointment.
  • Her areas include computer-supported cooperative work, social computing, digital media in the workplace, multitasking, attention, mood, and stress; see her research page and 2019 CV.
• 2012–2017·Microsoft Research, Redmond | Visiting Senior Researcher
  • This historical appointment is listed in her 2019 CV; it is not presented as a current position.
• 1995–1999·German National Research Center for Information Technology (GMD), Bonn | Senior Research Scientist
  • Historical appointment listed in the 2019 CV.

• 2017: Inducted into the SIGCHI Academy.
• 2015: UCI ICS Dean’s Mid-Career Award for Research; 2013: IBM Faculty Award; 2011 and 2014: Google Research Awards.
• 2006: Fulbright Scholarship at Humboldt University, Germany; 2001–2006: National Science Foundation Career Grant.

The awards and years above come from her 2019 CV; the 2017 Academy induction is independently listed in the SIGCHI awards directory.

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