Sara Beth (Greene) Kiesler is the Hillman Professor Emerita of
Computer Science
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and
Human Computer Interaction
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in the
Human-Computer Interaction Institute at
Carnegie Mellon University
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. She is also a program director in the Directorate for Social, Behavioral & Economic Sciences at the US
National Science Foundation
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, where her responsibilities include programs on Secure and Trustworthy Cyberspace, The Future of Work at the Human-Technology Frontier, Smart and Connected Communities, and Securing American Infrastructure. She received an M.A. degree in psychology from
Stanford
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in 1963, and a Ph.D., also in psychology, from
Ohio State University
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in 1965.
Areas of Research
Kiesler has broad interests in the design and social impact of computing and online behavior ranging from
computer-mediated communication
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and computer-supported cooperative work to human-robot interaction and social media. In her early studies with
Lee Sproull and her colleagues and students, she examined how computer networking changed group dynamics and social interaction. Their influential 1992 book, Connections described the indirect, secondary effects of using email in organizations. Through field observations and experiments they demonstrated the influence of computer-mediated communication phenomena such as status equalization, personal connections and flaming. Research with
Robert E. Kraut from the 1990s showed that everyday use of the Internet increased users' depression and decreased their social connections. Later research showed that the psychological consequences of Internet use depend fundamentally on how it is used: communication with friends and family online has positive psychological consequences, while communication with strangers has negative effects. Her ongoing projects include studies of collaboration and virtual organization in science, of collaborative analysis online, of the cognitive and social aspects of human-robot and digital agent interaction, and of how people perceive and try to protect their privacy online. Her publications can be found on her website and in Google Scholar.
Awards and honors list
* Elected to the
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, 2002
*
CHI Lifetime Achievement Award, the most prestigious award by SIGCHI, 2009
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* Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Fellow, 2010
* Allen Newell Award for Research Excellence, 2013
* International Communication Association Williams Prize, 2015
* InGROUP McGrath Lifetime Award, 2016
* Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2018
* Human Robot Interaction Lifetime Service Award, 2018
* Elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering
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(2019) for leadership, technical innovation, and identification of social trends with the adoption of computers and robots in work and society
She regularly serves on the ACM SIGCHI
The Special Interest Group on Computer–Human Interaction (SIGCHI) is one of the Association for Computing Machinery's special interest groups which is focused on human–computer interactions (HCI).
It hosts the flagship annual international HC ...
, CSCW
Computer-supported cooperative work (CSCW) is the study of how people utilize technology collaboratively, often towards a shared goal. CSCW addresses how computer systems can support collaborative activity and coordination. More specifically, the ...
, and HRI conference program committees. She is a past board member of the Computer Science and Telecommunications Board of the National Academy of Sciences
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, and past Editor of the Journal of Human Robot Interaction. She is a fellow of the American Psychological Association
The American Psychological Association (APA) is the largest scientific and professional organization of psychologists in the United States, with over 133,000 members, including scientists, educators, clinicians, consultants, and students. It ha ...
and of the Association for Computing Machinery
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, and a founding member of the American Psychological Society
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. She also was a long-time director of the nonprofit research company, American Institutes for Research
The American Institutes for Research (AIR) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan behavioral and social science research, evaluation and technical assistance organization based in Arlington, Virginia. One of the world's largest social science research organ ...
.
References
External links
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Human-Computer Interaction Institute
Google Scholar
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Human–computer interaction researchers
Social psychologists
Living people
Human-Computer Interaction Institute faculty
Carnegie Mellon University faculty
Fellows of the Association for Computing Machinery
Fellows of the American Psychological Association
Year of birth missing (living people)