Research Interests

General

• Human-Computer Interaction
• User Interface Design
• Quantitative and Qualitative Evaluation Methodolgies
• Computer-Supported Cooperative Work
• Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning
• Multimedia
• Educational Technology
• Social Issues of Computing
• Gender Issues in Computing

PhD Research

I am interested in how the amount of functionality included in a software package impacts the user's ability to learn and use the package. The sharp increase in functionality over the past decade or so has led to the terms featurism and bloated software. I am focussing my research on general productivity applications such as Lotus Notes, Lotus SmartSuite, and Microsoft Office.

• In January 2002 I defended my Ph.D. !!!!


• In February 2001 I completed my Thesis Proposal. Here is the HTML abstract for the paper that I wrote as a partial requirement for my exam.


• In March 2000 I completed my Research Proposal. Here is the HTML abstract for the paper that I wrote as a partial requirement for my exam.


• In June 1998 I completed my Qualifying Exam. The literature review that I wrote as a partial requirement for my exam is available as a UofT Tech Report ( HTML abstract).

MSc Research

I did my MSc degree at the University of British Columbia in the Department of Computer Science. I was involved with the E-GEMS (Electronic Games for Education in Math and Science) research group. For my Master's Essay I completed a literature review entitled "Design: Educational Electronic Multi-Player Games" (see my publications page).