Kath Straub,
PhD, CUA
Chief Scientist

Publications

HFI's Monthly Research Update Newsletter

Zawitz, M., Straub, K. and Gaddy, C. (to appear). Crime and Justice Online; How usability helps experts and others get the facts. User Experience.

Schaffer, E. and Straub, K. (2003) Meeting the Demand for Usability Expertise: An Offshore Model. Human Factors International Whitepaper.

Straub, K. and Bosley, J. (2002) Data exploration interfaces: Meaningful web database mining by non-statisticians. Proceedings of the IBM make IT Easy Conference. San Jose, CA.

Talks & Tutorials

Straub, K. (2003). You are here. Moving past grass roots to achieve sustainable usability. Invited talk presented to the UPA Austin Chapter.

Straub, K. (2003) The Greying of the Internet: Effective Design for an Aging Population. Invited Seminar for Anthem/Blue Cross-Blue Shield.

Lazun, M. & Straub, K. (2003) A Makeover that Made a Difference :A User-Centered Design Case Study of Treasury's Financial Management Service's Website. Invited presentation to Federal Treasury and related Bureau Webmaster Forum.

Straub, K. (2003) But, I can do it on the Web right?: Usable design strategies for e-GOV success. Invited presentation to the NOAA Research WebSHOP Conference, Boulder, Colorado.

Straub, K. (2003). Usability for the Accidental Webmaster. Invited presentation to Society for Technical Communication, Baltimore/Washington Chapter.

Straub, K. (December, 2002). Developing User-Friendly Interfaces: Concepts and Self-Help. Invited presentation to the ARINC Technical Excellence Society.

Straub, K. & Bosley, J (October, 2002). But it SAYS I can download the forms? Performance Assessments for Interactive Websites. Invited Talk. FedWeb October 2002.

Zawitz, M & Straub, K. (2002). Refining Government Data Access Tools: Designing with Citizens in Mind. Web Enabled Government- Fall 2002. Alexandria, VA.

Straub, K & Zawitz, M. (2002). You want me to click where? Data Access Tools Created with Citizens in Mind. e-GOV 2002. Washington, DC.

Psycholinguistics Work

Badecker, W. and Straub, K. (2002). The processing role of structural constraints on the interpretation of pronouns and anaphors. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Language, Memory and Cognition, 28(4).

Straub, Kathleen, Wilson, Colin, McCollum, Courtney, Badecker, William. (2001) Prosodic structure and questions. Journal of Psycholinguistic Research 30(4) 379-394.

Todorova, M., Straub, K., Badecker, W., and Frank, R. (2000). Aspectual coercion and the on-line computation of sentential aspect. Proceedings of the Cognitive Science Society Meeting. Philadelphia, PA.

Awards

The Image Project: Implicit Stereotyping in the Media (2000). Instructional Research Award, American Psychology Association Office of Teaching and Research, Crossing Boundaries to develop and implement Web-based instructional materials.

Re-engineering Higher Education: The integration of asynchronous tools into the college curriculum to enhance applied learning skills (1998). Villa Julie College Faculty Technology Development Grant to develop CD-Rom based, multimedia course supplements for undergraduate psychology courses.

Bringing Psychology to Life (1996). Villa Julie College Faculty Technology Development Grant to develop Web-based multimedia course supplements for undergraduate psychology courses.

Integrating Information Technology into the Psychology (1995). Villa Julie College Faculty Technology Development Grant to develop HyperCard-based multimedia course supplements for undergraduate psychology courses.

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