Author: Douglas J. Gillan
Ph.D.
Doug Gillan graduated in 1974 from Macalester College with a BA in Psychology and in 1978 with a PhD from the University of Texas at Austin. He was a postdoctoral fellow at Yale University (NSF Fellowship) and the University of Pennsylvania (Sloan Foundation Fellowship). He spent 10 years working in industry -- 4 years at General Foods Research Center (doing taste perception research) and 6 years at Lockheed Engineering and Sciences Company at NASA-JSC (doing human factors research related to the design of Space Station). He has spent the last 20 years working in academic Psychology Departments at Rice University (as a visiting faculty member),the University of Idaho, New Mexico State University, and North Carolina State University where he is currently a Professor and Department Head
Publications
Co-authors
Productive Colleagues
Publications
Pontelli, E., Son, T. C., Kottapally, K., Ngo, C., Reddy, R., Gillan, Douglas J. (2004): A system for automatic structure discovery and reasoning-based navigation of the web. In Interacting with Computers, 16 (3) pp. 451-475. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.intcom.2004.04.006
Pontelli, E., Gillan, Douglas J., Gupta, G., Karshmer, Arthur I., Saad, E., Xiong, W. (2002): Intelligent non-visual navigation of complex HTML structures. In Universal Access in the Information Society, 2 (1) pp. 56-69. https://www.springerlink.com/openurl.asp?genre=article&issn=1615-5289&volume=2&issue=1&spage=56
Gillan, Douglas J., Bias, Randolph G. (2001): Usability Science. I: Foundations. In International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction, 13 (4) pp. 351-372.
Gillan, Douglas J. (1993): A Componential Model of Human Interaction with Graphical Displays. In ACM SIGCHI Bulletin, 25 (3) pp. 64-66.
Gillan, Douglas J., Breedin, Sarah D., Cooke, Nancy J. (1992): Network and Multidimensional Representations of the Declarative Knowledge of Human-Compute. In International Journal of Man-Machine Studies, 36 (4) pp. 587-615.
Gillan, Douglas J., Holden, Kritina, Adam, Susan, Rudisill, Marianne, Magee, Laura (1992): How Should Fitts' Law be Applied to Human-Computer Interaction?. In Interacting with Computers, 4 (3) pp. 289-313.
Gillan, Douglas J., Breedin, Sarah D. (1990): Designers' Models of the Human-Computer Interface. In: Carrasco, Jane, Whiteside, John (eds.) Proceedings of the ACM CHI 90 Human Factors in Computing Systems Conference , 1990, Seattle, Washington,USA. pp. 391-398.
Gillan, Douglas J., Holden, Kritina, Adam, Susan, Rudisill, Marianne, Magee, Laura (1990): How Does Fitts' Law Fit Pointing and Dragging?. In: Carrasco, Jane, Whiteside, John (eds.) Proceedings of the ACM CHI 90 Human Factors in Computing Systems Conference , 1990, Seattle, Washington,USA. pp. 227-234.
Rudisill, Marianne, Gillan, Douglas J. (1989): Human-Computer Interaction Laboratory, NASA Johnson Space Center. In: Bice, Ken, Lewis, Clayton H. (eds.) Proceedings of the ACM CHI 89 Human Factors in Computing Systems Conference April 30 - June 4, 1989, Austin, Texas. pp. 55-56.
Gillan, Douglas J., Lewis, Robert, Rudisill, Marianne (1989): Models of User Interactions with Graphical Interfaces: I. Statistical Graphs. In: Bice, Ken, Lewis, Clayton H. (eds.) Proceedings of the ACM CHI 89 Human Factors in Computing Systems Conference April 30 - June 4, 1989, Austin, Texas. pp. 375-380.
Pontelli, E., Gillan, Douglas J., Xiong, W., Saad, E., Gupta, G., Karshmer, Arthur I. (2002): Navigation of HTML tables, frames, and XML fragments. In: Fifth Annual ACM Conference on Assistive Technologies , 2002, . pp. 25-32. https://doi.acm.org/10.1145/638249.638256
Kottapally, K., Ngo, C., Reddy, R., Pontelli, E., Son, T. C., Gillan, Douglas J. (2003): Towards the creation of accessibility agents for non-visual navigation of the web. In: Proceedings of the 2003 ACM Conference on Universal Usability , 2003, . pp. 134-141. https://doi.acm.org/10.1145/957205.957229
Smith, Randy L., Gillan, Douglas J. (1987): Human-Telerobot Interactions: Information, Control, and Mental Models. In: Proceedings of the Human Factors Society 31st Annual Meeting , 1987, . pp. 806-810.
Desaulniers, David R., Gillan, Douglas J., Rudisill, Marianne (1988): The Effects of Format in Computer-Based Procedure Displays. In: Proceedings of the Human Factors Society 32nd Annual Meeting , 1988, . pp. 291-295.
Dingus, Thomas A., Gillan, Douglas J. (1991): The Thesis Simulation: An Approach for Teaching Research Skills in a Remote, Non-Thesis Pr. In: Proceedings of the Human Factors Society 35th Annual Meeting , 1991, . pp. 505-507.
Gillan, Douglas J., Neary, Michael (1992): A Componential Model of Human Interaction with Graphs. II. Effects of the Distances among . In: Proceedings of the Human Factors Society 36th Annual Meeting , 1992, . pp. 365-368.
Gillan, Douglas J., Bias, Randolph G. (1992): The Interface between Human Factors and Design. In: Proceedings of the Human Factors Society 36th Annual Meeting , 1992, . pp. 443-447.
Bias, Randolph G., Gillan, Douglas J. (1994): User Interface Navigation: And a Model for Explicit Research-Practice Interaction. In: Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 38th Annual Meeting , 1994, . pp. 255.
Gillan, Douglas J. (1994): Cognitive Psychophysics and Mental Models. In: Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 38th Annual Meeting , 1994, . pp. 256-260.
Gillan, Douglas J., LaSalle, S. Mark (1994): A Componential Model of Human Interaction with Graphs. III. Spatial Orientation. In: Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 38th Annual Meeting , 1994, . pp. 285-289.
Cooke, Nancy J., Gillan, Douglas J. (1995): Exposing and Imposing Cognitive Structure: Applications to Human Factors. In: Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 39th Annual Meeting , 1995, .
Gillan, Douglas J., Fogas, Bruce S., Aberasturi, Suzanne, Richards, Shannon (1995): Cognitive Ability and Computing Experience Influence Interpretation of Computer Metaphors. In: Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 39th Annual Meeting , 1995, . pp. 243-247.
Karshmer, Arthur I., Gillan, Douglas J. (2003): How Well Can We Read Equations to Blind Mathematics Students: Some Answers from Psychology. In: Stephanidis, Constantine (eds.) Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction June 22-27, 2003, Crete, Greece. pp. 1290-1294.
Bias, Randolph G., Gillan, Douglas J., Tullis, Thomas S. (1993): Three Usability Enhancements to the Human Factors-Design Interface. In: Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction , 1993, . pp. 169-174.
Gillan, Douglas J., Barraza, Paula, Karshmer, Arthur I., Pazuchanics, Skye (2004): Cognitive Analysis of Equation Reading: Application to the Development of the Math Genie. In: Klaus, Joachim, Miesenberger, Klaus, Zagler, Wolfgang L., Burger, Dominique (eds.) ICCHP 2004 - Computers Helping People with Special Needs - 9th International Conference July 7-9, 2004, Paris, France. pp. 630-637. https://link.springer.de/link/service/series/0558/bibs/3118/31180630.htm
Karshmer, Arthur I., Gupta, Gopal, Gillan, Douglas J. (2002): Architecting an Auditory Browser for Navigating Mathematical Expressions. In: Miesenberger, Klaus, Klaus, Joachim, Zagler, Wolfgang L. (eds.) ICCHP 2002 - Computers Helping People with Special Needs - 8th International Conference July 15-20, 2002, Linz, Austria. pp. 477-485. https://link.springer.de/link/service/series/0558/bibs/2398/23980477.htm
Gillan, Douglas J. (2009): Human-Robot Interaction: Issues in the Design of Interfaces for Work in Distant Environmen. In: Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 53rd Annual Meeting , 2009, . pp. 165-166. https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/hfes/hfproc/2009/00000053/00000004/art00001
Gillan, Douglas J. (2009): A Componential Model of Human Interaction with Graphs: VII. A Review of the Mixed Arithmet. In: Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 53rd Annual Meeting , 2009, . pp. 829-833. https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/hfes/hfproc/2009/00000053/00000012/art00014
Gillan, Douglas J., Sorensen, Douglas (2009): Minimalism and the Syntax of Graphs: II. Effects of Graph Backgrounds on Visual Search. In: Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 53rd Annual Meeting , 2009, . pp. 1096-1100. https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/hfes/hfproc/2009/00000053/00000017/art00011
Gillan, Douglas J. (2009): Judging the Lengths of Curved Lines. In: Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 53rd Annual Meeting , 2009, . pp. 1126-1130. https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/hfes/hfproc/2009/00000053/00000017/art00017
Hardy, Megan, Gillan, Douglas J. (2012): Voluntary Task Switching Patterns in Everyday Tasks of Different Motivational Levels. In: Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 2012 Annual Meeting , 2012, . pp. 2128-2132. https://pro.sagepub.com/content/56/1/2128