Jenny Preece
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Jenny Preece is the Dean of the College of Information Studies at the University of Maryland, as of 2006. She researches online communities and is known for her work on what makes such a community successful, and how usability factors interact with socialibility in online communities.[1]
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[edit] Life and work
Preece gained her Ph.D. at the Open University, later becoming faculty there. She went on to be a Research Professor of Information Systems and Director of the Research Center for People and Systems Interaction at London South Bank University in London.
[edit] Publications
- Helen Sharp, Yvonne Rogers & Jenny Preece: Interaction Design: Beyond Human-Computer Interaction, 2nd ed. John Wiley & Sons Ltd., (2007) ISBN 0-470-01866-6
- Online Communities: Designing Usability, Supporting Sociability (2000)
- Human-Computer Interaction co-author, with Yvonne Rogers, Helen Sharp, David Benyon, Simon Holland, and Tom Carey, (1994) ISBN 0-201-62769-8
She has also published papers on trust, community, and etiquette online.[2]
[edit] External links
- A longer list of Preece's published work
- Wikimania 2006 bio
- Jennifer Preece's iSchool profile page at University of Maryland College Park
[edit] References
- ^ Preece's website at UMBC.
- ^ University of Trier's DBLP archive
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