Peter Kahn


Peter H. Kahn, Jr.
Associate Professor
Department of Psychology
Box 351525
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington 98195-1525
206-616-9395 (office)
pkahn@u.washington.edu

Research Laboratory
Roosevelt Commons Building B
Suite 400
4311 11th Ave. N.E.
Seattle, Washington 98105


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Last Updated: 20 February, 2007
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Biographical Sketch


Peter H. Kahn, Jr. is Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology and Adjunct Associate Professor in the Information School at the University of Washington. He is also Co-Director of The Mina Institute (Covelo, CA), an organization that seeks to promote, from an ethical perspective, the human relationship with nature and technology. He received his Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley in 1988. His publications have appeared in such journals as Child Development, Developmental Psychology, Human-Computer Interaction, and Journal of Systems Software, as well as in such proceedings as CHI, Ubicomp, and Ro-Man. His 1999 book (MIT Press) is titled The Human Relationship with Nature: Development and Culture. His research projects are currently being funded by the National Science Foundation.