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 Last Updated: 22 September, 2008 Rainforest photo courtesy of Erik Gauger |
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 director of the Human Interaction With Nature and Technological Systems (HINTS) Lab. The HINTS Lab seeks to address – from an ethical stance – two world trends that are powerfully reshaping human existence: (1) the degradation if not destruction of large parts of the natural world, and (2) unprecedented technological development, both in terms of its computational sophistication and pervasiveness. 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. |