Gloria Mark
Psychologist and informatics professor
Gloria Mark is an American psychologist with a professorship in informatics at the University of California, Irvine. She studies how people use digital technology and has written Attention Span.
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About Gloria Mark
Her title at the university is Chancellor's Professor, in the informatics department. Mark earned a psychology PhD at Columbia University and has been a visiting researcher at Microsoft Research. She first trained as an artist before becoming an expert in human-computer interaction. She has studied multitasking, interruptions, productivity and mood as digital technology has grown. She has published over 200 articles, and in 2017 she was inducted into the CHI Academy, which recognizes leaders in human-computer interaction. Her book Attention Span came out in 2023.