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Andrew Monk

Professor Andrew Monk, Department of Psychology

My current research is to understand what people want from the technology in their homes. A particular interest is technology to maintain the independence of older people, e.g., banking for the over 80s, help with activities of daily living for people with dementia and mainstream assistive technology.

I have a long history in usability research, particularly lightweight methods for use by designers and videoconferencing. I am Professor of Psychology at York University, Director of CUHTec, and a Fellow of the British Computer Society. I was elected to the CHI Academy in 2005. I took my pension in October 2010 but am still working in this area.

E: A.Monk@psych.york.ac.uk
M: +44 (0) 791 961 8306

Department of Psychology, University of York, York. UK. YO1 5DD.

Updated 2.12.2011

Links

See New Approaches to Banking for the Older Old project to find out about the work we are doing with 80 and 90 year olds.

Access a complete list of my publications.

See CUHTec (Centre for Usable Home Technology) for summaries of the work we are doing on home technology at York University. Also the corses and training that I am involved in.

Monk News 2011 (.pdf, 532 KB)

Research:

You can also access a list of my publications under the headings: books, parts of books and journal articles. You can also access a short summary of my interests in:

Human-Computer Interaction (HCI)
Social and leisure uses of information and communication technology
Video links and computer supported cooperative work (CSCW)
Computer-mediated communication (CMC)
Reading and memory

Teaching:

Teachers of Statistics may be interested in StatsTest a set of materials for use in assessment. You can also dowload my statistics notes (just less than 100 pages).

Other HCI:

I was Chair of the British HCI Group, a specialist group of the British Computer Society from 1997-2001. I am also an enthusiastic member of the York HCI Group based in the departments of Psychology, Computer Science and Electronics here. See alsoDownloadable tutorial guides in HCI

Famous relatives:

In case you confuse us, my slightly younger brother Tim is a psychologist and well known for his work on circadian rhythm, shift work, jet lag etc. He currently works in Pittsburgh. My much younger brother is a computer scientist known for his wonderful hobbyist electronics books.