Brenda Laurel

3.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
27 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Brenda Laurel is a scholar working on Human-Computer Interaction, Information Systems and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Brenda Laurel has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Human-Computer Interaction, 4 papers in Information Systems and 2 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Brenda Laurel's work include Persona Design and Applications (3 papers), Innovative Human-Technology Interaction (3 papers) and Usability and User Interface Design (3 papers). Brenda Laurel is often cited by papers focused on Persona Design and Applications (3 papers), Innovative Human-Technology Interaction (3 papers) and Usability and User Interface Design (3 papers). Brenda Laurel collaborates with scholars based in United States, Israel and Spain. Brenda Laurel's co-authors include David J. DeRose, S. Joy Mountford, Abbe Don, Amy Bruckman, Susan E. Brennan, Pavel Curtis, Ben Shneiderman, Chauncey Wilson, Whitney Quesenbery and Rolf Molich and has published in prestigious journals such as PRESENCE Virtual and Augmented Reality, interactions and ACM SIGGRAPH Computer Graphics.

In The Last Decade

Brenda Laurel

27 papers receiving 1.4k citations

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Computers as Theatre

1993 787 citations David J. DeRose, Brenda Laurel TDR/The Drama Review profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Design Lessons From Binary Fission: A Crowd Sourced Game for Precondition Discovery 2016 ·Kate Compton, (unknown), Joseph Osborn, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Higinio Sánchez–Sainz, Jim Whitehead, Brenda Laurel	3
2	AR and VR: Cultivating the Garden 2016 ·PRESENCE Virtual and Augmented Reality ·Brenda Laurel	3
3	Gaian IxD 2011 ·interactions ·Brenda Laurel	3
4	Designed animism 2006 ·Brenda Laurel	4
5	Narrative construction as play 2004 ·interactions ·Brenda Laurel	4
6	Design Research: Methods and Perspectives 2003 ·MIT Press eBooks ·Brenda Laurel	302
7	Ethics in HCI 2001 ·Rolf Molich, Brenda Laurel, Carolyn Snyder, Whitney Quesenbery, Chauncey Wilson	15
8	PLACEHOLDER: landscape and narrative in virtual environments 1998 ·Brenda Laurel, (unknown), (unknown)	12
9	Technological humanism and values-driven design 1998 ·Brenda Laurel	2
10	PLACEHOLDER 1994 ·Brenda Laurel, (unknown)	6
11	Placeholder 1994 ·ACM SIGGRAPH Computer Graphics ·Brenda Laurel, (unknown), (unknown)	46
12	Determinants of immersivity in virtual reality 1994 ·Stuart Rosen, (unknown), (unknown), Brenda Laurel	4
13	Place-holder : Landscape and narrative in virtual enviroments 1994 ·Medical Entomology and Zoology ·Brenda Laurel	1
14	Computers as Theatre breakdown → 1993 ·TDR/The Drama Review ·David J. DeRose, Brenda Laurel	787
15	Guides 3.0 1991 ·Abbe Don, (unknown), Brenda Laurel	10
16	What next? A provocative look at curriculum, creativity and organization in teaching artists and designers to use computers 1991 ·ACM SIGGRAPH Computer Graphics ·(unknown), (unknown), Brenda Laurel, Simon Penny, (unknown)	1
17	Interface agents: metaphors with character 1990 ·Medical Entomology and Zoology ·Brenda Laurel	94
18	The Art of Human-Computer Interface Design 1990 ·Addison-Wesley Longman Publishing Co., Inc. eBooks ·Brenda Laurel, S. Joy Mountford	366
19	Issues in multimedia interface design: media integration and interface agents 1990 ·Brenda Laurel, (unknown), Abbe Don	36
20	Drama and personality in user interface design 1989 ·S. Joy Mountford, Bill Buxton, (unknown), Brenda Laurel, (unknown)	7

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