Anne Harper Anderson Explained

Anne Harper Anderson
Honorific Suffix:OBE FRSE
Occupation:Social Science academic leader
Organization:UNESCO UK National Commission Board of Directors
Known For:research on communications including machine-human

Anne Harper Anderson OBE FRSE former University of Glasgow Vice Principal and Head of the College of Social Sciences, and Gender Champion, specialising in communications including machine-human interaction. She served (2008 - 2015) on the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) which allocated £800million per annum for research. She was awarded an Order of the British Empire for services to social science (2002) and elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (2015).[1]

Education and early career

Anderson completed her MA and PhD in Psychology at the University of Glasgow, with her thesis, in 1982 on 'Text comprehension: The influence of temporal information on processing and reading rate.[2]

Her first role was as a Research Fellow (Linguistics) at the University of Edinburgh before returning to her alma mater as lecturer (1986) and professor (1997). She was a Research Programme Director for the Economic and Social Research Council (1995 -2006).

Academic leadership roles

She became Director of the Graduate School and Associate Dean of Graduate Studies at Glasgow (2000). In 2005, she was appointed Chair in the School of Business and Management and Deputy Dean Research in the Faculty of Law, Business and Social Sciences.

The following year she took up a post at Dundee University as Professor of Human Computer Interaction and Vice-Principal and Head of the College of Art & Design, Architecture, Engineering and Physical Sciences. In 2010, she returned to Glasgow as the first Vice-Principal and Head of the College of Social Sciences, which had more than 8000 students and 500 staff.[3] She took on the role of Gender Champion for the University in 2013.

Selected publications

Selected by the University of Glasgow:

In 2001, she also co-authored a book section (pp367–382) on 'Eye-tracking explorations in multimedia communications' [10]

Her full publications list (67 articles) is available on researchgate.[11]

Current roles

A Vice Principal Emerita of the University of Glasgow, Anderson is on the Board of Directors of the UK National Commission for UNESCO[12] and she also serves as deputy chair of the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission.[13] She is on the board of Visit Scotland and is a member of the Scottish Funding Council Research and Knowledge Exchange committee. Anderson advises the British Council (Scotland) and The Robertson Trust and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.

References

  1. Web site: 2020-08-24. Professor Anne Harper Anderson OBE FRSE. 2021-07-31. The Royal Society of Edinburgh. en-GB.
  2. Text comprehension: The influence of temporal information on processing and reading rate. 1982. Ann Arbor . PhD. en. Anne Harper. Anderson.
  3. Web site: University of Glasgow - Colleges - College of Social Sciences - Our staff - Prof Anne Anderson. 2021-07-31. www.gla.ac.uk. en.
  4. Anderson. A.H.. McEwan. R.. Bal. J.. Carletta. J.. September 2007. Virtual team meetings: An analysis of communication and context. Computers in Human Behavior. en. 23. 5. 2558–2580. 10.1016/j.chb.2007.01.001.
  5. Bard. E.G.. Anderson. A.H.. Chen. Y.. Nicholson. H.B.M.. Havard. C.. Dalzel-Job. S.. November 2007. Let's you do that: Sharing the cognitive burdens of dialogue. Journal of Memory and Language. en. 57. 4. 616–641. 10.1016/j.jml.2006.12.003.
  6. Bergin. D.A.. Anderson. A.H.. Molnar. T.. Baumgartner. R.. Mitchell. S.. Korper. S.. Curley. A.. Rottmann. J.. January 2007. Providing remote accessible field trips (RAFT): an evaluation study. Computers in Human Behavior. en. 23. 1. 192–219. 10.1016/j.chb.2004.10.034.
  7. Howarth. Barbara. Anderson. Anne H.. March 2007. Introducing objects in spoken dialogue: The influence of conversational setting and cognitive load on the articulation and use of referring expressions. Language and Cognitive Processes. en. 22. 2. 272–296. 10.1080/01690960600632796. 144668655. 0169-0965.
  8. Sanford. Alison. H. Anderson. Anne. Mullin. Jim. December 2004. Audio channel constraints in video-mediated communication. Interacting with Computers. en. 16. 6. 1069–1094. 10.1016/j.intcom.2004.06.015.
  9. France. Emma F. Anderson. Anne H. Gardner. Michael. June 2001. The impact of status and audio conferencing technology on business meetings. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies. en. 54. 6. 857–876. 10.1006/ijhc.2001.0464.
  10. Book: Blandford, Ann. People and Computers XV--Interaction without Frontiers : Joint Proceedings of HCI 2001 and IHM 2001. 2001. Springer London. Jean Vanderdonckt, Phil Gray. 978-1-4471-0353-0. London. 840277023.
  11. Web site: Anne ANDERSON University of Glasgow, Glasgow UofG College of Social Sciences. 2021-07-31. ResearchGate. en.
  12. Web site: Anne Anderson – UNESCO UK. 2021-07-31. en-GB.
  13. Web site: Professor Anne Anderson OBE. 2021-07-31. GOV.UK. en.

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