Nass (Clifford I.) Papers, 1977-2010

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Summary

Title:
Clifford I. Nass papers
Dates:
1977-2010
Creators:
Nass, Clifford Ivar
Abstract:
The papers include Nass' teaching files, research files, and publications related to the social-psychological aspects of human-interactive media interaction, chronic media multitasking, and automotive interfaces.
Extent:
4.5 Linear Feet (3 cartons)
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

[identification of item], Clifford I. Nass papers (SC1192). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Background

Scope and content:

The papers include Nass' teaching files, research files, and publications related to the social-psychological aspects of human-interactive media interaction, chronic media multitasking, and automotive interfaces. Also included are materials related to Nass' tenure as a Resident Fellow at the Stanford University Otero House dorm.

Biographical / historical:

Clifford Ivar Nass, was born in 1958 in New Jersey. He earned a BA in Mathematics from Princeton University in 1981; and his M.A. and Ph.D. in Sociology from Princeton in 1986. That same year Nass joined the faculty at Stanford University as a professor of Communications. At the time of his death, Nass was the Thomas M. Storke Professor and had courtesy appointments in Computer Science, Education, Law, and Sociology. Nass was also affiliated with the programs in Science, Technology, and Society and Symbolic Systems (cognitive science).

Nass was the co-creator of The Media Equation theory, and a renowned authority on human-computer interaction. He was also known for his work on individual differences associated with multitasking.

Nass was the director of the Communication between Humans and Interactive Media (CHIMe) Lab, co-director of Kozmetsky Global Collaboratory (KGC) and its Real-time Venture Design Laboratory (ReVeL), a co-founder of TeachAIDS, the co-Director of the CARS (Center for Automotive Research at Stanford) Program, and the Director of the Revs Program at Stanford University.

Nass died in 2013 of a heart attack while hiking.

Text excerpted from: http://www.stanford.edu/~nass/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clifford_Nass

Acquisition information:
This collection given Stanford University, Special Collections in February 2014.
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Collection Guide Author:
University Archives staff
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-03-24 10:38:23 -0700 .

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Restrictions:

The materials are open for research use. Audio-visual materials are not available in original format, and must be reformatted to a digital use copy.

Terms of access:

All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California 94305-6064. Consent is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner, heir(s) or assigns. See: http://library.stanford.edu/spc/using-collections/permission-publish.

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Preferred citation:

[identification of item], Clifford I. Nass papers (SC1192). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Location of this collection:
Stanford University Archives, Green Library
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Stanford, CA 94305-6064, US
Contact:
(650) 725-1022
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