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Robert Kraut

Robert Kraut, Ph.D.

Dr. Kraut has broad interests in the design and social impact of computing and has conducted empirical research on office automation and employment quality, technology and home-based employment, the communication needs of collaborating scientists, the design of information technology for small-group intellectual work, and the impact of national information networks on organizations and families.

Positions

  • Herbert A. Simon Professor of Human-Computer Interaction, Carnegie Mellon University

 

Education

  • Ph.D., 1973, Yale University, Social Psychology

 

Relevant Publications

  • Butler, B., Sproull, L., Kiesler, S., & Kraut, R. (in press). Community effort in online groups: Who does the work and why? In S. Weisband, & L. Atwater (Eds.), Leadership at a distance. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.
  • Espinosa, A., Lerch, J., & Kraut, R. (2004). Explicit vs. implicit coordination mechanisms and task dependencies: One size does not fit all. In E. Salas, S. M. Fiore, & J. A. Cannon-Bowers (Eds.), Team cognition: Process and performance at the inter- and intra-individual level (pp. 107-130). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
  • Kraut, R., & Kiesler, S. (2003). The social impact of Internet use. Psychological Science Agenda, 16(3), 8-10.
  • Frohlich, D. M., & Kraut, R. (2003). The social context of home computing. In R. Harper (Ed.), Inside the Smart Home (pp. 127-162). London: Springer-Verlag.
  • Kraut, R. (2003). Applying social psychological theory to the problems of group work. In J. M. Carroll (Ed.), HCI models, theories and frameworks: Toward a multidisciplinary science (pp. 325-356). New York: Morgan Kaufman.

 

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