%SECTION            Academic Unit
%Institution        Wichita State University
%Unit               Department of Psychology
%Unit_Center        
%Shortname          Wichita State Univ., Psychology
%Country            USA-KS, Wichita
%Address            Department of Psychology
Wichita State University, Box 34
Wichita, KS  67260-0034 USA
%Phone              (316) 689 3170
%Fax                (316) 689 3770
%Email              halcomb@wsupsy.psy.twsu.edu
%Contact            Charles G. Halcomb
%Updated            1993-04-01
%Degrees            Ph.D. in Psych. (Eng. Psych. & Human Factors)
%HCI_MS_Theses      0
%HCI_PhD_Theses     2
%HCI_MS_Current     4
%HCI_PhD_Current    12
%Description The WSU department of psychology has offered a
strong masters degree in experimental psychology for many years.
In 1990, the state board of regents authorized the department to
offer the Ph.D. in Engineering Psychology (Human Factors). 
Although most of the faculty do not focus on HCI, we do have one
faculty member (halcomb) who is primarily interested in this
area, and two others that work in the area of visual displays and
some of what they do might be construed to be HCI.
%Facilities The psychology department has many different computer
resources available to students.  Students working in the HCI lab
have access to IBM, VAX, UNIX RISC as well as IBM PC and MAC
computers.  Each of these platforms has a rich software
environment to challenge the learning and research needs and
interest of the graduate student.  In the HCI lab alone there are
2 MAC Quadra, a 486dx 33Mnz, a VAX 3100, an X terminal with
DECNET and TCP access to both VMS and UNIX servers located
outside the lab. In addition there are two 386 PCs, video
equipment for useability and other studies and full multimedia
capability for developing software in the multimedia area.

%SECTION            HCI Program
%Contact            Charles G. Halcomb
%Title              Professor and Coordinator,
Engineering Psychology Program
%Address            Department of Psychology, Box 34
%Phone              (316) 689 3886
%phone              (316) 689 3170
%FAX                (316) 689 3770
%Email              halcomb@wsupsy.psy.twsu.edu
%Program HCI is one of about 5 areas of specialization in the
department.
%Other_Contacts +

%SECTION            HCI Faculty
%Name               Charles G. Halcomb
%Title              Professor and Coordinator
Engineering Psychology (Human Factors) Program
%Degree             Ph.D., 1964; BAYLOR UNIVERSITY
%Phone              (316) 689 3886
%phone              (316) 689 3170
%Email              halcom@wsupsy.psy.twsu.edu
%Interests +
 * HCI
 * Attention
 * Sustained Attention
 * Vigilance
 * Application of Computers in Education
 * Interface Design
%Publications +
 * Chaparro, Barbara S. and Halcomb, C.G. The Effects of
   Computerized Tutorial Usage on Course Performance in General
   Psychology, (1990) Journal of Computer-Based Instruction
   17(4), 141-146.
 * Stokes, Michael T. & Halcomb, C.G. (1988) Delaying user
   responses to computer-mediated test items enhances test
   performance, Journal of Computer-Based Instruction, 15(3)
 * Halcomb, et al. A computer based instructional management
   system for general psychology.

%SECTION            HCI Courses
%Title              Software Psychology
%Number             
%Instructor         Halcomb
%Frequency          Every other year
%Times_Taught       
%Enrollment         10
%Format             Lecture/lab
%Tools              all computers, prototyping software (macromind director,
demo2, etc.)
%Text +
 * Shneiderman, Designing the User Interface
%Description +