Adam S. Kahn

Research Interests Education
8/08-present
Doctor of Philosophy, Communication (in progress)
Annenberg Graduate Fellow
Annenberg School for Communication, University of Southern California

1/05-6/06
Master of Arts, Media Studies
Department of Communication, Stanford University

9/00-1/06
Bachelor of Science, Computer Science
Bachelor of Arts, History
Stanford University

Publications
Robles, E., Nass, C., & Kahn, A. (2009). The social life of information displays: How screens shape psychological responses in social contexts. Human-Computer Interaction, 24(1&2), 48-78.

Presentations
Kahn, A.S. Time flies when you’re not having fun: Video game enjoyment and the accuracy of self-reported playing time. Invited presentation at the Virtual World Exploratorium All-Hands Meeting, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, May 29, 2009.

Kahn, A.S. Critical agent dialogue: Analyzing CrAg 1.0. Invited presentation at the 2006 Edinburgh-Stanford Link Conference, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, March 29, 2006.

Kahn, A.S. Critical agent dialogue: Analyzing CrAg 1.0. Poster presented at the 4th Annual Media X Conference, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, March 17, 2006.

In Progress
Kahn, A.S. As Doug did think: From Memex to “The Mother of All Demos".

Kahn, A.S. & Ratan, R. The accuracy of self-reported playing time in MMORPGs.

Research Experience
beginning 8/09
Research Assistant
Supervisor: Dr. Kwan Min Lee
Annenberg School for Communication, University of Southern California

1/09-present
Research Team Member
Virtual World Exploratorium
Supervisor: Dr. Dmitri Williams
Annenberg School for Communication, University of Southern California (with Northwestern University, University of Illinois, and University of Minnesota)

6/06-6/07
Lab Manager / Research Assistant (full time employment)
Cognation Research Laboratory
Supervisor: Dr. Lera Boroditsky
Department of Psychology, Stanford University

1/05-6/06
Undergraduate/Graduate Research Assistant
CHIMe (Communication between Humans and Interactive Media) Laboratory
Supervisor: Dr. Clifford Nass
Department of Communication, Stanford University

Teaching Experience
Teaching Assistant/Discussion Section Leader, COMM 200: Communication and Social Science (Professor Ken Sereno), Fall 2009
Research Mentor to Undergraduates, COMM 301L: Empirical Research in Communication (Professor Lynn Miller), Fall 2009

Awards and Honors
Annenberg Graduate Fellowship, University of Southern California, 2008-2013
Participant, International Summer Science Institute, Weizmann Institute of Science, 2000
Finalist, Intel Science Talent Search, 2000
Distinguished Graduate Fellowship, Michigan State University, 2008-2013 (declined by recipient)
Regents Special Fellowship, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2008-2013 (declined by recipient)
University Graduate Fellowship, The Pennsylvania State University, 2008-2011 (declined by recipient)

Professional Service
Annenberg Communication Graduate Student Association, 1st Year Rep, 2008-2009
USC Annenberg Fellows Working Group, Communication PhD Rep, 2008-2009
Annual Conference of the International Communication Association, Reviewer (Communication & Technology Division, Information Systems Division, Games Studies Interest Group), 2009

Professional Memberships
ACM SIGCHI (Association for Computing Machinery's Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction)
International Communication Association
Society for the History of Technology

References
Dr. Clifford Nass, Thomas M. Storke Professor of Communication, Stanford University
Dr. Fred Turner, Assistant Professor of Communication, Stanford University
Dr. Dmitri Williams, Assistant Professor of Communication, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Southern California

adamkahn@usc.edu
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