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Henry H. Emurian
Associate Professor

Office: (410) 455-3206
Email: emurian@umbc.edu

PhD, (Clinical Psychology), American University, 1975,
MS, (Computer Science), The Johns Hopkins University, 1983
MA, (Experimental Psychology), American University, 1971
BA, (Psychology), American University, 1968
My Curriculum Vitae
What's a neo-Freudian, behavior-analytic, semi-transcendental, pseudo-hypnotic, est-elated, quasi-existential clinical psychologist doing writing and teaching Java code?   I am very, very, very curious about that...
WHAT I SAY: Older is gooder.
FAVORITE QUOTE: "Boards don't kick back." (Bruce Lee)
MY PERSONAL SPACE: is Qiyin's Place...

RESEARCH INTERESTS:
  • Applied behavior analysis
  • IT Applications to education
  • Technology education strategies
    • Programmed instruction
    • Collaborative peer tutoring
    • Web-based tutoring systems
  • Programmed environment management of confined microsocieties
    • Spaceflight applications
FAVORITE PUBLICATIONS:

Emurian, H.H.,  Canfield, K., Roma, P.G., Gasior, E.D., Brinson, Z.S., Hienz, R.D., Hursh, S.R., & Brady, J.V. Behavioral Systems Management of Confined Microsocieties: An Agenda for Research and Applications. Proceedings of the 39th International Conference on Environmental Systems (Paper number:2009-01-2423), Warrendale, PA: SAE International, 2009.

Emurian, H.H., Holden, H.K., & Abarbanel, R.A. Managing Programmed Instruction and Collaborative Peer Tutoring in the Classroom: Applications in Teaching Java™. Computers in Human Behavior, 2008, 24(2), 576-614

Emurian, H.H., & Brady, J.V. Behavioral Health Management of Space Dwelling Groups: Safe Passage Beyond Earth Orbit. The Behavior Analyst Today, 2007, 8(2), 113-135.

Emurian, H.H. E-Commerce in China: A Personal Perspective. (Editorial), Information Resources Management Journal, 2006, 19(1), i-iii.

Emurian, H.H. Assessing the Effectiveness of Programmed Instruction
and Collaborative Peer Tutoring in Teaching Java™. International Journal of Information & Communication Technology Education, 2006, 2(2), 1-15

Emurian, H.H. Web-Based Programmed Instruction: Evidence of Rule-Governed Behavior, Computers in Human Behavior, 2005, 21(6), 893-915.

Wang, Y.D., & Emurian, H.H. An Overview of Online Trust: Concepts, Elements, and Implications. Computers in Human Behavior, 2005, 21(1), 105-125.

Emurian, H.H. A Programmed Instruction Tutoring System for Java™: Consideration of Learning Performance and Software Self-Efficacy, Computers in Human Behavior, 2004, 20(3), 423-459.

Emurian, H.H., Wang, J., & Durham, A.G. Analysis of learner performance on a tutoring system for Java. In McGill, T. (Ed.), Current Issues in IT Education (pp. 46-76). Hershey, PA: IRM Press, 2003.

Emurian, H.H. The consequences of e-Learning (Editorial), Information Resources Management Journal, 2001, Apr-Jun, 3-5.

Durham, A.G., & Emurian, H.H. Learning and retention with a menu and a command line interface. Computers in Human Behavior, 14, 1998, 597-620.

AdaptNet: An empirical approach to adaptive interface design, (with A.G. Durham and S. Wu), Proceedings of the Ninth International Symposium on Artificial Intelligence, 1996, 449-454.

Effects of angle of approach on cursor movement time with a mouse: Consideration of Fitts' law (with T. G. Whisenand), Computers in Human Behavior, 1996, 12, 381-395.

Effects of format complexity on user performance and facial electromyographic activity: II, Computers in Human Behavior, 1994, 10, 281-297. 

Cardiovascular and electromyograph effects of low and high density work on an interactive information system, Computers in Human Behavior, 1993, 9, 353-370.  

Programmed environment management of confined microsocieties. Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine, 1988, 59(10), 976-980. 

Positive and negative reinforcement effects on behavior in a three-person programmed environment. (with Emurian, C.S., & Brady, J.V.). Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 1985, 44, 157-174. 

Small groups in programmed environments: Behavioral and biological interactions (with J.V. Brady). The Pavlovian Journal of Biological Sciences, 1983, 18, 199-210.  

Experimental analysis of team performance (with J.V. Brady, P.I. Mougey, & J. Meyerhoff), Naval Research Reviews, 1984, 1, 3-19. 

 
 

GRAPHICS: circa 1975

A multiple task performance battery presented on a CRT. JSAS Catelog of Selected Documents in Psychology, 1979.

This is my favorite technical piece for historical reasons. I wrote the code for the Alluisi Multiple Task Performance Battery in PDP-8 assembly. That's how I became hooked on computers. Goodbye psychology! CLA CLL! 7300!