About

Dr. Stephen C. Hirtle is Professor and SIS Council Chair in School of Information Sciences at the University of Pittsburgh, with joint appointments in the Department of Psychology and Intelligent Systems Program. He directs the Spatial Information Research Group at the University of Pittsburgh, which conducts research on the structure of cognitive maps, navigation in hypertext, and models for spatial cognition.

Current Teaching IS 2300: Human Information Processing Spring 2008 (2084) IS 2460: Spatial Reasoning for GIS Spring 2008 (2084)

Contact Information

School of Information Sciences 135 N. Bellefield Ave 2B01 IS Bldg University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh PA 15260

hirtle -at- pitt.edu Voice: 412-624-9434 Fax: 412-624-5231 www.pitt.edu/~hirtle LinkedIn Facebook

Secretary: Mary Stewart 412-624-9402 School: 412-624-5230

Recent Publications

Hirtle, S. C. & Sorrows, M. E. (2007). Navigation in electronic environments. In G. Allen (Ed.), Applied Spatial Cognition: From Research to Cognitive Technology (pp. 103-126). Mahwah NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. ...more

Upcoming Conferences

• i-Conference 2008: i-Futures: Systems, Selves, Society, Feb 28 - March 1 – UCLA
• Hypertext 2008, June 19-21, 2008 – Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• Geographic Information Systems for Behavioral Research, (APA Advanced Training Institute), July 16-18, 2008 – University of California, Santa Barbara