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Usability educator
Deborah J. Mayhew
CitizenshipAmerican
Alma materBrown University (BA)
University of Denver (MA)
Tufts University (PhD)
Known forUsability engineering
Scientific career
FieldsUsability engineering
Human–computer interaction
Thesis Syllogistic Reasoning  (1981)

Deborah J. Mayhew is an American educator and consultant in the field of software usability, usability engineering, and human–computer interaction. She participated in the founding of SIGCHI and was a volunteer organizer at the first CHI conference in 1983.

Work

Mayhew has published multiple books on usability, including The Usability Engineering Lifecycle. In 1994, Mayhew co-edited Cost-justifying Usability with Randolph Bias, which was included on professor Gerald J. Alred's list of "essential works" on documentation and usability and described as "famous" by SIGCHI.

In 2023, Mayhew received SIGCHI's Lifetime Practice Award.

References

  1. Tufts University 125th Commencement Exercises (PDF), May 31, 1981
  2. "Experience – Deborah J. Mayhew, PhD". Retrieved February 21, 2023.
  3. ^ Kumar, Neha (February 14, 2023). "SIGCHI AWARDS 2023". Archived from the original on February 14, 2023. Retrieved February 14, 2023.
  4. "Deborah J. Mayhew | Internationally recognized consultant, author, and teacher". Udemy. Retrieved February 21, 2023.
  5. Tomlin, Craig (July 1, 2009). "Interview with Dr. Deborah J. Mayhew | Useful Usability". Useful Usability. Archived from the original on October 9, 2019. Retrieved February 26, 2023.
  6. Cohen, Maxine S. (November 1, 2000). "Book reviews". Behaviour and Information Technology. 19 (6): 465–467. doi:10.1080/014492900750052714.
  7. Wixon, Dennis (April 1, 1995). "Book Review: Cost Justifying Usability: Edited by Randolph G. Bias and Deborah J. Mayhew". ACM SIGCHI Bulletin. 27 (2): 94–97. doi:10.1145/202511.570126. ISSN 0736-6906. S2CID 9291110.
  8. Miller, Elisa Kaplan (2006). "Review of Cost-Justifying Usability: An Update for the Internet Age". Technical Communication. 53 (2): 246–247. ISSN 0049-3155. JSTOR 43090729.
  9. Alred, Gerald J. (2003). "Essential Works on Technical Communication". Technical Communication. 50 (4): 585–616. ISSN 0049-3155. JSTOR 43095604.
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