Bio
Jon Ericson uses emerging technologies to study human-computer interaction (HCI) and experience design (XD). As a design leader and consultant, his work has earned a mention in Forbes, driven investments, supported a successful startup acquisition, and garnered industry awards. Jon teaches in Bentley’s M.S. in Human Factors in Information Design (HFID) and Information Design & Corporate Communication (IDCC) programs. He regularly serves as an invited reviewer for journals and conferences in multiple fields, and he is currently a member of the editorial board of the Journal of User Experience and Frontiers in Psychology: Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology. Jon's research has been supported by Brown University's Brain Science Program and the NASA RI Space Grant. His interdisciplinary publications span several fields including healthcare communication, spatial cognition, data visualization, and environmental design. Jon's current research interests are at the intersection of depth psychology and technology, 4E cognition, experience design (XD), and complex systems theory.
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Professional Memberships
Association of Computing Machinery: SIGSPATIAL 2017 - PresentAssociation of Computing Machinery: Special Interest Group for Design of Communication 2017 - PresentAssociation of Computing Machinery: Special Interest Group on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques 2017 - PresentAssociation of Computing Machinery: Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction 2017 - PresentBoston Computer-Human Interaction 2017 - PresentUser Experience Professionals Association, Boston Chapter 2017 - PresentAmerican Institute of Graphic Arts 2016 - PresentAssociation of Computing Machinery 2013 - PresentInteraction Design Association 2012 - PresentHuman Factors & Ergonomics Society 2011 - PresentSpatial Intelligence Learning Center Spatial Network 2010 - PresentVision Sciences Society 2009 - 2014Environmental Design Research Association 2011 - 2012Awards and Honors
2013, GIS S4 Fellowship, Brown University2013, Professor Lorrin A. Riggs Graduate Student Fellowship, Brown University2010, NASA Rhode Island Space Grant, Brown University2008, Brain Science Program Graduate Fellowship, Brown University2007, First Year Fellowship, Brown University2004, New England Scholar, University of Connecticut2002, Achievement Scholarship, University of ConnecticutPublications
Journal Articles
Sanders, J. J., Hartigan, D. B., Ericson, J. D., Tarbi, E., Rizzo, D., Gramling, R., van Vliet, L. (2023). Methodological innovations to strengthen evidence-based serious illness communication. Patient Education and Counseling, (114) 107790. (Link)Cranmer, A., Broughel, A., Ericson, J. D., Goldberg, M., Dharni, K. (2023). Getting to 30 GW by 2030: Visual preferences of coastal residents for offshore wind farms on the US East Coast. Energy Policy, (173) 113366. (Link)Ericson, J. D., Albert, W. S. (2022). Evidence for shifting cognitive strategies when icons appear in unexpected locations. Human Factors. 1-13. (Link)Cranmer, A., Ericson, J. D., Broughel, A., Dharni, K. (2022). Immersion matters: The medium is the message for wind energy. Journal of Cleaner Production, (378) 134498. (Link)Ericson, J. D. (2022). Reimagining the Role of Friction in Experience Design. Journal of User Experience, (17) 4 131-139. (Link)Ericson, J. D., Albert, W. S., Bernard, B. P., Brown, E. (2022). End-User License Agreements (EULAs): Investigating the impact of human-centered design on perceived usability, attitudes, and anticipated behavior. Information Design Journal, (26) 3 1-19. (Link)Stosic, M. D., Duane, J., Durieux, B., Sando, M., Robicheaux, E., Podolski, M., Sanders, J. J., Ericson, J. D., Hartigan, D. B. (2022). Patient preference for telehealth background shapes impressions of physicians and information recall: a randomized experiment. Telemedicine and e-Health, (28) 10 (Link)Ericson, J. D., Albert, W., Duane, J. (2022). Political affiliation moderates subjective interpretations of COVID-19 graphs. Big Data & Society. 1-16. (Link)Duane, J., Hartigan, D. B., Sanders, J. J., Caponigro, E., Robicheaux, E., Bernard, B., Podolski, M., Ericson, J. D. (2021). Environmental Considerations for Effective Telehealth Encounters: A Narrative Review and Implications for Best Practice. Telemedicine and e-Health. (Link)Hollander, J. B., Ericson, J. D., Wadley, D. (2021). Guest editorial for special issue, ASR. Architectural Science Review, (64) 4 317-318. (Link)Sanders, J. J., Capponigro, E., Ericson, J. D., Dubey, M., Duane, J., Orr, S., Pirl, W., Tulsky, J., Hartigan, D. B. (2021). Virtual Environments to Study Emotional Responses to Clinical Communication: A scoping review. Patient Education and Counseling. (Link)Ericson, J. D. (2021). Mapping the Relationship Between Critical Thinking and Design Thinking. Journal of the Knowledge Economy, (13) 1 1-24. (Link)Ericson, J. D., Albert, W. S., Bernard, B. P. (2021). Investigating the relationship between web object characteristics and cognitive conflict using mouse-tracking. International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction, (37) 2 99-117. (Link)Cranmer, A., Ericson, J. D., Ebers Broughel, A., Bernard, B., Robicheaux, E., Podolski, M. (2020). Worth a thousand words: Presenting wind turbines in virtual reality reveals new opportunities for social acceptance and visualization research. Energy Research & Social Science, (67) 101507. (Link)Ericson, J. D., Warren, W. H. (2020). Probing the Invariant Structure of Spatial Knowledge: Support for the cognitive graph hypothesis. Cognition, (104276) 1-20. (Link)Ericson, J. D., Chrastil, E. R., Warren, W. H. (2020). Space Syntax Visibility Graph Analysis is not robust to changes in spatial and temporal resolution. Environment & Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science, (48) 6 1-17. (Link)Warren, W. H., Rothman, D. B., Schnapp, B. H., Ericson, J. D. (2017). Wormholes in virtual space: From cognitive maps to cognitive graphs. Cognition, (166) 152-163. (Link)
Conference Proceedings
Duane, J.Stosic, M.Ericson, J. D.Durieux, B.Sanders, J.Robicheaux, E.Hartigan, D. B. (2022). The Virtual Doctor Is In: The Effect of Telehealth Visits on Patient Experience Proceedings of the 55th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS 2022), (Health Behavior Change Support Systems (HBCSS)) 3845-3851. (Link)Strater, L.Clamann, M.Kaber, D.Meglan, D.Procci, K.Bowers, C.Andrews, A.Ericson, J. D.Warren, W.Balakrishnan, B.Kallisteris, L. (2012). Me and my VE Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 56th Annual Meeting, (56) 1 2512-2516.
Presentations
Cranmer, A., Broughel, A., Ericson, J. D. (2022). “Getting to 30 GW by 2030: Visual preferences of coastal residents for offshore wind farms” Presented at the Institute for Economy and the Environment (IWÖ-HSG) 12th St. Gallen Forum for Management of Renewable Energies (REMforum) St. Gallen, Switzerland Ericson, J. D., Cranmer, A., Broughel, A. (2021). “Using virtual reality and visual discrete choice tasks to examine public attitudes toward offshore wind energy projects” Presented at theBehavior, Energy & Climate Change (BECC) Online Ericson, J. D., Stosic, M., Hartigan, D. B., , J. J., Sando, M., Durieux, B., Duane, J. E., Robicheaux, E. (2021). “What’s in the Frame: Telehealth backgrounds shape patient experience and information recall” Presented at the Academy of Communication in Healthcare International Conference on Communication in Healthcare (ICCH) Online Duane, J. E., Ericson, J. D., Hartigan, D. B., Sanders, J. J., Durieux, B., Caponigro, E., Robicheaux, E., Podolski, M., Sando, M., Bernard, B., Stosic, M. (2021). “Examining Patients' Perceptions of Telehealth Visits” Presented at the Bentley University Annual Research Showcase Bentley University Duane, J., Ericson, J. D., Hartigan, D. B., Sanders, J., Podolski, M., Sando, M., Yen, B., Stosic, M. (2021). “Examining Patients’ Perceptions of Telehealth Visits” Presented at the Environmental Design Research Association (EDRA) Just Environments (EDRA '52) Detroit, MI Ericson, J. D., Albert, W., Duane, J. (2021). “Do You See What I See? Examining the relationship between political attitudes and the perception of COVID-19 data visualizations” Presented at the Bentley University; Bryant University; Tufts University; UMass Lowell Analytics Without Borders 2021 Waltham, MA Ericson, J. D., Albert, W., Duane, J. (2021). “Examining subjective and perceptual evaluations of COVID-19 data visualizations” Presented at the Bentley University Confronting the Pandemic with Research: Bentley University’s Contribution Waltham, MA Duane, J., Hartigan, D. B., Sanders, J. J., Caponigro, E., Robicheaux, E., Bernard, B., Podolski, M., Ericson, J. D. (2021). “The role of environmental factors in Telehealth encounters” Presented at the Bentley University Confronting the Pandemic with Research: Bentley University’s Contribution Waltham, MA Ericson, J. D. (2020). “Minds in Motion: Using positional data to study human behavior and cognition” Presented at the Tufts University Analytics Without Borders 2020 Boston, MA Ericson, J. D. (2019). “The Joy of Friction” Presented at the User Experience Professionals Association (UXPA) UXPA Boston 2019 Boston, MA Ericson, J. D., Chrastil, E. R., Warren, W. H. (2018). “Evaluating a space syntax measure at high resolution” Presented at the Environmental Design Research Association (EDRA) EDRA 2018 Oklahoma City, OK Ericson, J. D. (2017). “The Extended Workplace: Virtual and augmented reality systems” Presented at the Bentley University Research Colloquium on “The Future of Work” Waltham, MA Ericson, J. D. (2017). “Lost in Space: Navigating virtual and architectural environments.” Presented at the MIT Lincoln Labs Virtual and Augmented Reality Seminar Series Lexington, MA Ericson, J. D. (2017). “Evaluating Space Syntax Measures at High Spatial Resolution” Presented at the Bentley University 5th Annual Research Showcase Waltham, MA Ericson, J. D. (2017). “The UX of Virtual Reality: A practical guide to immersive experience design” Presented at the Boston User Experience Professionals Association (UXPA) UXPA Boston 2017 Boston, MA Ericson, J. D. (2017). “The Geometry of Cognitive Maps” Presented at the Bentley University 4th Annual Research Showcase Waltham, MA Ericson, J. D., Warren, W. H. (2014). “The Structure of Spatial Knowledge: Do humans learn the geometry, topology, or stable properties of the environment?” Presented at theVision Sciences Society Annual Meeting St. Petersburg Beach, FL Ericson, J. D., Warren, W. H. (2012). “The Influence of Cast Shadows on Learning a non-Euclidean Virtual Hedge Maze Environment” Presented at theAnnual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society Minneapolis, MN Ericson, J. D., Warren, W. H. (2012). “The Escher Museum” Presented at theDemo presented at the Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES) Boston, MA Ericson, J. D., Warren, W. H. (2012). “The influence of cast shadows on learning a non-Euclidean virtual hedge maze environment” Presented at theVision Sciences Society Annual Meeting Naples, FL Ericson, J. D. (2011). “Integrating cognitive, artificial intelligence, and architectural approaches to spatial mapping” Presented at theEnvironmental Design & Research Association (EDRA) Annual Meeting Chicago, IL Ericson, J. D., Warren, W. H. (2010). “The influence of external landmarks on learning a non-Euclidean wormhole environment” Presented at theSpatial Cognition Mt. Hood, OR Ericson, J. D. (2010). “The influence of external landmarks, the sun, and cast shadows on learning a wormhole environment” Presented at theVision Sciences Society Annual Meeting Naples, FL Ericson, J. D., Warren, W. H. (2009). “Ordinal violations in human spatial knowledge for navigation” Presented at theAnnual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society Boston, MA Ericson, J. D., Warren, W. H. (2009). ““Rips” and “Folds” in virtual space: Ordinal violations in human spatial knowledge” Presented at theVision Sciences Society Annual Meeting Naples, FL Ericson, J. D., Warren, W. H. (2008). “Rips and folds in virtual space: Reliance on graph structure during navigation” Presented at theAnnual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society Chicago, IL Artistic and Professional Performances and Exhibits
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Department Service
Committee Member for Departmental Search Committee (Tenure-Track) 2022 - PresentCommittee Member for Departmental Search Committee (Lecturer) 2022 - 2023Committee Member for Search Committee (Executive Director, User Experience Center) 2021 - 2022IDCC Dept. Representative for Admitted Student Day - 2021IDCC Dept. Representative for Admitted Student Day - 2020HFID Program Representative for Graduate Preview Day - 2020Committee Member for Faculty Search Committee - 2019Committee Member for Faculty Search Committee 2017 - 2019IDCC Dept. Representative for Fall Open House - 2019IDCC Dept. Representative for Admitted Student Day - 2019Committee Member for MSHFID Thesis Committee 2017 - 2018IDCC Dept. Representative for Admitted Student Day - 2018IDCC Dept. Representative for Fall Open House - 2017IDCC Dept. Representative for Admitted Student Day - 2017University Service
Committee Member for Institutional Review Board 2022 - PresentCommittee Member for Health Ecosystem Working Group 2022 - PresentCommittee Member for Health Thought Leadership Network (TLN) Executive Committee 2021 - PresentCommittee Member for Academic Standards Committee 2018 - PresentParticipant for Bentley University - 2022Participant for Bentley's Strategic Positioning Process Engagement Session - 2022Panelist for Discover Bentley Faculty Panel - 2019Participant for Bentley University's Strategic Planning - 2019Participant for Brand Focus Group Workshop - 2019HFID Program Representative for Graduate Student Reception - 2019Committee Member for Dean of Business Search Committee 2018 - 2019Participant for Bentley University's Strategic Planning - 2018Mentor (Faculty) for GA Conversation Partner's Program 2017 - 2018Graduate Student Liaison for Sheridan Center, Brown University 2009 - 2010Graduate Student Liaison for Brown University 2008 - 2009Dept. Representative for Graduate Student Council, Brown University 2008 - 2009Professional Service
Editorial Review Board Member for Frontiers in Psychology: Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology 2023 - PresentReviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer for Psychological Research 2023 - PresentEditorial Review Board Member for Journal of User Experience 2022 - PresentReviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer for Information Design Journal 2020 - 2023Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer for Journal of the Knowledge Economy 2021 - 2023Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer for Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory & Cognition 2022 - 2022Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer for Telemedicine and e-Health 2022 - 2022Editorial Review Board Member for Journal of Usability Studies 2017 - 2022Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer for Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science 2021 - 2021Reviewer, Conference Paper for ACM CHI 2022 2021 - 2021Reviewer, Conference Paper for New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME) 2018 - 2021Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer for Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications 2021 - 2021Editor (Associate), Journal for Architectural Science Review 2019 - 2021ESL Editorial Assistant for New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME) 2021 - 2021Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer for European Spatial Research and Policy - 2020Reviewer, Journal Article for Sustainability - 2019Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer for Journal of Physiotheraphy Theory & Practice 2017 - 2019Reviewer, Journal Article for Interacting With Computers - 2018Reviewer, Conference Paper for International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS) - 2018Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer for Environmental Design Research Association (EDRA) - 2017Invited Lecture/Presentation for Real Industry - 2016Reviewer, Journal Article for Environment & Behavior 2013 - 2013
