Andrew Dillon

Andrew Dillon is the V.M. Daniel Regents Professor at the University of Texas at Austin School of Information. His background is in psychology, with an emphasis on how humans interact with technology. Dillon is the recipient of the 2023 Award of Merit from the Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T).

Academic career Dillon completed Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts degrees in Psychology from University College Cork in Ireland, then went on to earn his Ph.D. at Department of Human Sciences at Loughborough University in the UK.

Area of study Dillon brought his psychology background into the field of information science by studying how humans access and interpret data using technology, which has a variety of applications in the modern data-driven world.

Awards 2006: Rudolph J. Joenk, Jr. Award for the IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication in 2006 Ayon, V. and Dillon, A. (2021) Assistive Technology in Education: Conceptions of a Socio-technical Design Challenge. International Journal of Information Diversity and Inclusion, 5,3, 174-184 Dillon, A. (2023) Understanding Users: Designing Experience through Layers of Meaning. New York: Routledge. Schloss, I. and Dillon, A. (2024) Shaping the Future of Therapy: A Call for the Involvement of Information Scholars in Designing Digital Tools for Mental Health. Canadian Association for Information Science Annual Conference, CAIS 2024, July. Suzuki, T., Dillon, A. and Fleischman, K. (2024) Exploring the Intersection of Digital Placemaking and Information Science in Smart Cities, Canadian Association for Information Science Annual Conference, CAIS 2024, July. Winner of Best Student Author paper.