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Gloria Mark
Chancellor’s Professor Emerita
University of California, Irvine
Gloria Mark is Chancellor’s Professor Emerita at UC Irvine and a pioneering researcher of how digital technology shapes the modern mind. For more than two decades, she has explored how our tools alter the way we think, focus, and feel. A Fulbright Scholar and member of the ACM SIGCHI Academy, she has authored over 200 papers illuminating the human side of technology. Her work has been featured on The New York Times Ezra Klein Show, CBS Sunday Morning, NPR, the BBC, The Guardian, The Times, Der Spiegel, and in many other media. Her award-winning book, Attention Span, named the #1 Best Business and Management Book of 2023 by Canada’s national newspaper, The Globe and Mail, and a Next Big Idea Book Club season selection, explores how our attention has become the defining challenge of the digital age. Through her research and her Substack, The Future of Attention, she envisions a more intentional digital future where technology supports our creativity, helps us reclaim focus and meaning, and deepens our shared humanity.