Stephen Bitgood

I study visitors in exhibition centers. Founder of Visitor Studies Association and the Visitor Studies Conference. Proposed the attention-value model of visitors.

Ph.D. and Master's degree from University of Iowa, B. S. from University of Massachussetts. Post-doc at McMaster University in Ontario.

Recent publications include:

- Bitgoood, S. (2011). Social Design in Museums: The Psychology of Visitor Studies published by MuseumsEtc, Edinburgh, UK

- Bitgood, S. (2010). An attention-value model of museum visitors. The Center for the Advancement of Informal Science Education. http://caise.insci.org/uploads/docs/VSA_Bitgood.pdf-

- Bitgood, S. (2009a). When is “museum fatigue” not fatigue? Curator, 52(2), 193-202.

- Bitgood, S. (2009b). “Museum fatigue:” A new look at an old problem. Informal Learning Review, July-Aug,

- Bitgood, S. (2009c). Museum fatigue: A critical review. Visitor Studies, 12(2), 93-111.

- Bitgood, S.(2006). An analysis of visitor circulation: Movement patterns and the general value principle. Curator, 49(4), 463-475.

- Bitgood, S. (2002). Environmental psychology in museums, zoos, and other exhibition centers. In R. Bechtel & A. Churchman (eds.), Handbook of Environmental Psychology. John Wiley & Sons. Pp. 461-480.