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From designing creative learning experiences for families to combating information overload, our faculty-led labs are hubs for innovative, cross-disciplinary research. Together, our faculty and students are undertaking projects meant to move the field of information science forward toward a more equitable, inclusive and ethical future for all.
Targeted Recruitment
Members of our faculty sometimes seek PhD prospective students with an interest in specific funded projects. Though applicants with any research interest are encouraged, here are some targeted recruitment calls:
- Robin Burke is seeking students with research interests at the intersection of algorithmic fairness and recommender systems/personalization. Interest in computational social choice would be plus.
- Laura Devendorf is seeking a PhD student who is interested in building design software tools in close collaboration with artists and engineers to join the Unstable Design Lab. This PhD project is funded by a National Science Foundation CAREER grant entitled "Developing Next-Generation Rapid Prototyping Tools to Catalyze Innovation in Smart Textiles." Much of the work in the Unstable Design Lab explores smart textiles as a context within which to explore equity in innovation, particularly between people who identify as craftspeople or technologists. Students in the lab are artists and technologies and produce open-source software tools as well as publications and artworks that take a critical perspective on design and design futures. For more information, please see our lab website.
- Casey Fiesler is seeking students interested broadly in technology ethics and/or online communities, including ethics education in computing, data privacy and ethics, and online support for marginalized and vulnerable groups.
- Bryan Semaan is seeking students interested broadly in the intersection between resilience, marginalized identities, and technology. He is seeking students who wish to draw on critical race, feminist, and postcolonial perspectives to advance explorations of how people with marginalized racial and ethnic identities are working to appropriate and create sociotechnical systems for their own uses, how existing sociotechnical systems are exacerbating or creating new sources of marginalization, and how we can work to create more just, equitable, and fair technology. Students could explore these phenomena in myriad contexts or by looking at diverse populations, such as through explorations of algorithmic systems like TikTok, moderated online community spaces like Reddit and Twitch, people's experiences undergoing transitions, and more. For more information, please see our lab website.
- Amy Voida is seeking students interested in conducting empirical or design research about the role of information and communication technologies in supporting nonprofit or other philanthropic work.
Targeted Recruitment
Members of our faculty sometimes seek PhD prospective students with an interest in specific funded projects. Though applicants with any research interest are encouraged, here are some targeted recruitment calls:
- Robin Burke is seeking students with research interests at the intersection of algorithmic fairness and recommender systems/personalization. Interest in computational social choice would be plus.
- Laura Devendorf is seeking a PhD student who is interested in building design software tools in close collaboration with artists and engineers to join the Unstable Design Lab. This PhD project is funded by a National Science Foundation CAREER grant entitled "Developing Next-Generation Rapid Prototyping Tools to Catalyze Innovation in Smart Textiles." Much of the work in the Unstable Design Lab explores smart textiles as a context within which to explore equity in innovation, particularly between people who identify as craftspeople or technologists. Students in the lab are artists and technologies and produce open-source software tools as well as publications and artworks that take a critical perspective on design and design futures. For more information, please see our lab website.
- Casey Fiesler is seeking students interested broadly in technology ethics and/or online communities, including ethics education in computing, data privacy and ethics, and online support for marginalized and vulnerable groups.
- Bryan Semaan is seeking students interested broadly in the intersection between resilience, marginalized identities, and technology. He is seeking students who wish to draw on critical race, feminist, and postcolonial perspectives to advance explorations of how people with marginalized racial and ethnic identities are working to appropriate and create sociotechnical systems for their own uses, how existing sociotechnical systems are exacerbating or creating new sources of marginalization, and how we can work to create more just, equitable, and fair technology. Students could explore these phenomena in myriad contexts or by looking at diverse populations, such as through explorations of algorithmic systems like TikTok, moderated online community spaces like Reddit and Twitch, people's experiences undergoing transitions, and more. For more information, please see our lab website.
- Amy Voida is seeking students interested in conducting empirical or design research about the role of information and communication technologies in supporting nonprofit or other philanthropic work.