Hello CITAMS! I’m writing to share the PhD student recruitment announcement from UMD’s iSchool. We want your aspiring scholars. Selfishly, I also want to note that the iSchool has a growing specialization in sociotechnical research, with myself, Wayne Lutters, Katie Shilton, and Jessica Vitak all in search of graduate students interested in the ‘social studies of technology’ topics listed below. Our methods range from ethnography to design to surveys, and we collaborate with colleagues at UMD and elsewhere in HCI, communication, sociology, law, and more. We’re happy to talk more about our work and life in the iSchool, so don’t hesitate to reach out. Cheers, Dan The iSchool at the University of Maryland, College Park seeks PhD students We’re seeking PhD students who have hard, unanswered questions about information problems. UMD iSchool faculty and PhD students work side-by-side to conduct research into pressing information issues. Our top-tier PhD program facilitates cutting-edge discoveries and trains new generations of information studies scholars to continue this research worldwide. We guarantee funding for all admitted full-time students. We also encourage part-time students working in areas that complement their doctoral research. More info here <https://ischool.umd.edu/phd>. And apply here. <https://app.applyyourself.com/AYApplicantLogin/fl_ApplicantConnectLogin.asp?id=umdgrad> Research areas of particular interest include: Accessible Design: Web accessibility Accessible information architecture Universal design Design for blind users and visual impairments Design for users with down syndrome Design for users with autism Machine learning ethics and bias for people with disability Intelligent assistive technologies Human-Computer Interaction HCI & AI Personalization Explainable AI Creativity Design cognition Innovation Creative cognition Privacy and Cybersecurity Usable privacy and security Internet of Things Privacy and trust Surveillance Information Policy: Information and human rights Information policy and law Social Studies of Technology: Computer-supported cooperative work Sociotechnical systems e-Science Infrastructure Social computing Technology ethics, values in design Data ethics and critical data studies Future of work Technology, inequality, and marginalization (especially race, class, and gender) Social justice Collections and Memory: Archives and human rights Collective memory of trauma Social justice and immigrant communities Computational archival science Digital heritage Youth Youth learning and digital practices Learning in libraries Applied Machine Learning: Smart cities Human mobility Disaster analytics Big data Health Informatics: Consumer health information behavior Health-related information seeking Health justice Health disparities Health literacy Personal informatics ---- Daniel Greene dmgreene.net