[UWAB] Spring jobs & PhD program in Technology & Social Behavior at Northwestern

[Biggers, Maureen Short]

See below for an interesting new interdisciplinary PhD program!  If that
kind of thing appeals to you, you can do something related right here as
an undergrad. I have openings in my lab for research assistants for
spring semester.  These are paid positions and we use social science
research methodologies to look at various aspects of diversity in
computing. Let me know if you are interested. 

Happy Holidays to all!

Maureen Biggers
 




Join the Northwestern University PhD program in Technology and Social
Behavior!

The Graduate School at Northwestern University is seeking exceptional
applicants to join the Ph.D.
program in Technology and Social Behavior (TSB) in the Fall of 2008.

TSB is a joint Ph.D. program in Communication and Computer Science that
draws on Northwestern's strong
support for interdisciplinary study, benefits from talented faculty who
contribute to a tradition of
collaboration, and attracts unique students who are eager for academic
experiences that cross
traditional departmental boundaries. The combined degree benefits
students by providing training in
social science methods to study human behavior, experience designing and
implementing new technologies,
practice incorporating the results of empirical research into these
technologies, and preparation for
the widest range of academic and industrial jobs. We recruit students
from a variety of backgrounds and
provide rigorous training in humanities, social sciences, computer
science, and human-computer
interaction methodologies.

The core faculty in the TSB program come from the department of
Electrical Engineering and Computer
Science (EECS) in the McCormick School of Engineering, and from the
Media, Technology & Society (MTS)
Program in the School of Communication. Noshir Contractor and Paul
Leonardi have recently joined our
active faculty that includes Larry Birnbaum, Justine Cassell, Ken
Forbus, Darren Gergle, Eszter
Hargittai, Ian Horswill, Don Norman, Bryan Pardo and a number of other
faculty from affiliated
departments.

Faculty and students are currently addressing a broad range of topics
including:
 *  The digital divide from sociological, policy, and engineering
perspectives
 *  Interactive technologies for children with special needs
 *  Trust development in computer-mediated communication environments
 *  The structure and function of social networks in knowledge
dissemination
 *  Psychology of virtual humans
 *  A role for virtual peers in literacy development
 *  Self-generating music videos
 *  Language and behavior in on-line communities.
 *  Teens on-line
For more details on the program, faculty, and admissions requirements
see: http://tsb.northwestern.edu/

The deadline for admissions materials is:  December 31st, 5pm CST


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