University of Michigan School of Information
UMSI PhDs on the job market
These PhD students will be on the job market in 2022-2023.
Vaishnav Kameswaran
Dissertation title: Understanding the Software Update Experiences of People with Visual Impairments in India
Fields of interest: Human-Computer Interaction; Accessibility; ICTD
Harman Kaur
Dissertation title: Leveraging Human Cognition for AI Interaction
Fields of interest: Human-AI Interaction; Cognitive Science; Machine Learning; Data Science
Christopher Quarles
Dissertation title: How Inequality Becomes Intractable - And Why Simple Explanations Can Make It Worse
Fields of interest: Inequality; Democracy; Social Media; Social Clustering; Complex Systems; Internet Policy
Zhewei Song
Dissertation title: Three essays on how social or product information increases efficiency
Fields of interest: Behavioral and Experimental Economics; Information Economics; Market Design; Game Theory
April Wang
Dissertation title: Designing Future Computational Notebooks for Collaboration and Learning
Fields of interest: Human Computer Interaction (HCI); Data Science, Analytics, and Visualization; Educational Technology and Learning Analytics
Qiaoning Zhang
Dissertation title: From the Head or the Heart? The Impact of Automated Vehicle Explanation on Cognitive and Affective Trust
Fields of interest: Human-Computer Interaction; Human-Centered Design; UX Research; Self-Driving Vehicles
These Post-Docs will be on the job market in 2022-2023.
Avery Everhart
Dissertation title: Incomplete Data & Insufficient Methods: Transgender Population Health Research in the US
Fields of interest: Geographic Information Systems; Demography; Medical Geography; Critical Data Studies; Transgender Studies; Health Informatics; Critical GIS; Public Health; Health & Human Rights; Science & Technology Studies
Inna Smirnova
Dissertation title: Essays on the organizational design of online communities
Fields of interest: Organization Theory & Design; Innovation & Technology; Strategy; Nonfinancial Incentives; Social Evaluation; Online Communities; Scientific Teams
Siqi Wu
Dissertation title: Measuring Collective Attention in Online Content: Sampling, Engagement, and Network Effects
Fields of interest: Computational Social Science; Social Media and Social Computing; Science, Technology, and Society