When it comes to human vs. human-AI hybrid in answering knowledge demanding questions, who has the edge? This was the question iSchool PhD student Zihan Gao and Professor Jiepu Jiang asked in their research involving …
Year: 2021
PhD Student Profile: Yinka Ajibola
Get to know the iSchool’s ten new PhD students! They will be featured throughout the Fall 2021 semester. Yinka Ajibola Areas of Interest: Information Communication Technology & Development (ICT4D); Artificial Intelligence for Development (AI4D); Misinformation/Disinformation …
PhD Student Profile: Ellie (Eunmi) Jeong
Get to know the iSchool’s ten new PhD students! They will be featured throughout the Fall 2021 semester. Ellie (Eunmi) Jeong Areas of Interest: Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Interactive Information Systems, User-Centered Design, Value Sensitive Design, …
PhD Student Profile: Jacquie Kociubuk
Get to know the iSchool’s ten new PhD students! They will be featured throughout the Fall 2021 semester. Jacquie Kociubuk Research areas: children’s informal learning environments, playful learning, public library outreach, and social justice Advisor: …
Dr. Chaoqun Ni awarded grant to study faculty mobility at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs)
Assistant professor Chaoqun Ni is part of a new, multi-institutional National Science Foundation grant that will study the mobility and retention of faculty at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). “We hope that the research …
New Faculty Profile: Adam Rule
Assistant Professor Adam Rule’s human-computer interaction research strives to make it possible for everyone, not just data scientists, to tell compelling stories with data. We asked him to share his background and describe why he …
Practicum Experience: Kristen Huset
All iSchool students in the MA program complete a 120-hour practicum experience in a professional setting. We interviewed students in the summer session to learn more about their work. Kristen Huset is working on a …
Practicum Experience: Virginia Papke
All iSchool students in the MA program complete a 120-hour practicum experience in a professional setting. We interviewed students in the summer session to learn more about their work. This summer, iSchool student Virginia Papke …
Alumni Profile: Katelyn Martens-Rodriguez infuses social justice into work as a children’s librarian
Katelyn Martens-Rodriguez (MA’14) came to the iSchool to become a school librarian. With a degree in elementary education and a teaching license in Minnesota, it made sense. However, after working briefly at a public school …
Dr. Gerald “Jerry” Ham (1930-2021)
Dr. Gerald “Jerry” Ham, who was instrumental in establishing the archives program in the 1960s, passed away in June. Originally hired by the Wisconsin Historical Society as the state archivist, his arrival in Madison coincided …