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Welcome to the Ph.D. News Webpage. This Webpage site contains items of interest to Ph.D. students at University of Texas at Austin. Announcement Dr. Davis has loaned a copy of the three-volume Sage Encyclopedia of Social Science Research Methods (2004) to the lab for our use. It not only provides excellent summaries of lots of issues and topics related to research methodology, but it provides reference sources under each topic to allow further exploration. Thank you, Dr. Davis. Current Week Events of General Interest to Ph.D.s Sources: There are dozens of events in the Austin area each week. You would be bored if I listed them all. However, there are links to 12 various calendars on the UT calendar Webpage that collectively cover many of them. Weekly, I select the events that I think might be of particular interest for School of Information Ph.D. students, based on input I have received from current and past Ph.D. students. If you would like particular events added, please let me know. Don Drumtra Monday, Sep 13, 12:15-13:30 PM, SZB 556, SAA Meeting. we will be having an SAA meeting on Monday in order to discuss our progress on Archives Week proposals. For additional information, please visit the SAA Website or contact Mary Ann Mardock, SAA Chapter President. Tuesday, Sep 14, 6:30 - 9 PM, ACES AVAYA Auditorium, Dean Bekken, Broadband in the Last Mile, ( ADSL 2, ADSL 2 +, VDSL, PON). Incumbent Local Exchange Carriers (ILEC's), who need to protect and expand services and revenues, are moving to a packet-based future. The competition that these ILEC's face is from the Cable Operators, who are already providing high-speed video and data services. In order to provide these same services, the ILEC's are moving their broadband infrastructure closer to the residential customers, deploying PON and xDSL technologies. The equipment market offers a host of broadband access technologies (including ADSL2+, VDSL, and VDSL2) from which to choose that operate over the ILEC's existing copper twisted pairs. Of course, multiple Fiber-to-the-Premise (FTTP) technologies are also available if fiber is to be extended all the way to the residence. These loop technologies will be investigated in this presentation from both a theoretical and a practical approach to determine the best approach in trying to deploy enhanced bandwidth customer services. Dean Bekken is a Senior Product Manager with ADTRAN Inc., a Huntsville, Alabama based telecommunications provider. Dean is working with both the ADTRAN DSLAM and FTTN product lines. He has over 15 years in the telecommunications industry. During his tenure, he has worked with numerous access technologies to include, DDS, ISDN, HDSLx, ADSL, Optical, and most recently ADSL2+ and VDSL. Additionally, he has worked with TDM, Frame Relay, ATM, and Ethernet based systems. During this time he has also worked with the numerous challenges involved in the mechanical aspects of system and OSP telecommunications design. ADTRAN, Inc. is one of the world's most successful telecom equipment suppliers, with a 16-year history of profitability and a portfolio of more than 1,300 solutions for use in the last mile of today's telecommunications networks. Widely deployed by both carriers and enterprises alike, ADTRAN solutions enable voice, data, video, and Internet communications across copper, fiber, and wireless network infrastructures. ADTRAN solutions are currently in use by every major domestic service provider and many international ones, as well as by thousands of public, private and government organizations worldwide. This lecture is sponsored by the IEEE CTS Chapter ComSoc / Signal Processing Societies who invite you to attend their Chapter's September Monthly Technical Evening Meeting but is open to both chapter members and non-members. Food and beverages will be served to attendees. If you plan to attend, please RSVP via email to Howard Headrick at hfrjr@swbell.net for planning purposes. For more information, please visit the IEEE Website or contact Howard Headrick. Wednesday, Sep 15, Change in Venue. 11:30 AM - 1 PM, Ruiz Branch Austin Public Library, ARMA, Dr. Susan Cisco and Bob Guz, Instant Messaging and Regulatory Compliance. Dr. Susan Cisco, CRM, FAI, and Bob Guz, CDIA, will discuss how instant messaging (IM) technology works and an approach for developing a practical, prudent, and consistent policy for managing IM that is responsive to regulatory requirements and an organization's corporate culture. Technology options for managing IM will be discussed, and participants will learn where their organizations may be at risk for security violations and regulatory non-compliance. Susan Cisco is a Project Manager with Iron Mountain's Consulting Services. She is a published author on records and information management and has educated graduate students, practitioners, and researchers on the subject. Dr. Cisco holds an M.L.S. and Ph.D. in Library and Information Science from The University of Texas at Austin. She is a member of ARMA International, and in 2000 was named as one of ARMA's Company of Fellow award winners. She is co-author of the book, Indexing Business Records: The Value Proposition. Bob Guz is a Consultant with Iron Mountain where he specializes in electronic records management. He has over 13 years of technical project management experience and is a Certified Document Imaging Architect (CDIA). His consulting and project management experiences include imaging and document management software development projects; electronic records management program development; automated systems assessment, selection, and implementation; and development of records management programs, retention schedules and program policies and procedures. The meeting is in the Ruiz Branch of the Austin Public Library at 1600 Grove in southeast Austin. This is south of Towne Lake, east of I-35 and north of Riverside. It is across from the Riverside Golf Course. Here is a Map. Austin Metro busses serving the location are routes Routes: 4 , 18 , 26 , 331, and 350 . First time guests, students, and ARMA members are free. Others are $5.00. for more information please visit the ARMA-Austin Website or contact Yvonne Spence, CRM, via email or phone, 974-2504. Thursday, Sep 16, SZB 556, 4:30 - 6 PM, Kilgarlin Center Forum, Rick Taylor, Report on a Preservation Survey and Needs Assessment for Duke University Film and Video Collection. Rick is a second year preservation administration student. For more information please visit the Preservation Conservation Studies Webpage or contact Ellen Cunningham-Kruppa, Director, The Kilgarlin Center for Preservation of the Cultural Record. Thursday, Sep 16, 7:30-9:30 PM, Terrytown United Meghidist Church, Simon Nieminksi, Organ Recital. London-born organist, Simon Nieminksi is presently organist at Edinburgh Cathedral in Edinburgh, Scotland. He is a well-regarded recitalist in Great Britain and makes regular visits to perform in the United States. He has recorded several CDs both in England and the U. S. which have been released on the Pro Organo label and have been well reviewed. His varied program will include works by J. S. Bach, Sir William Walton, Sir Ralph Vaughan Williams and a "Concert Fantasia on Scottish Airs" by Purcell James Mansfield. The recital is open to the public at no charge. For more information please contact Dr. Elaine Dykstra via email or phone 472-3111. Friday-Sunday, Sep 17-19, 11 AM - 10 PM, Zilker Park, Austin City Limits Music Festival. KUT is proud to be a sponsor again of the Austin City Limits Music Festival. Headliners include Sheryl Crow, Elvis Costello, Wilco, the Pixies, Ben Harper and over 120 more! Single day tickets are now on sale. For ticket and other information please cisit the festival Website. Friday, September 17, 2:45-4:45 PM, HRC 3.206 (Prothro Theater), Alan Friedman, Midsummer Night's Dream, Although Samuel Pepys called 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' 'insipid' and 'ridiculous', it is replete with the themes and threats of tragedy: harsh and unyielding law, paternal tyranny threatening death, a dangerous and chaotic natural world, fierce competition in love, even bestiality. It is also brilliantly constructed-with its two contrasting worlds, four plots and sets of characters, and a highly contrived, comic resolution. Like all of Shakespeare's plays, it is a contested site not only for critics but for directors, designers, and actors. It has been performed as a piece of fairy fluff, as an exploration of the dark unconscious, and everything in between. Alan Friedman is the Thaman Professor of English and has taught at UT since 1964. He created UT's Oxford Summer Program and its Shakespeare in Performance class and served as the coordinator of Actors from the London Stage at UT. He is primarily a modernist whose concerns have included Lawrence Durrell and William Faulkner, narrative theory, and death in the modernist period. His current work in progress combines an interest in modernism with performance: 'Party Pieces: Joyce, Beckett and Performance'. Admission is free. For further information please contact Marian Barber, HRC, British Studies. Late Addition. Saturday, Sep 19, 3-5 PM and 7-9 PM, Bates. Memorial Concert. The School of Music is sponsoring two memorial concerts celebrating the life of acclaimed Piano Faculty Chair Danielle Martin, who was killed by a student April 29. The concerts, which feature a wide variety of performers from the UT faculty and current and former students. For further information, please visit the Music Department Events Calendar, call the music events hotline, 471-5401, or contact the music department by phone, 471-0806.
Monday, Sep 20, 8 AM - 5 PM, Thompson Conference Center, Human Subjects Research in Social and Behavioral Sciences: A Paradigm Shift. Social and behavioral sciences research pose numerous ethical challenges for both the researcher and the institutional research review unit. Much of the literature on human subjects research has focused on biomedical research, with less attention given to the subtleties of interpretation of the Common Rule to such areas as program evaluation, oral history, journalism, ethnography and internet research. IRBs are being asked to apply current standards to areas that may require a paradigm shift. Towards that end, The University of Texas at Austin, examines these areas of national concern in order to achieve the highest standard of protection and care for all social and behavioral science research. This conference offers an opportunity to gain a Washington perspective regarding current issues and trends, as well as facilitate a discussion of future directions. This conference is Co-Sponsored by the University of Texas at Austin, the National Institutes of Health, and the Office of Human Research Protection. Student registration is $15.00. Register online by Monday, September 13. For agenda and more information, please visit the conference Website or contact: Elena Mota, Vice-President for Research, University of Texas at Austin, Office of Research Support & Compliance, PO Box 7426, Austin, Texas 78713, Maria, 471-8871, or Lorraine, 370-1660. Monday, Sep 20, 6-7 PM, SZB 468, Barbara Davidson, God and Satin in the Public School Library. Just wanted to let everyone know about a wonderful ALA/TLA event coming up in two weeks. Barbara Davidson, a 2004 ISchool graduate, will be giving a speech entitled God and Satan in the Public School Library: Book Challenges based on Religious Concerns. The talk is based on Mrs. Davidson's experience as a school librarian and on her research for a professional report/capstone project. Snacks will be provided! For more information please contact Kelly Loudenslager. Tuesday, Sep 21, 3:30 - 5 PM, SZB 468, iForum, Karen Pavelka, A step in the evolution of the conservation treatment of acetate negatives. our own Karen Pavelka will tell us of a conservation technique she has developed. For more information, please contact Dr. Randolph Bias, Chair, iSchool Research & Colloquia Committee, via email or phone, 471-7046. Saturday, Sep 25, Sunday Sep 26, 11 AM - 8 PM (10 PM on Saturday), 6th street, The 23rd Annual Old Pecan Street Fall Arts Festival. The Old Pecan Street Festival is held annualy. Admission to the event is FREE . An estimated 250,000 people will attend the popular spring festival to view beautiful handmade arts and crafts by some 300 carefully juried artisans from all over the U.S. Visitors of all ages can enjoy a vast array of food and beverages as they listen to live music on six stages by local Austin entertainers. A special "Kid's Korner" will feature a carnival, petting zoo, & entertainment for children. This is an event that you should attend at least one time during your stay at UT. For more information, please visit the event Website. Sunday, Sep 26, 3-5 PM, Bates, Mary Preston, Great Organ Series. Admission, $14.00 General Public, $10.00 Student. For more information, please visit the Music Department Events Calendar, call the music events hotline, 471-5401, or contact the music department by phone, 471-0806. Monday, Sep 27, 4:30 - 6 PM, SZB 238, Third Annual Capstone Project Fair. For further information visit the Capstone Website or contact Lee Lacy via email or phone, 471-0170. Monday, Sep 27, 8-10 PM, Bates, UT Symphony. Kevin Noe will direct. General admission is $7.00. For fmore information visit the Music Department Events Calendar, call the music events hotline, 471-5401, or contact the music department by phone, 471-0806. Tuesday, Sep 28, 3:30 - 5 PM, SZB 468, iForum, dr. monica schraefel, Enabling Discovery of Rich Relationships and Making Tea: Two stories of interaction design and the semantic web. dr. schraefel, of the School of Electronics and Computer Science, University of Southampton will describe some of her interaction design research.For more information, please contact Dr. Randolph Bias, Chair, iSchool Research & Colloquia Committee, via email or phone, 471-7046. Thursday, Sep 30, SZB 556, 4:30 - 6 PM, Kilgarlin Center Forum, Beth Heller and Holly Robertson, Medieval Parchment of Nineteenth Century PhotographsL Put Them in a Pumpkin Shell and There You Keep Them Very Well. Beth and Holly are third year conservator students. For more information please visit the Preservation Conservation Studies Webpage or contact Ellen Cunningham-Kruppa, Director, The Kilgarlin Center for Preservation of the Cultural Record. Thursday, Oct 7, 9 AM - 4:30 PM, Omni Austin Southpark, Dr. Edward Tufte, Presenting Data and Information. This is a one day seminar covering the following topics.
The fee for the one-day course is $160 for full time students not currently employed. This fee includes all three books, Visual Explanations, Envisioning Information, and The Visual Display of Quantitative Information, and the 15" x 22" Napoleon's March poster. The books alone are worth the fee and the lecture would be worth the fee without the books. Dr. Tfte's picture is on the Wall of the 5th floor of the iSchool from when he was a guest lecturer. For additional information and registration, please visit Dr. Tufte's course Website. Also we have a brochure on the course in the Ph.D. office. Thursday, Oct 7, 6:30 - 8:30 PM, UT Club, TX Ex Business Network, Gregg W. Knaupe, The New Hospital District In Travis County. The new hospital district in Travis County was approved by Travis County voters in the March 2004 elections. Come learn more about why we needed it, how it passed, and what it means for the future of healthcare in Austin. Gregg W. Knaupe is the Vice President of Public Affairs for the Texas Hospital Association where he is responsible for federal relations, HOSPAC (the political action committee of THA) and various state issues. Prior to his employment with THA, Gregg practiced law with the Austin based law firm of Davis & Wilkerson where he represented hospitals in litigation matters and before the Texas Legislature and Congress. Pre-pay discounts for registrations prior to 12 noon on October 4, 2004 are $12 for Texas Exes members and $15 for non-members; registrations after then or at the door are $15 and $18 respectively. For more information please visit the event Website or contact Walt Esquivel. Thursday, Oct 21, 5-6:30 PM, Jes A115 (CEC Library), Take Your Degree and Run With It. A career exploration workshop that is cosponsored by the Office of Graduate Studies (OGS) and Career Exploration Center (CEC). Did you sprint down the career path toward academia, and then wonder whether it's the right direction for you? In this 90-minute workshop you will assess where you are, where you are going, and learn how to explore other career paths outside academia. Seating is limited to 30 people. To reserve a seat, go to the OGS Workshop Website. For more information plase visit the Workshop Website or contact Lynne Levinson, CEC, via email or phone, 471-1217. ThursdayOct 28 - Sunday, Oct 31, all day, State Capital, Texas Book Festival. What better way is there to celebrate the Halloween weekend than to attend the Texas Book Festival? Among the many authors attending this year will be Joyce Carol Oates, John Graves, Rick Riordan, Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchinson, H.W. Brands, Kimberley Willis Holt, and S.E. Hinton. And while you are there, consider being a part of this great event by volunteering. It takes over 800 volunteers to successfully manage the festival and we could sure use your help. Volunteer time slots are for about 2-3 hours and then you're free to enjoy the festival at your leisure. It's a great way to meet some of the authors in person and get a nifty t-shirt, all for free. For more information, please visit the festival Website or contact Marsha Saucier, TBF Volunteer Co-Chair Sunday, Oct 31 - Saturday, Nov 6, Archives week. During this time, we will be having speakers discuss matters related to government archives, security and access. As of now, Sarah Rowe-Sims will be speaking about the Mississippi Sovereignty Commission Records and the legal battle surrounding the opening of these records of a anti-civil rights state agency. Dr. Doty will also be speaking to us about information policy as it regards government archives. Of course, we always end Archives Week with the Archives Clinic at the Austin History Center . Here, we ask members of the community to bring in their preservation and maintenance questions and do our best to provide them with solutions. For more information, please visit the SAA Website or contact Mary Ann Mardock, SAA Student Chapter President. Saturday, Nov 13 - Thursday, Nov 18, Providence RI, ASIST Conference. The information society, especially after recent world events, is displaying an increasing tension between forces that encourage and discourage integration and cooperation. A major focus of this conference will be on conflicts and solutions involving many national and international information cultures, including social, professional, educational, and technological interests. These themes and others will be explored by plenary and invited speakers and through refereed presentations. Submissions on a wide variety of information and technology topics are solicited, including (but not limited to):
For further information and registration visit the conference Website. Thursday, Nov 18, 5:30 - 7 PM, Jes A115 (CEC Library), Perspectives on Conscious Careering. This is the first workshop in an experiential series that will delve into the connection between work, purpose, meaning, and fulfillment. This 90-minute inquiry into perspectives on work gleaned from both Eastern and Western philosophies will serve as an introspective foundation for your next steps in conscious careering. Seating is limited to 30 people. To reserve a seat, go to the OGS Workshop Website. For more information plase visit the Workshop Website or contact Lynne Levinson, CEC, via email or phone, 471-1217. Sunday, Nov 21, 4-6 PM, Bates, Choral Arts Society, Romantic Voices. Dr. James Morrow conducts the UT Choral Arts Society in Anton Bruckner, Mass in E Minor, Johannes Brahms Begräbnisgesang, and Leonard Bernstein, Chichester Psalms. Admission is $16.00 General Public, $13.00 Faculty/Staff, and $10.00 Students. For fmore information visit the Music Department Events Calendar, call the music events hotline, 471-5401, contact the music department by phone, 471-0806, or contact Dr. James Morrow via email or phone., 471-0806. Wednesday, Dec 1, 6:30 - 8 PM, Jes A115 (CEC Library), Take Your Degree and Run With It. A career exploration workshop that is cosponsored by the Office of Graduate Studies (OGS) and Career Exploration Center (CEC). Did you sprint down the career path toward academia, and then wonder whether it's the right direction for you? In this 90-minute workshop you will assess where you are, where you are going, and learn how to explore other career paths outside academia. Seating is limited to 30 people. To reserve a seat, go to the OGS Workshop Website. For more information plase visit the Workshop Website or contact Lynne Levinson, CEC, via email or phone, 471-1217. Tuesday, Dec 7, 4:30 - 6 PM, Jes A115 (CEC Library), Take Your Degree and Run With It. A career exploration workshop that is cosponsored by the Office of Graduate Studies (OGS) and Career Exploration Center (CEC). Did you sprint down the career path toward academia, and then wonder whether it's the right direction for you? In this 90-minute workshop you will assess where you are, where you are going, and learn how to explore other career paths outside academia. Seating is limited to 30 people. To reserve a seat, go to the OGS Workshop Website. For more information plase visit the Workshop Website or contact Lynne Levinson, CEC, via email or phone, 471-1217. Friday, Dec 17, 9-10 PM, Bates, Gerre and Judith Hancock, Holiday Concert. Organ works. Gerre and Judith are senior lectures in organ and sacred music in the Music School. Tickets are $28 and are available from the UT Performing Arts Center box office, 471-1444, or online. For fmore information visit the Music Department Events Calendar, call the music events hotline, 471-5401, or contact the music department by phone, 471-7764. Sunday, Jan 23, 3-5 PM, Bates, Erik Mellenbruch, Great Organ Series Benefit Concert. Eric is the Organist at the Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd, Austin. Admission, Great Organ Season Pass $44.00 , $14.00 General Public, $10.00 Student. For fmore information visit the Music Department Events Calendar, call the music events hotline, 471-5401, or contact the music department by phone, 471-7764. Monday, Feb 28, 8-10 PM, Bates, Choral Arts Society, Quintessentially French. Dr. James Morrow directs the UT Choral Arts Siciety in Gabriel Fauré, Requiem, Louis Vierne, Messe Solennelle, and César Franck, Psalm 150. Featuring Judith and Gerre Hancock will be at the organ. Admission is $16.00 General Public, $13.00 Faculty/Staff, and $10.00 Students. For fmore information visit the Music Department Events Calendar, call the music events hotline, 471-5401, contact the choral department by phone, 471-0806, or contact Dr. James Morrow via email or phone., 471-0806. Sunday, March 6, 3-5 PM, Bates, Bradley Welch, Great Organ Series Concert. Bradley is the organist at the Highland Park Presbyterian Church in Dallas and the 2003 winner, of the Dallas Internationall Organ Competition. Admission, $14.00 General Public, $10.00 Student. For fmore information visit the Music Department Events Calendar, call the music events hotline, 471-5401, or contact the music department by phone, 471-7764. Monday, May 2, 8-10 PM, Bates, Combined Concert, Classical Perfection. Mozart Mass in C Minor, (The Great) and Beethoven Choral Fantasy. Dr. James Morrow conductsthe UT Choral Arts Society, UT Chamber Singers,and the UT Symphony Orchestra in Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Mass in C Minor, K. 427 (The Great), and Ludwig van Beethoven, Choral Fantasy. Featuring Anton Nel, piano. Admission is $16.00 General Public, $13.00 Faculty/Staff, and $10.00 Students. For fmore information visit the Music Department Events Calendar, call the music events hotline, 471-5401, contact The music department by phone, 471-0806, or contact Dr. James Morrow via email or phone., 471-0806.
Who We Are Webpage The information on the Ph.D. student Webpage is slowly
growing. Names of all current Ph.D. students have been added. Your
other information is needed to complete it . Please send Don
a jpeg photo, information to post, and a link to your Website whenever
you can. What is this Webpage? Well, as we agreed in spring semester,
2002, we wanted to have a summary page with a list of all Ph.D. students
and links to more detailed information on each of us. The summary
page consist of a photo, name, academic interest, contact information,
and links to other pages. A detail
page repeats the summary information and provides, education,
a brief biography, and specialization. Students information should
be linked to each student's individual Website with their vita, resume,
and any other information they may wish to provide. If there is interest,
we can also add Ph.D. alumni to this list. There is an input form
that might work with your browser. Otherwise you can copy and paste. Research Method and Other Courses of Interest Research Method Courses. There are many research methods courses available in the university that may be suitable for meeting the iSchool Ph.D. research methods requirements. Lisa Kleinman has written an excellent summary that should be of particular interest. She describes her summary as follows, "yo, in case (like me) you were overwhelmed by the number of research methods courses that seemed available at UT, but were suspiciously vague in terms of description -- here is a list that I've compiled with/ course names & descriptions. the doctoral studies committee & your own advisor may be able to make further recommendations as to which would be specifically appropriate for you" (2003 Dec. 15, personal communications). Doctoral Committee recommendations will be posted on this Website as soon as they become available. Research Methods in Information Systems, MIS 381N.26. Earlier, Lisa provided us this information on a this course. "The Information Systems department in the Business School is interested in having more iSchool folk taking their courses. In particular, Ph.D. students may want to consider taking “Research Methods in Information Systems” taught by Alina Chircu. I took this class last year, and it provides an excellent survey of the multitude of different research methods (both qualitative and quantitative) as applied to understanding the effects of information technology. Alina is very flexible about the core focus areas, so if a whole bunch of people want to “study X”, she’ll find a way to incorporate it. If you’re a Masters student, you can take this course if you’re interested in subjecting yourself to reading a ga-zillion journal articles from the latest sexy issues of MIS Quarterly... which ain’t the “Miss Quarterly” that I was hoping for, let me tell you... The course is offered in spring 2004" (personal communications). Information provided by Lisa Kleinman. For more information about the course see the Course Webpage or contact Dr. Chircu" (2003 Oct. 31, personal communications). Graduate School Courses provide a unique opportunity for School of Information Ph.D. students because they provide a multidisciplinary atmosphere of learning. Students from across the campus attend these courses and share experiences and viewpoints form their own departments. Two courses of major interest to our programs are:
Check to Be Sure. Please do not forget however, that not all of the courses listed will be satisfactory to meet any particularly student's Ph.D. program requirements. "Since advancement to candidacy is contingent on faculty approval of a course of work, the student should consult regularly with their committee on matters of course selection" (School of Information, undated, Academic Programs, Ph.D.). Orientations New students (and even old) might appreciate the following
two Orientation Websites: Program Information General iSchool program information and Degree Requirements may be found on the iSchool Academic Programs Description Webpage for the Doctor of Philosophy in Information Studies. Lisa Kleinman provided an unofficial summary of the requirements to the participants in the Fall 2004 Ph.D. Orientation. Program milestones consist of development and approval of a Program of Work or Study, satisfactory completion of course work and a comprehensive doctoral examination including written, oral, and research components, presentation and approval of a dissertation proposal, research and completion of a dissertation culminating in a final examination consisting of defense of the the dissertation. Administrative progress through these milestones is described in the Checklist for the Doctoral Program (1993). Required content of the program of work or study is provided in the Guidelines for Development of the Doctoral Program of Study (ca. 1993). Lisa Kleinman and Don Drumtra have posted examples of their approved programs of study their Websites. Required content of the Annual Reviews is provided in the Annual Review of GSLIS Doctoral Students (2002) and the Annual Review of Ph.D. Students (draft, 2003). Don Drumtra has posted an an example of an approved Annual Review on his Website. The University of Texas and the UT Office of Graduate Studies provide the latest information on degree and administrative requirements requirements in three publications:
Information on professional associations, student governance organizations, email lists and and other forums of interest to Information school Ph.D. students is provided through the Ph.D. Forums link on the left. Included is information on email lists, Blackboard, Websites and other forums.
Ph.D. Colloquia The Ph.D. colloquia provide Ph.D. students the opportunity to share their work in a friendly environment. If someone would like to take the lead, we could have a Ph.D. Colloquia series sharing our current work with each other and professors who are interested in the Information School Ph.D. program. The last series we had was the Fall 2002 Ph.D. Colloquia Series. If you are interested in leading such a series, please contact Don Drumtra for his experience on leading the 2002 Colloquia Content Manager:
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