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iSchool faculty members Min Kyung Lee and Ken Fleischmann are collaborating with UT faculty at the School of Architecture, Cockrell School of Engineering, and Department of Computer Science on a $3M NSF Research Traineeship (NRT) grant. Doctoral fellows will complete coursework in Ethical AI, including courses in Human-AI Interaction and Ethics of AI at the iSchool, as well as participate in a seminar on Ethical AI, have opportunities for professional development, participate in professionally relevant community service activities, and be eligible for internships.

The iSchool's Ahmer Arif will co-lead a research project that aims to reimagine how digital literacy and critical reasoning skills are taught. “Co-designing for Trust: Reimagining Online Literacies With Underserved Communities” is a multidisciplinary collaborative effort with researchers at the Moody College of Communication and the Center for an Informed Public at UW as well as other local institutions in Texas and Washington state. The research team was selected as part of the National Science Foundation’s Convergence Accelerator 2021 cohort.

Dr. Amelia Acker, an assistant professor at the iSchool, and a team of researchers are currently studying the challenges in producing and maintaining critical COVID-19 data infrastructures. Funded by grants from the National Science Foundation, the Ford Foundation and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Acker investigates in The COVID Data Infrastructure Builders project how community membership, work practices, and technical tools serve to support knowledge production about the COVID-19 crisis.