[IxDA Discuss] PhD programs?

[Paula Bach]

I am doing a PhD at Penn State's iSchool. At CHI 2006, there was a
panel discussing whether iSchools were a good home for HCI. The panel
was titled "Institutionalizing HCI: What Do I-Schools Offer?" 

Look at the courses offered by, and the number of faculty in, the
schools and that will tell you if they have the capacity to train HCI
academics and practitioners. Penn State has two HCI courses offered
every year and others come along as faculty are available to teach
them. Also, Penn State happens to have about 6-8 HCI faculty of
different flavors. So there are a wide variety of people to study
with even within HCI.

Depending on where I focus my efforts, I can pursue all three
options: academic, industrial, or consulting.

The research methodology courses really help with user research.
There is a lot of crossover. 

Taking on a PhD is a BIG commitment, but so far for me it has been
worth it. 

Paula
http://cscl.ist.psu.edu/public/users/pbach/index.html



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