Editing User:Benjamin Mako Hill/Prospective graduate students (section)

== PhD programs I am involved with at UW ==

My primary appointment is in the [http://www.uw.edu University of Washington] [http://www.com.washington.edu Department of Communication] and most of my PhD students have been based in this department. The department has an absolutely wonderful PhD program. When I was considering graduate school, I very nearly went here myself! The good news for me is that (because there is an unwritten rule that universities should not hire their own students) I now get to teach here!

I also advise students in several other departments at UW. I am involved in the admissions process in HCDE and CSE most years and have reviewed applicants and interview students in both departments. That said, because I am adjunct faculty in both department and I believe it is important that every student have active mentorship from faculty fully engaged with a department, I will typically only advocate for admission of a student in HCDE or CSE if there is at least one another faculty member in these departments who is interested in coadviseing the student in question.