Introduction to Graduate Research (Fall 2023)/Week1

Agenda

Introductions (2 min per person)

Please share:

• Preferred name(s) and pronouns.
• Something meaningful/important to you or about you (not research and not obvious).

Very brief course introduction (~15 min)

• Learning goals
• Structure
• Assignments
  • Weekly readings, writing/activities, discussion provocations
  • Final project
• Misc.
  • A note about taking this class with me
  • A syllabus on a wiki?
  • A note about interdisciplinarity
  • A note about reading (as a researcher)

Stretch break #1 (quick!)

Get up! Move around!

Discussion (~30 min)

What is a doctoral program (or a university for that matter) for and what do I do with it?

• Think/Pair/Share (T/P/S): What purposes does a doctoral program serve? (consider Cottom interview, everything else you've encountered up to today).

Guests (~70 min)

Claudio Benzecry and Nick Diakopoulos

Out-the-door reminders:

Please:

• Submit discussion provocations and written assignments by Monday 6pm via Canvas.
• Bring a printed copy of "research puzzle" to class.
• Look ahead to Week 3: "Collaboration interview and reflection" and Week 4: "Graduate research plan statement" assignments. These will take a little extra time. Start as soon as you like.
• Note that I will not hold OH this coming Friday or Monday. Signups start for Friday 9.29.
• Email me with any questions that come up.
• Join my research lab for a reception tomorrow (Thursday), 4-6pm in FSB 1-122 (the Center for HCI+D space)! We'll have snacks and stickers.