University of Maryland

A note to students applying for hourly Teaching Assistant (TA) positions:

Please note that I do not directly hire TAs. Instead, when spots are available, I invite and recommend candidates to our instructional team. I only consider and recommend students who have previously taken my class and performed exceptionally well. I do not review or consider cold emails for TA positions from students I have not worked with before.

INST 639T: Social and Psychological Impacts of AI 

Credits: 3

This HCI graduate course explores human-AI interaction from a social science perspective. We focus on understanding how humans perceive, interact with, and are influenced by AI systems, drawing on social scientific theories from psychology, communication, social computing, and beyond. In this course, we engage with a wide range of scholarly venues that reflect both the theoretical and applied dimensions of human-AI interaction. The course covers AI anthropomorphism, AI’s persuasive power, explainable AI, AI for information seeking, human-centered AI in health, AI and human confidence and creativity, AI aversion and overreliance, AI and misinformation, AI reasoning and biases, and AI for social scientific research. This class is best suited for students who are interested in 1) learning about the social science foundations and theory applications in HCI, or 2) conducting academic research studies in the field, or 3) translating academic research insights into practical AI design solutions and developing evidence-based design implications for human-AI interaction.

INST 711: Interaction Design Studio

Credits: 3

Covers basic interaction design principles and design process from a studio-based design perspective. Focuses on how to design for interactions that will resonate with your audiences: how the features and functions of a project get translated into something people find usable, useful, and desirable. Explores the role of interaction designers. Students design and prototype interactive products, systems, and services.

INST 801: Theoretical and Epistemological Foundations in Information Studies 

Credits: 3

Pursuing a doctorate in information studies involves the scholarly examination of the interaction between people, information, technology, and society. There are, however, as many ways to examine the interaction of people, information, technology, and society as there are researchers and ways of understanding what counts as evidence and knowledge in different components of the field. Students will be introduced to the diverse scholarly traditions that comprise information studies. Students will explore why there are so many ways of knowing and methods of discovery within the field, in order to help them identify the social theory and methods that will support their path through information scholarship.

INST 799: Master's Thesis Research

Credits: 3

Clemson University

COMM 1501: Introduction to Human Communication - Public Speaking

Credits: 2

COMM 1500 provides students with an overview of the theoretical approaches to the study of communication, including the theory and practice of interpersonal / small group / intercultural / public communication. Includes a laboratory. COMM 1500 is an “O-3” (oral intensive) course.