[Asis-l] The Rutgers University iSchool Welcomes Ph.D. Applications for Fall 2017

[Brenda Sheridan]

The Rutgers University iSchool Welcomes Ph.D. Applications for Fall 2017

The Library & Information Science Department in the School of Communication and Information at Rutgers University, Rutgers' iSchool, invites creative and forward-thinking individuals to apply for the Ph.D. in Library and Information Sciences.

Application deadline for Fall 2017 enrollment is January 15, 2017.

Located in New Brunswick, NJ, within 90 minutes drive/train to both NYC and Philadelphia, Rutgers University's iSchool provides an excellent environment for research in such areas as:

Human Information Behavior & Human-Computer Interaction
Information Retrieval, Language and Communication
Information Agencies and Artifacts
Learning, Youth, Information and Technology
Social Computing
The School of Communication and Information offers competitive funding to doctoral students for four years of $25,000 or more in stipend or salary annually, full tuition remission, and health insurance. Doctoral students are also eligible for support for academic travel.

The school includes world-renowned faculty who lead and teach in these areas. Their accomplishments are reflected in a large pool of scholarly publications, awards and grants. Faculty have secured nearly $20 million in grant funding in recent years.

More information on Ph.D. program admissions can be found here:
http://comminfo.rutgers.edu/phd-program/admission-aid.html

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is a leading national research university and the state of New Jersey's preeminent, comprehensive public institution of higher education.  Established in 1766 and celebrating a milestone 250th anniversary in 2016, the university is the eight oldest higher education institution in the United States.  More than 69,000 students and 22,000 faculty and staff learn, work and serve the public at Rutgers location across New Jersey and the world.  Rutgers has 18 schools and colleges (including a medical school) on 2,688 acres across New Jersey. We are among the top 25 public universities, as ranked by U.S. News & World Report. We are an NCAA Division I School and a member of the Big Ten and Committee on Institutional Cooperation.

Our location in central New Jersey and close proximity to New York City makes us ideally suited for scholars exploring all types of libraries and information centers, as well as evolving information technologies and their users.

For more information, contact Associate Professor Chirag Shah (chirags at rutgers.edu<mailto:chirags at rutgers.edu>) or Professor Marie Radford (mradford at rutgers.edu<mailto:mradford at rutgers.edu>).



<https://comminfo.rutgers.edu/directory/bren2208/index.html>Brenda Sheridan, EdD<https://comminfo.rutgers.edu/directory/bren2208/index.html>

Director of Strategic Communications
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