A slide for INFOCon 24: The Future of Information Science, depicting a hand holding an interconnected globe. The title of the slide is "Developing Your Research Agenda During Your PhD Program: A Panel Discussion of 4 UMD PhD Students in the College of Information"

INFOCon ’24: Developing Your Research Agenda During Your PhD Program

On November 14, CEDI lab member Twanna Hodge was a panelist for INFOcon ’24, along with College of Information PhD students Allison Jennings-Roche and Jay Patel. The panel was titled “Developing Your Research Agenda During Your PhD Program,” and the panelists shared their experiences as doctoral students, how their research has developed and evolved, and current research projects. They also identified opportunities and challenges in a doctoral program and shared why and how they decided to pursue PhD at the University of Maryland.