The members of SONIC research group are often funded on research grants, as well as, scholarships at Northwestern from the Media, Technology and Society program, and the Technology and Social Behavior program. The Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences program offers the Murphy fellowships as well as the Benjamen K. Sachs Graduate Fellowship (area of organizational theory and systems).
Media, Technology, and Society Ph.D. Program
MTS is an interdisciplinary program that provides a graduate environment for innovative research in the study of media and communications technologies. It allows students great autonomy both within MTS and the University at large to design individual programs of study. Drawing on the University’s diverse resources and distinguished faculty, MTS encourages research on historical, contemporary, and emerging media that challenges traditional disciplinary boundaries and assumptions.
Read more about the MTS program
Visiting Scholars
SONIC has hosted visiting scholars from the United States, and other countries (China, Netherlands, Switzerland, and Italy) for periods ranging from one week to one year. We welcome visiting scholars who are PhD students, Postdoctoral scholars, as well as faculty members. To inquire about current availability please contact Willem Pieterson.
“I am participating in the “CI-KNOW” project to construct related knowledge recommend model, in regards to the similarity of keywords based on relevant articles and authors.”
— Baozhen Li, Jiangsu University of Science & Technology, September 2010-September 2011
Postdoctoral Fellows
“Post-docs will guide research assistants, investigate various theoretical and conceptual research topics in social and knowledge networks, implement network algorithms and analysis, write papers, and coordinate research projects.”
Graduate Researchers
SONIC Research Lab offers graduate students interested in social network analysis opportunities to be involved in a variety of projects, including studies of virtual worlds, team-assembly and collaboration, and community-based information and communication networks. Depending on the project, responsibilities participating in and/or managing data collection, conducting analysis, and preparing reports and publications.
“The lab offers graduate students a constructive environment for developing their own ideas and pursue their own research interests relevant to social networks.”
— Lindsay Young, 2013
Undergraduate Researchers
“Undergraduate researchers generally assist the research of SONIC’s graduate students. With graduate or faculty supervision, undergraduate researchers can also lead research projects of their own design. Of course, all work in the lab is a cooperative effort to some degree, so undergraduate researchers should be ready to perform odd jobs around the lab; a broad skill-set is crucial!”
— Nick Merrill
Available positions
Software Developers
“Responsibilities will involve collaboration with a diverse team to develop social networking capabilities that interface with our existing platform: a web-based software tool for survey, analysis, visualization, and recommendation. This individual will be involved at all stages of the project, starting from the initial planning stages. She/he must be able to collaborate well with non-programming researchers.”
— York Yao
Available Positions
Northwestern University is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer, and welcomes applications from women and members of underrepresented groups.
