Sepideh Ebrahimi

Subject: Prospective PhD student: data analytics Dear Professor Ebrahimi, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Not seeing the (moral) forest for the trees? How task complexity and employees' expertise affect moral disengagement with discriminatory data analytics recommendations." (2024), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "Understanding how Task Complexity and Employees' Expertise Impact Adopting Discriminatory Data Analytics Recommendations and Developing Potential Countermeasures" (2022), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]