GDOT Awards Kingsley $149,996
The grant from the Georgia Department of Transportation will enable Public Policy Associate Professor Gordon Kingsley to develop a strategy for building and supporting communities of practice amongst GDOT personnel and their network partners. Co-principle Investigators on the study are Public Policy's Juan Rogers and Janelle Knox-Hayes. The study is "Developing Strategic Communities of Practice in GDOT."
Breznitz Awarded $399,991 NSF Grant
International Affairs Associate Professor Danny Breznitz will seek to expand theories of organization and innovation to encompass innovative organizations outside Western institutional arrangements. The study is "Organizations in Emerging Economics - Towards a Theory of Innovation in an Environment of Structured Uncertainty."
What Does Georgia Tech Think?
Selected Press for Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts
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The widely read Best Colleges issue featured Georgia Tech and made mention of the liberal arts presence: "Though its College of Liberal Arts and College of Management are expanding their programs, there's no denying that Georgia Tech is a school built with engineering and science in mind."
Rutkowski in ComputerWorld
"While no one may be able to define "cyberwar," it appears that nations want to avoid any approximation by cooperating to diminish threats, risks and vulnerabilities through a broad array of different forums and means...So it appears that cyberspace is emulating the real world, and countries are finding common ground in taking steps to implement existing treaty provisions and avoiding the escalation of cyber conflict even if they cannot define cyberwar." Rutkowski is a senior fellow in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs.
"We need to start developing strategies now to be able to lessen the potential for malfeasant applications for these technologies." Margaret Kosal, Assistant Professor in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, talks about nano defense and the potential for misuse of nanoscience and nanotechnology.
School of Literature, Communication, and Culture faculty Celia Pearce and Ian Bogost weigh in on how game technology and software, originally developed for entertainment, are being adapted for a broad range of "serious" applications influencing culture and activism in the article Serious Gaming.
Klein on Fox5 TV
"If people worked shorter hours, you might lower unemployment," said School of Public Policy Associate Professor Hans Klein in a live interview in a segment on the difficulty many Americans have in taking time off.
Brown Column in Saporta Report
In a guest column August 16, School of Public Policy Professor Marilyn Brown appeals to candidates in the upcoming elections for development of an energy policy that leads to energy efficiency for the South. Referencing her 2010 study Energy Efficiency in the South, Brown said, "What I am talking about is Georgia's capacity to make a giant leap forward through...aggressive adoption of energy efficiency measures that could transform Georgia's residential, commercial, and industrial sectors..."
"We may be in a relatively ugly political culture for a while. Hopefully, it isn’t the "new normal" for American politics, but time will tell, and in the meantime, academic leaders need to give it far more thought than they have," writes Susan Herbst, chief academic officer of the University System of Georgia and professor in Ivan Allen College School of Public Policy.
Article includes video of students heckling Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren at the University of California at Irvine on February 8th.
Boston on NPR
School of Economics Professor Danny Boston was interviewed August 14 for the story The Recession, Round Two? "What corporations did was to take advantage of the downturn to undertake enormous downsize in their workforce. And that was in response to global competition. So some of the dynamics that we see in the labor market today actually are in response to events that have been taking place for the last 10 to 15 years," said Boston.
Bogost on CNN
August 16, CNN asked "Is interest in social games waning?" School of Literature, Communication, and Culture Associate Professor and Director of the graduate program in Digital Media, Ian Bogost, responded, "There's a general feeling of discomfort and bafflement with all of the FarmWhatever and MobsterBoss notifications you see on Facebook and other social networks...It's become almost absurdist." Bogost's own "Cow Clicker" is a Facebook spoofgame in which you click on cows to earn the right to click on more cows. It's a form of biting interactive satire.
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Ivan Allen Institute Planned as Campus-wide Endeavor
In recognition of Ivan Allen Jr’s legacy of social courage and humanitarian concern, Georgia Tech and the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts have established the Ivan Allen Jr. Initiative which will encompass two defining elements: the Ivan Allen Jr. Institute for Advanced Studies and the Ivan Allen Jr. Prize for Social Courage.
Ivan Allen Jr. Institute for Advanced Studies
The Ivan Allen Jr. Institute for Advanced Studies is being planned as a campus-wide entity that will seek involvement from faculty and students in all six of Georgia Tech’s colleges. As a university-wide initiative, the Allen Institute’s leadership would report to the offices of the president and the provost.
“We envision the Allen Institute as the home for chaired professorships that would be shared between multiple colleges at Georgia Tech,” said Ivan Allen College Interim Dean Knoespel, who also serves as McEver Professor of Engineering and Liberal Arts. “The work undertaken through the Allen Institute would directly support the priorities established in the 25-year Strategic Plan for Georgia Tech.”
“Georgia Tech is already known for its exceptionally collaborative and interdisciplinary programs,” said President Bud Peterson. “But Mayor Allen’s values are leading us to broaden that collaboration. We intend to provide our students with the means by which they can make decisions based on the kinds of moral and ethical principles that led Ivan Allen to risk being ostracized by his peers in order to defend what was right. We want our graduates to be easily identified not only as preeminent in their respective fields, but also as leaders with values, principles, and compassion.”
Ivan Allen Prize for Social Courage Will Be Georgia Tech's Preeminent Prize
Another element of the Institute's expansion of the Allen legacy is the new Ivan Allen Jr. Prize for Social Courage. Announced at the March 2010 Ivan Allen College Founder's Day event, the new prize replaces the Ivan Allen Jr. Prize for Progress and Service which was awarded from 2001 to 2010.
The new Allen Prize will be international in scope and will recognize individuals who, by standing up for a clear moral principle in the social arena, have positively affected public discourse at the risk of their own careers, livelihoods, and even their lives. Coupled with a $100,000 stipend, the Ivan Allen Jr. Prize for Social Courage will stand as the preeminent prize offered by Georgia Tech and will draw attention to the very mission of the Institute in Georgia, the nation, and the world.
“What we envision for the recipients of the Ivan Allen Jr. Prize for Social Courage goes far beyond being honored with the award at the annual Founders Day celebration,” said Knoespel. “We anticipate having the recipient share a wealth of personal and professional experience with students and faculty during an extended stay on campus. The recipient’s presence will be reinforced through workshops, conferences, and other activities.”
“My father was always the kind of man who was guided by his conscience above any other consideration,” said H. Inman Allen, son of Ivan Allen Jr. and chairman of Ivan Allen Company. “I know there are many more Ivan Allens around the globe standing up for what they believe is right regardless of the risk, and I want this award to help bring the continuity of their examples to light.”
This article was edited from one that appeared in the Spring 2010 issue of Georgia Tech's "Philanthropy Quarterly"
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Knoespel Honored for Term as Interim Dean
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Atlanta (August 17, 2010) — Kenneth J. Knoespel was honored for his year of service as Interim Dean of Ivan Allen College at a reception at Habersham August 6. President Peterson and Dean Designate Jackie Royster recognized Knoespel for not only maintaining momentum, but for his achievements moving the college forward.
Gary Schuster, Amy and Ken Knoespel, Jackie Royster, Bud Peterson
In comments at the reception Provost Gary Schuster said: “Ken is one of those few people that you can turn to serve. Without hesitation, he stepped in as Interim Dean and led the College through an especially challenging financial period. During this past year, I’ve come to know him better and want to express my admiration for Ken’s skills and deep scholarship.”
Among the initiatives in which Knoespel participated are the successful relocation of the graduate program in Digital Media in the School of Literature, Communication and Culture and the approval of the new B.S. degree in Applied Languages and Intercultural Studies in the School of Modern Languages. Knoespel said that he is pleased also at the College’s success in faculty retention and its focus on solutions for the issue of salary compression. Other highlights of the College during his tenure include its role in Georgia Tech’s strategic planning, the Atlanta Conference on Science and Innovation Policy, and the Nunn Policy Forum. Given his own emphasis on interdisciplinarity, Knoespel is particularly pleased that Barbara Stafford will be joining Georgia Tech for two years as a Distinguished Visiting Professor supported by the Colleges of Engineering and Architecture, Ivan Allen College, and the Provost’s Office.
Knoespel shaped the College’s 2010 Founder’s Day as a springboard for expanding the Allen legacy campus-wide. The event honored Bill Todd and included the symposium “Humanitarian Leadership on a Global Level: Georgia Tech Responds to the Allen Legacy.” At the same time Knoespel advanced the Allen Initiative including formulation of plans for the Allen Institute for Advanced Studies and the establishment of the new Ivan Allen Jr. Prize for Social Courage.
Knoespel said, “I am very proud of the accomplishments of my colleagues and their contribution toward Georgia Tech receiving the invitation to join the American Association of Universities.” He told colleagues during the reception, "Above all your presence here today gives us an opportunity to celebrate the many accomplishments of the College during the year."
During his years with Georgia Tech, Knoespel has had a robust influence on the growth of Ivan Allen College. He has participated in program development since the reorganization of Georgia Tech in the 1990s. He has previously served as chair of the School of Literature, Communication, and Culture and as associate dean of the College. He previously served as interim dean of the College in 1998 during its refocusing to liberal arts. Knoespel celebrates the many accomplishments of former Dean Sue Rosser who shaped the infrastructure and established a major research profile for the College.
For the past months Knoespel has worked closely with Dean Designate Jackie Royster who formally joins Georgia Tech on September 1. During the fall semester he will be a senior researcher at the Center of Baltic and Eastern European Studies in Stockholm. In the spring, he will be a visiting professor at the University of Paris VIII where he will be working with European colleagues on digital media and the future of the museum. When he returns to Georgia Tech, Knoespel will continue to be involved in the Allen Initiative and other cross-campus interdisciplinary endeavors.
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Murray Steps Down, Bogost to Head Digital Media
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Atlanta (August 17, 2010) — August marked the end of an era for the Digital Media Graduate Studies program within the School of Literature, Communication, and Culture. Program Director Janet Murray oversaw the program’s long-anticipated move into a new research facility in Technology Square Research Building and then after 10 years stepped down to focus on her teaching and research. She will be succeeded by Digital Media Associate Professor Ian Bogost.
Dr. Janet Murray
A leading edge researcher and interaction designer, Murray assumed leadership of the program during the formative stages of the field of digital media.
“Janet’s vision, industry, and commitment have established this as one of the benchmark digital media programs in this country,” said Interim Dean Ken Knoespel.
In 2001, Murray reformed the curriculum for the master’s program integrating theory and practice and focusing on lasting design principles from a humanistic perspective. She recruited research-oriented practitioner/theorist faculty who are internationally recognized as leaders in the digital media field.
In 2004, Murray further raised educational boundaries in the field by establishing the first PhD in Digital Media at Georgia Tech. The program maintains a steady, funded enrollment of twenty students. Graduates of the program are in demand for job placements worldwide. For the master’s program, Murray cultivated a network of internship opportunities helping students find jobs with industry leaders including Electronic Arts, IBM, Google, Apple, IDEO, CNN, Showtime, PBS, and YouTube.
Murray achieved her broad goal to establish a research culture with multiple faculty lab groups providing funding for graduate students on sponsored research projects. She also strengthened interdisciplinary programs including the MS in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) with Computing and Psychology, the BS in Computational Media with Computing, and established two 5-year BS/MS programs (with LCC/STaC and Computational Media).
Dr. Ian Bogost
Holder of the Ivan Allen College Dean’s Professorship, Murray is looking forward to spending more time on teaching and research on new forms of interactive narrative.
“It was a great privilege to lead Georgia Tech’s Digital Media program during this time of historic change. I know I leave it in excellent hands with Ian Bogost,” said Murray.
Bogost will focus on extending the success of the program and its faculty and students by refining the Masters and PhD degrees for the next decade of digital media industry, scholarship, and teaching.
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Ries Tapped for Special Council for Tax Reform in Georgia
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Atlanta (August 19, 2010) — School of Economics Professor Christine Ries is a member of the special council charged by the Georgia legislature with the massive task of rewriting the state’s tax code.
Dr. Christine Ries
Ries is one of four economists from Georgia academic institutions (Georgia Tech, University of Georgia, Georgia State, and Mercer) serving on the eleven member council along with business and business association leaders including Council Chair AD Frazier, Georgia Tech graduate Gerry Harkins, and Governor Sonny Purdue. The council is traveling the state during the next six weeks affording citizens opportunities for input and debate.
“The legislature and council members have taken special care to ensure that there isn’t a predetermined political agenda for this,” said Ries. “The idea is that tax code recommendations developed by the council reflect what’s best for everyone in the state.”
A specialist in global financial economics, corporate financial management, and organizational economics and governance, Ries brings to the council expertise in the effects of government policies and actions on businesses and, more importantly she says, in how businesses react to government policies.
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“We are planning to carefully examine the effects of everything we do on families – large and small, rich and poor – large companies and the smaller, growing, companies that create most of the jobs and innovations,” said Ries.
Georgia’s tax code has been cobbled together over the last half century. The council will be formulating a cohesive set of principles guiding the state’s tax code. It is expected that their recommendations will go before the legislature for a vote in January.
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Schneer Demonstrates British Duplicity in Origins of Arab-Israeli Conflict
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Atlanta (August 20, 2010) — A new book by School of History, Technology, and Society Professor Jonathan Schneer reexamines the context of one of the defining documents of our time - the controversial Balfour Declaration.
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The Balfour Declaration: The Origins of the Arab-Israeli Conflict, a new book by School of History, Technology, and Society Professor Jonathan Schneer, was released by Random House this month. An eminent American scholar of British history, Schneer reexamines Britain’s intentions in the Middle East during World War I. He shows that when Britain issued the Balfour Declaration she laid the foundation stone of modern Israel – but also of Arab dispossession – and thus the modern conflict in the Middle East.
Announced in 1917 in the midst of World War I, The Balfour Declaration committed Britain to supporting the establishment in Palestine of “a national home for the Jewish people.” Schneer demonstrates that, although most British leaders were sympathetic to Zionist aspirations, they were also extraordinarily duplicitous in their dealings with the Zionists -- and with the Turks and Arabs as well. At the same time the British were promising Palestine to the Jews they were promising its northern parts to France and to the Arabs. And they promised Turkey that she could keep Palestine if she would sign a separate peace treaty with the Allies.
Professor Jonathan Schneer
“Basically, Prime Minister David Lloyd George was willing to promise anything to anybody in order to win the war,” said Schneer, “and we are living with the consequences.”
Almost anything about the Middle East raises controversy, but Schneer emphasizes the non-partisan nature of his scholarship and said that he “is sympathetic to both the Jews and the Arabs of the period.”
The Balfour Declaration is being widely reviewed by premier publications including the Wall Street Journal of August 10, Newsweek of August 16, the New York Times Book Review on August 22 and the London Sunday Times on August 29. A talk and book signing is planned for October 6, 6:00pm at the Carter Center. The event is free and open to the public.
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College Welcomes Two New International Affairs Faculty
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Atlanta (August 17, 2010) — The Ivan Allen College welcomes two new faculty this year, both in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs.
Dr. Jarrod Hayes
Jarrod Hayes
Assistant Professor in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, Jarrod Hayes received his PhD in Politics and International Relations from the University of Southern California in 2009. From 2009 to 2010, he was the ConocoPhillips Assistant Professor of International Relations at the University of Oklahoma, a joint appointment between the Department of Political Science and the School of International and Area Studies. He has taught courses on International Relations theory, comparative national security, and international security. His research interests fit most neatly into the areas of international security and foreign policy analysis.
Currently, Hayes' research focuses on the role of identity in the construction of security within democracies,although his research interests are considerably broader and include issues in environmental security, nuclear weapons proliferation, international rivalries, international relations theory, strategy and arms control, and regional level foreign policy and security dynamics in Europe, South Asia, and East Asia. His work has been published in International Studies Quarterly. Hayes is a member of, and regularly presents at the annual conferences of, the International Studies Association and the American Political Science Association.
Dr. Lawrence Rubin
Lawrence Rubin
Assistant Professor in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, Lawrence Rubin’s research interests include comparative Middle East politics and international security with a specific focus on Islam and politics, Arab foreign policies, and nuclear proliferation. He holds a PhD in Political Science from UCLA and has earned degrees from UC Berkeley, the London School of Economics, and the University of Oxford. Rubin has been a Research Fellow at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government (2009-2010) and has served as a lecturer in Arab politics at the Crown Center for Middle East Studies, Brandeis University (2008-2009). Rubin is currently the Associate Editor for the journal Terrorism and Political Violence. Outside of academia, Rubin has held positions at the National Defense University’s Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies, and the RAND Corporation. Rubin has conducted research in Morocco, Egypt, Israel, the UAE, and Yemen.
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In Brief
 Susan Cozzens, Ivan Allen College Associate Dean of Research and Faculty Development, and professor in the School of Public Policy, was appointed to the Board of Scientific Counselors (BOSC) at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Her three year term of service with BOSC began in July.
(BOSC) was established by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to provide advice, information, and recommendations about the Office of Research and Development ( ORD) research program. BOSC members evaluate science and engineering research programs and practices, advise the EPA on ORD peer review, reviews ORD's program development and progress, its research planning process, implementation of the ORD Strategic Plan and other practices and policies.
 Marilyn Brown, Professor in the School of Public Policy, has been appointed a review editor for Working Group III of the next (5th) Assessment Report (AR5) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). She will be a Review Editor for Chapter 9 on “Buildings”.
Considered a leading authority on climate change, the IPCC is a scientific body that evaluates the risk of climate change caused by human activity. As a review editor Brown will evaluate submissions from scientists contributing to the IPCC ensuring that all expert and government review comments are afforded appropriate consideration. She will also advise lead authors on how to handle controversial issues and ensure that genuine controversies are reflected adequately in the text of the report. The report will be part of the IPCC's AR5 special report on topics relevant to the implementation of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), an international treaty that acknowledges the possibility of harmful climate change.
On August 18-19 the Center for Advanced Communication Policy (CACP) in Ivan Allen College’s School of Public Policy inaugurated Georgia Tech as the southeastern hub for BCS-The Chartered Institute for IT. BCS is a 70,000 member IT professional association centered in Europe, Southeast Asia, India, and Hong Kong. It is well-known internationally for success in linking academia and industry to create global networking connections for its membership and for its international interdisciplinary IT networking.
“Georgia Tech is a good place to house BCS for the Southeast because of our leadership in wireless, disability technologies, computer science, as well as our large community of international students,” said CACP Executive Director Helena Mitchell.
The inaugural event served as a springboard for building a strong regional group from IT entities across campus. BCS’ more than 50 specialty groups include Open Source, Green IT, E-Women, Security, and Artificial Intelligence. Those interested in learning more about BCS USA-Southeast may contact helena.mitchell@cacp.gatech.edu
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Ivan Allen College Graduate Students Shine
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Atlanta (August 18, 2010) — Ivan Allen College graduate students had notable achievements this past spring.
Jennifer Green in the School of History, Technology, and Society and Emily Galloway, incoming PhD student in economics, were awarded Georgia Tech President's Fellowships.
Angel Long in the School of History, Technology, and Society was appointed as an historian at the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington DC as part of their Student Temporary Employment Program.
Ashok Maharaj in the School of History, Technology, and Society has won a one-year fellowship to the Space History Department at the Natioinal Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC.
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Fall 2010 President's Undergraduate Research Award Winners
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Atlanta (August 18, 2010) — Six Ivan Allen College students won President's Undergraduate Research Award (PURA) for Fall 2010.
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Samer Ead (Computational Media): “Mermaids Research”
Jennifer Gergely (Computational Media): “Examining the New Space Opera and its Evolution Over the Past Twenty Years”
John O’Brien (Public Policy): “Characterizing Privatization Trends within U.S. State Parks”
Amira Pettus (Science, Technology, and Culture): “The Milk of Human Corruption: Liconsa and the Persistence of Childhood Malnutrition in Mexico”
Nicole Turner (Science, Technology, and Culture): “Dynamic Families: Lesbian Kinship in the Social, Cultural, and Legal Context”
Kate Wharton (Economics): “Assessing the Economic Component of Internal Migration and Forced Displacement in Colombia”
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This Month's Banner Photo
Val Peterson, Juan McGruder, Jackie Royster, Ken and Amy Knoespel, Thomas Lux, and Bill Long were among those who attended an August 6 reception celebrating the contributions of Ken Knoespel during his year as Interim Dean of Ivan Allen College. Dean Designate Jackie Royster officially begins her tenure September 1.
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