Recent Books by Faculty
Toys and Tools in Pink: Cultural Narratives of Gender, Science, and Technology (Ohio State University Press) by Carol Colatrella, Professor, School of Literature, Communication, and Culture and Co-Director, Georgia Tech Center for the Study of Women, Science, and Technology. Colatrella responds to the under-representation of women in STEM by considering how gender inflects literary and media representations.
Terrorist Rehabilitation and Counter-Radicalisation: New Approaches to Counter-terrorism (Routledge) edited by Lawrence Rubin, Rohan Gunaratna, and Jolene Jerard. An early attempt to explore the new frontiers in counter-terrorism research, analyses and practice, focusing on the imperative to rehabilitate terrorists. Rubin, Assistant Professor, Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, also contributed a chapter, Non-Kinetic Approaches to Counter-Terrorism: A Case Study of Egypt and the Islamic Group.
What Does Georgia Tech Think?
Selected Press for Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts
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On Video Game Design
The School of Literature, Communication, and Culture's undergraduate Computational Media program (joint with the College of Computing) and the graduate Digital Media program both of which teach video game design earned an Honorable Mention for Georgia Tech in The Princeton Review's "Top Schools for Video Game Design Study for 2011." Read full article in USA Today - March 1, 2011
On Zynga
"They're not in it for any lofty artistic goal," says Ian Bogost, Associate Professor and of Digital Media and Director of Graduate Studies in the School of Literature, Communication, and Culture. Bogost is referring to the uncreative game experiences created by Zynga, describing the company as "the Wall Street hedge-fund guys of games." Read full article in Fast Company - February 19, 2011
On Videogame Criticism
"But it’s my contention that games are systems of rules and artificial spaces before they’re stories," says Simon Ferrari, a student in the LCC Digital Media PhD program. Ferrari continues, "And if we want to foster creativity, depth, and breadth in the design of future games, then we need to begin by teaching the reading, writing, and critique of rule systems at an early age." Read full article in Paste Magazine - February 19, 2011
On Public Design
The Public Design Workshop, directed by Carl DiSalvo, Assistant Professor of Digital Media was featured in Wired.com. DiSalvo explained that the project explores "how design contributes to the construction of publics, articulates contemporary social and political issues, and fosters new forms of public engagement with technology. We do this through speculative design, design research, participatory workshops and events, and theory & criticism. We are currently working in the areas of community robotics, participatory sensing, and critical visualization and mapping." Read full article in Wired.com - February 10, 2011
On Bioethics
“The point of the grant proposal is that these problems will keep coming up, and we need to find ways to deal with them,” said Roberta Berry, Associate Professor of Public Policy, regarding a new NSF-funded experimental course on bioethics that attempts to solve “ethically fractious problems.” “What caught the interest of the NSF was the idea of future scientists and engineers developing a particular set of skills necessary to deal with these issues at a policy level.” Read full article in eScience Commons - February 8, 2011
On Stem Cell Research Policy
"Frequent policy changes have made the years since these cells were first derived something of a roller coaster," wrote Aaron Levine, Assistant Professor in the School of Public Policy, in the journal Cell Stem Cell Source: Los Angeles Times - February 4, 2011. Levine's findings were also discussed in Nature and Technology Review.
Nunn Named New Georgia Trustee
Sam Nunn, former U.S. Senator and Distinguished Professor in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, has been named a Georgia Trustee by the Georgia Historical Society and the Office of the Governor. Respected for his foreign policy and defense expertise, Nunn was officially inducted as a Georgia Trustee at the historical society’s Feb. 12 gala in Savannah as part of the two-week commemoration of Georgia history. Read full article in Georgia Trend - February 2011
On Government-Funded Technological Innovation
"If we had left it to Lotus and IBM, we would have a couple of tiny, proprietary and fairly useless systems out there," said Diana Hicks, Professor and Chair of the School of Public Poliy, defending technological innovation funded by the federal government. Hicks' statement contrasts recent tweets by U.S. Representative Paul Broun, R-Ga, which suggest the government is a barrier to innovation and development. Read full article in Politifact - January 25, 2011
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Founder’s Day March 14-15 Celebrates Historical Watermark and Honors Former U.S. Senator Sam Nunn
The 2011 Ivan Allen College Founder’s Day events begin a special year-long celebration of the concepts of social courage, social justice, civic vision, and compassionate leadership that are the legacy of Ivan Allen Jr., Mayor of Atlanta from 1962-1970.
During the two-day event March 14-15, we mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of Ivan Allen Jr., as well as the inaugural presentation of Georgia Tech’s new Ivan Allen Jr. Prize for Social Courage to a visionary leader at the forefront of efforts to reduce the global threats from nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons, former United States Senator Sam Nunn. A series of events will continue throughout the year with another peak moment in 2012 commemorating the 50th anniversary of Allen's inauguration as mayor of the City of Atlanta.
 This year-long celebration coincides with the beginning of the College’s third decade as stewards of the Allen legacy. “Since its founding in 1990, the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts has fulfilled that trust by engaging students, scholars, and the community through human-centered interdisciplinary teaching and research and through the awarding of the Ivan Allen Jr. Prize for Progress and Service from 2001-2010,” said Jacqueline J. Royster, Dean of the Ivan Allen College. “With the awarding of the new Social Courage Prize this year, we herald a new era in our efforts to engage the citizens of Atlanta, our state and nation, and the global community in this legacy.”
The Founder's Day celebration March 14-15 includes three special events:
March 14, 8:30am - 4:30pm - The Allen Prize Symposium
March 15, 8:30am - 12:00pm – Cross-college Research Roundtable
March 15, 1:30pm – Address by the Honorable Sam Nunn, inaugural recipient of the Ivan Allen Jr. Prize for Social Courage
The Allen Prize Symposium on March 14 at the Global Learning Center brings to the Georgia Tech community an opportunity to consider the grand challenges facing our world, to illuminate the trends that are shaping our future, and to engage a cadre of leaders who are making measurable progress toward a vision of peace and security. The Symposium will offer strategic insights from some of the nation’s most influential and successful policy leaders and decision makers in government, international institutions, the private sector, and civil society. Among the distinguished participants are Supreme Allied Commander Admiral James G. Stavridis, the Honorable Senator Sam Nunn, the Honorable Henry A. Kissinger, the Honorable William J. Perry, the Honorable George P. Shultz, Mr. Bob Schieffer, Dr. Adam N. Stulberg, and Mr. William J. Todd.
The symposium will be webcast LIVE at http://dllive.gatech.edu/AllenPrizeSymposium/
On March 15, 8:30pm-12:00pm, the College hosts a Research Roundtable with Georgia Tech faculty. The “Water and Conflict” panel will be moderated by Ms. Sally Bethea of the Upper Chattahoochee Riverkeeper. Discussants are: Dr. Susan Cozzens, SPP; Dr. Aris Georgakakos, COE; Dr. Barbara Deutsch Lynch, INTA; and Dr. Bruce Stiftel, COA. “The Future of Media” panel will be moderated by Phil Sharpe from Turner Broadcasting. Discussants are Dr. Michael Best, INTA, COC; Dr. Ian Bogost, LCC; and Dr. Alexandra Mazalek, LCC, COC.
Georgia Tech President G. P. “Bud” Peterson will present the Ivan Allen Jr. Prize for Social Courage to Senator Nunn at an awards luncheon on the afternoon of the 15th. Senator Nunn’s acceptance speech will begin at approximately 1:30 pm in the Georgian Ballroom at The Biltmore.
Faculty, staff, and students are invited to attend these events. RSVP is required. Please visit www.foundersday.iac.gatech.edu for a detailed schedule, locations, and to RSVP.
Top Photo: Ivan Allen, Jr. ('33) (1911-2003)
Second Photo: The Honorable Sam Nunn
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Shades of Greatness Exhibit & Symposium Highlights African Americans in Sports
A special program and panel discussion inspired by the "Shades of Greatness: Art Inspired by Negro Leagues Baseball" exhibit on campus will be held at 4-5:30 p.m. on March 3 in Room 105 of the D. M. Smith Building. Ivan Allen College Dean Jacqueline J. Royster and faculty from the School of History, Technology, and Society are among the presenters.
Introduced by Dr. Gary May, ECE; Dean Jacqueline J. Royster, IAC; Mr. Corey Boone, SGA; and Ms. Jakesha Smith, AASU, the symposium will feature keynote speaker James A. Riley, researcher, author, and a foremost authority on Negro League history. A panel moderated by Dr. Eleanor Alexander, HTS; will highlight African American history and culture through the lens of sports. Panelists are Dr. Douglas Flamming, HTS; Mr. Lucius Sanford, Executive Director, Letterwinner Association, Georgia Tech Athletic Association; Mr. Danny Hall, Head Baseball Coach, Georgia Tech Athletic Association; and Mr. K. G. White.
Attendees are invited to adjourn to the Neely Room of the Georgia Tech Library after the symposium to enjoy the exhibit which is on view through March 20th.
The program was organized by HTS professors Willie Pearson and Doug Flamming and Mike Huff of the Georgia Tech Athletic Association. Sponsors are the Steering Committee for the 50th Anniversary of the Matriculation of Black Students at Georgia Tech, Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts, and the Georgia Tech Athletic Association.
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