{"239781":{"#nid":"239781","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Nunn School PhD Student Presents on Field Work in China on Rare Earth Industry","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EMs. Yujia He, doctoral candidate at the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, was selected in the past year as a\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.uchicago.cn\/2012\/08\/center-in-beijing-announces-new-generation-china-scholars-program\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ENew Generation China Scholar\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;for the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.uchicago.cn\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EUniversity of Chicago Center in Beijing\u003C\/a\u003E. Yujia\u2019s work at the Sam Nunn School focuses on China\u2019s strategic control of the rare earths, materials that are used in high-tech industries critical to both economic development and national defense and in which China has dominated world production and trade. Her dissertation aims to explore and explain the key factors that have shaped the process, measures, and outcome of China\u2019s re-regulation in the rare earth industry.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs a 2012-13 New Generation China Scholar, Yujia travelled to seven provinces and cities in China and conducted intensive fieldwork on China\u2019s rare earth industry. She presented her work at the first\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.coop.gatech.edu\/dopp_poster_crawl.html\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech Co-op and Internship Poster Crawl\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;on 9 September 2013.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe New Generation China Scholar program, with funding support from the Ford Foundation, recruits twelve PhD students in the social sciences to participate in an initiative to foster intellectual interactions among early career scholars in leading universities from the U.S. and China. During the 6-8 month project term, scholars work on their projects under the guidance of faculty mentors at the Center in Beijing and in collaboration with fellow graduate researchers. Scholars from the U.S. have the opportunity to conduct field-based research in China, with access to workspace and other facilities and resources offered by the Center.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.profpractice.gatech.edu\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EDivision of Professional Practice\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;(DoPP) sponsored the poster crawl to showcase the work accomplished by Georgia Tech students in Co-op and internships related to academic studies.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27866","created_gmt":"2013-09-23 21:09:25","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:14:56","author":"Ava Roth","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","extras":[],"hg_media":{"239771":{"id":"239771","type":"image","title":"Yujia He describing the research she led in China","body":null,"created":"1449243670","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 15:41:10","changed":"1475894914","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:48:34","alt":"Yujia He describing the research she led in China","file":{"fid":"197995","name":"yujia_he_describing_the_research_she_led_in_china.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/yujia_he_describing_the_research_she_led_in_china.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/yujia_he_describing_the_research_she_led_in_china.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":283360,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/yujia_he_describing_the_research_she_led_in_china.jpg?itok=sy4jY271"}}},"media_ids":["239771"],"groups":[{"id":"1285","name":"Sam Nunn School of International Affairs"}],"categories":[{"id":"8862","name":"Student Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"7835","name":"Division of Professional Practice"},{"id":"74631","name":"New Generation China Scholar"},{"id":"74641","name":"University of Chicago Center in Beijing"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFariah Majmundar\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022tel:404-894-5601\u0022\u003E404-894-5601\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["fariah@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}