{"582831":{"#nid":"582831","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Asad Receives Foley Scholar Award for Social Justice Research","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EMariam Asad, a doctoral student in the Ivan Allen College School of Literature, Media, and Communication\u0026rsquo;s Digital Media program, received a Foley Scholar award from Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s GVU Center.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAsad, who is advised by Christopher Le Dantec, an assistant professor in the School of Literature, Media, and Communication, received $5,000 from the Foley Scholars Endowment. Her work explores digital advocacy tools, and she has extensively studied social justice movements in Atlanta communities.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMaia Jacobs and Clint Zeagler, doctoral students in the School of Interactive Computing, also received Foley Scholar awards. Tom Jenkins, a doctoral student in the Digital Media program, was named a Foley Scholar finalist for his research regarding Internet of Things devices in cohousing communities.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Foley Scholars Endowment was established in 2007 during the 15th Anniversary of the\u0026nbsp;GVU\u0026nbsp;Center, and each year it provides funding for awards to outstanding graduate students. The award was established by colleagues of Jim Foley and\u0026nbsp;GVU\u0026nbsp;alumni to honor Foley\u0026#39;s significant contributions in the field of computing, his influence on the work of others, and his dedication to interdisciplinary research.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nFor more information about the Foley Scholars Endowment visit\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/gvu.gatech.edu\/foley-scholars\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/gvu.gatech.edu\/foley-scholars\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EMariam Asad, a doctoral student in the Ivan Allen College School of Literature, Media, and Communication\u0026rsquo;s Digital Media program, received a Foley Scholar award from Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s GVU Center.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Mariam Asad, a doctoral student in the Ivan Allen College School of Literature, Media, and Communication\u2019s Digital Media program, received a Foley Scholar award from Georgia Tech\u2019s GVU Center. "}],"uid":"28513","created_gmt":"2016-10-19 20:17:39","changed_gmt":"2016-10-25 18:40:25","author":"Daniel Singer","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2016-10-19T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2016-10-19T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"509721":{"id":"509721","type":"image","title":"Mariam Asad","body":null,"created":"1458923537","gmt_created":"2016-03-25 16:32:17","changed":"1475895270","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:54:30","alt":"Mariam Asad","file":{"fid":"204942","name":"img_1366.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/img_1366_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/img_1366_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1361725,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/img_1366_0.jpg?itok=mRA1r9Fe"}}},"media_ids":["509721"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.lmc.gatech.edu\/","title":"School of Literature, Media, and Communication"},{"url":"http:\/\/gvu.gatech.edu\/foley-scholars-and-distinguished-masters-student-2016\/#gvu-profile-1","title":"GVU Foley Scholars"}],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[{"id":"8862","name":"Student Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"1946","name":"GVU"},{"id":"172516","name":"Foley Scholar"},{"id":"167595","name":"social justice"},{"id":"124","name":"Digital Media"},{"id":"68951","name":"Internet of Things"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39501","name":"People and Technology"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERebecca Keane\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nDirector of Communications\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n404.894.1720\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nrebecca.keane@iac.gatech.edu\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["rebecca.keane@iac.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}