{"59209":{"#nid":"59209","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Rosser Recognized for Decade of Distinguished Service","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDeparting Ivan Allen College Dean Sue Rosser has been appointed Professor Emerita in the School of Public Policy.  The appointment was made by Georgia Tech administration, in accord with the recommendation of faculty, in recognition of Rosser\u0027s distinguished service to the Institute.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn bestowing the appointment, Georgia Tech Provost Gary Schuster lauded Rosser\u0027s \u0022energy, dedication, and achievement\u0022  during her tenure at Georgia Tech (1999-2009).  Schuster said that Rosser has \u0022positioned the College on an outstanding trajectory.\u0022   \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ERosser was Georgia Tech\u0027s first female academic dean.  She clarified the mission of Ivan Allen College in support of the strategic vision of Georgia Tech, emphasizing teaching and research that examine science, engineering, and computing through the lens of the liberal arts.  She is credited with building collaborative programs across disciplines, thus expanding the Institute\u0027s intellectual diversity and its ability to produce graduates who are prepared to address societal issues both domestically and internationally.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EUnder Rosser\u0027s leadership, the College developed three doctoral programs, three master\u0027s programs and four bachelor\u0027s programs, increased by one-third its tenure-track faculty, and doubled student enrollment.  She expanded the research identity and profile of the College spearheading the growth of sponsored research from $1 million (2002) to more than $6 million (2008) and making it the most diverse funding of any unit within Georgia Tech (NSF, DARPA, NIH, Sloan, Kauffman, Mellon, NEH, the European Union, and the MacArthur Foundation).\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EA leading scholar in women\u0027s studies, Rosser held the Ivan Allen Dean\u0027s Chair of Liberal Arts and Technology and faculty appointments in the Schools of Public Policy and History, Technology, and Society.  She continued a career of significant and prolific research during her tenure as Dean.  To date, she has authored and\/or edited 12 books and written approximately 130 journal articles on the theoretical and applied problems of women, science, and technology and women\u0027s health. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ERosser will become provost at San Francisco State University (SFSU) in August.  She expressed appreciation to Ivan Allen College chairs and faculty and colleagues in other units across Georgia Tech for their collaboration in building successful graduate and undergraduate programs. She commented, \u0022I will miss the wonderful sense of collegiality and interdisciplinarity that permeates Tech and makes it such an exciting environment.\u0022 \n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Departing Ivan Allen College Dean Sue Rosser has been appointed Professor Emerita in the School of Public Policy.  The appointment was made by Georgia Tech administration, in accord with the recommendation of faculty, in recognition of Rosser\u0027s distinguished service to the Institute.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Rosser Appointed Faculty Emerita in School of Public Policy"}],"uid":"27167","created_gmt":"2009-07-15 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:02:46","author":"Rebecca Keane","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2009-07-15T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2009-07-15T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"59210":{"id":"59210","type":"image","title":"tfe74353.jpg","body":null,"created":"1449176221","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:57:01","changed":"1475894390","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:39:50","alt":"","file":{"fid":"190909","name":"tfe74353.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tfe74353_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tfe74353_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":42197,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/tfe74353_0.jpg?itok=zKXw6o0U"}}},"media_ids":["59210"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"132","name":"Institute Leadership"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"10117","name":"accomplishments"},{"id":"10116","name":"Dean Rosser"},{"id":"10115","name":"Faculty Emerita"},{"id":"4148","name":"legacy"},{"id":"167063","name":"Sue Rosser"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003ERebecca Keane\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIvan Allen College of Liberal Arts\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=rkeane3\u0022\u003EContact Rebecca Keane\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404-894-1720\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["rebecca.keane@iac.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}