{"599401":{"#nid":"599401","#data":{"type":"news","title":"College of Computing Taps Grinter for Key Faculty Role","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESchool of Interactive Computing (IC) Professor\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/people\/beki-grinter\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBeki Grinter\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;has been tapped as the College of Computing\u0026rsquo;s new Associate Dean for Faculty Development.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn an email sent Dec. 1 to \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/people\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Efaculty and staff\u003C\/a\u003E, John P. Imlay Jr. Dean of Computing \u003Cstrong\u003EZvi Galil\u003C\/strong\u003E congratulated Grinter and said that she will immediately assume the duties of her new collateral position.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;This is a role that has been dormant for a few years, but will be critical as we continue to step up both our faculty recruitment and our efforts to help the College\u0026#39;s faculty \u0026ndash; both academic and research \u0026shy;\u0026ndash; progress and grow to become the superstars of tomorrow,\u0026rdquo; said Galil.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGrinter joined Georgia Tech in 2004 following a number of years in industry research positions, including jobs with Bell Labs and the Palo Alto Research Center. Her research at Tech looks to improve people\u0026rsquo;s experiences in using existing technology and in creating new technology.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn this pursuit, Grinter and her graduate students have made a number of \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/~beki\/Pubs.html\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Esubstantial contributions\u003C\/a\u003E to the fields of human-computer interaction, computer-supported cooperative work, and ubiquitous computing.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"School of IC Professor Beki Grinter has been named as GT Computing\u0027s new Associate Dean for Faculty Development"}],"uid":"32045","created_gmt":"2017-12-01 17:58:55","changed_gmt":"2017-12-01 18:28:28","author":"Ben Snedeker","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2017-12-01T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2017-12-01T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"599402":{"id":"599402","type":"image","title":"Georgia Tech Professor Beki Grinter","body":null,"created":"1512151318","gmt_created":"2017-12-01 18:01:58","changed":"1512151318","gmt_changed":"2017-12-01 18:01:58","alt":"Georgia Tech Professor Beki Grinter has been named the Georgia Tech College of Computing\u2019s Associate Dean for Faculty Development","file":{"fid":"228525","name":"Grinter_anton reception_2017.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Grinter_anton%20reception_2017.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Grinter_anton%20reception_2017.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":76357,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Grinter_anton%20reception_2017.jpg?itok=4lkRqLNj"}}},"media_ids":["599402"],"groups":[{"id":"47223","name":"College of Computing"},{"id":"50876","name":"School of Interactive Computing"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"13097","name":"Beki Grinter"},{"id":"176382","name":"associate dean faculty development"},{"id":"9152","name":"zvi galil"},{"id":"8494","name":"HCI"}],"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\u003EAlbert Snedeker, Communications Manager\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:albert.snedeker@cc.gatech.edu?subject=Grinter%20appointment\u0022\u003Ealbert.snedeker@cc.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["albert.snedeker@cc.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}