{"630477":{"#nid":"630477","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Five from Ivan Allen Receive Presidents Undergraduate Research Awards (PURA)","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFive Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts students\u0026nbsp;\u0026ndash; two majoring in computational media, two in literature, media, and communication, and one in applied languages and intercultural studies\u0026nbsp;\u0026ndash; were recipients of\u0026nbsp;President\u0026rsquo;s Undergraduate Research Awards (PURA) this year.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EPURAs are competitive awards that support research or that fund travel to present research at a professional conference.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe following students received $1,500 stipends to work on their research as research assistants:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003EFall 2019\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nAshley Alton\u003C\/strong\u003E (CM) for \u0026ldquo;Transgender Narratives in Science Fiction.\u0026rdquo;\u0026nbsp; Mentor:\u0026nbsp;Professor \u003Cstrong\u003ELisa Yaszek\u003C\/strong\u003E, Literature, Media, and Communication.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cstrong\u003EJulia Clendenin\u003C\/strong\u003E (LMC) for \u0026ldquo;Identifying Best Sound Practices for Radio Drama and Podcast Production.\u0026rdquo;\u0026nbsp; Mentor:\u0026nbsp;Professor Lisa Yaszek, Literature, Media, and Communication.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESpring 2020\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cstrong\u003ENina Qin\u003C\/strong\u003E (CM) for \u0026ldquo;Increasing Efficacy of Education Technology through Hip-Hop-Based Pedagogical Affordances.\u0026rdquo;\u0026nbsp; Mentor:\u0026nbsp;Assistant\u0026nbsp;Professor \u003Cstrong\u003EJoycelyn Wilson\u003C\/strong\u003E, Literature, Media, and Communication.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe following students received $500 travel stipends, enabling them to present their research at a conference:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EFall 2019\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cstrong\u003ERocio Soto\u003C\/strong\u003E (LMC) to present \u0026ldquo;Exhibiting Identity\u0026rdquo; at the IWCA-NCPTW 2019 Conference.\u0026nbsp; Mentor:\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EBrandy Blake\u003C\/strong\u003E, Director of the Helen H. Naugle CommLab.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESpring 2020\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cstrong\u003ESamuel Weiss-Cowie\u003C\/strong\u003E (ALIS) to present \u0026ldquo;Hyper-articulation in Korean glides by heritage language learners\u0026rdquo; at the Linguistic Society of America Annual Meeting.\u0026nbsp;Mentor:\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003ESeung-Eun Chang\u003C\/strong\u003E, lecturer, Modern Languages. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/modlangs.gatech.edu\/news\/item\/630139\/korean-student-granted-president-undergraduate-research-award\u0022\u003ERead more about Samuel\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIvan Allen College faculty also mentored PURA winners from non-liberal arts disciplines on campus.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ENunn School Assistant Professor \u003Cstrong\u003ENeha Kumar\u003C\/strong\u003E mentored computational science major \u003Cstrong\u003EMaya Holikatti\u003C\/strong\u003E, who presented \u0026ldquo;Learning to Airbnb by Engaging in Online Communities of Practice\u0026rdquo; at the 2019 ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECommLab Director Brandy Blake mentored civil engineering student \u003Cstrong\u003ENatalie Zukerman\u003C\/strong\u003E, who presented \u0026quot;Exhibiting Identity\u0026quot; at the 2019 IWCA-NCPTW 2019 Conference.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETwo students majoring in computational media, two in literature, media, and communication, and one in applied languages and intercultural studies were recipients of\u0026nbsp;President\u0026rsquo;s Undergraduate Research Awards (PURA) this year.\u0026nbsp;Ivan Allen College faculty also mentored two PURA winners from non-liberal arts disciplines on campus.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Five Ivan Allen majors were recipients of\u00a0President\u2019s Undergraduate Research Awards (PURA) for Fall 2019 and Spring 2020."}],"uid":"27167","created_gmt":"2020-01-03 21:01:56","changed_gmt":"2020-01-08 19:04:39","author":"Rebecca Keane","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2020-01-03T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2020-01-03T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"630791":{"id":"630791","type":"image","title":"PURA Ivan Allen College","body":null,"created":"1578510231","gmt_created":"2020-01-08 19:03:51","changed":"1578510231","gmt_changed":"2020-01-08 19:03:51","alt":"","file":{"fid":"240122","name":"pura image.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/pura%20image.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/pura%20image.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":433492,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/pura%20image.jpg?itok=zoRlihWJ"}}},"media_ids":["630791"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"183396","name":"PURA recipients"},{"id":"276","name":"Awards"},{"id":"955","name":"ivan allen college"},{"id":"183397","name":"PURA mentors"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39501","name":"People and Technology"},{"id":"39511","name":"Public Service, Leadership, and Policy"}],"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\nrebecca.keane@iac.gatech.edu\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n404.538.6846\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["rebecca.keane@iac.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}