{"646103":{"#nid":"646103","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Kumar Promoted to Associate Professor","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Sam Nunn School of International Affairs is proud to announce that assistant professor Neha Kumar just received tenure.\u0026nbsp;She joined the Nunn School in 2015 with a joint appointment in the School of Interactive Computing, and has been promoted to associate professor.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EKumar\u0026rsquo;s\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;research lies at the intersection of human-centered computing and global development.\u0026nbsp;She uses a background in computer science, design, and ethnography to study emerging technology practices of marginalized users in resource-challenged communities, and to leverage this understanding towards the design and deployment of appropriate technology- and process-based solutions.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EKumar\u0026rsquo;s work contributes towards scholarship on mobile, social, and visual media practices and applies this research to design appropriate and contextually-relevant health and education interventions for marginalized communities, mainly in South Asia.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ENeha Kumar came to Georgia Tech after completing a doctorate at the School of Information at the University of California, Berkley, where she specialized in human-centered computing and global development\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EKudos to Neha on achieving this professional milestone!\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Sam Nunn School of International Affairs is proud to announce that assistant professor Neha Kumar just received tenure.\u0026nbsp;She joined the Nunn School in 2015 with a joint appointment in the School of Interactive Computing, and has been promoted to associate professor.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The Sam Nunn School of International Affairs is proud to announce that assistant professor Neha Kumar just received tenure."}],"uid":"34435","created_gmt":"2021-04-05 12:24:18","changed_gmt":"2021-04-05 12:24:43","author":"jpalacios9","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2021-03-31T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2021-03-31T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"507851":{"id":"507851","type":"image","title":"Neha Kumar","body":null,"created":"1457114400","gmt_created":"2016-03-04 18:00:00","changed":"1475895270","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:54:30","alt":"Neha Kumar","file":{"fid":"204902","name":"neha.jpeg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/neha_0.jpeg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/neha_0.jpeg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":52721,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/neha_0.jpeg?itok=-g5uLcQV"}}},"media_ids":["507851"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/inta.gatech.edu\/news\/item\/645690\/three-ivan-allen-college-faculty-members-earn-promotions","title":"Three Ivan Allen College Faculty Members Earn Promotions"}],"groups":[{"id":"1286","name":"Center for International Strategy, Technology, and Policy (CISTP)"},{"id":"1285","name":"Sam Nunn School of International Affairs"}],"categories":[{"id":"151","name":"Policy, Social Sciences, and Liberal Arts"}],"keywords":[{"id":"2483","name":"interactive computing"},{"id":"3856","name":"promotion"},{"id":"169209","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts; Sam Nunn School of International Affairs"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:Jessica.palacios@inta.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EJessica Palacios\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nMarketing \u0026amp; Event Coordinator\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nSam Nunn School of International Affairs\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}