{"647055":{"#nid":"647055","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Ivan Allen College Recognizes Outstanding Service and Scholarship During Faculty and Staff Virtual Awards","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts recognized excellence in scholarship and service in its Spring Faculty and Staff Virtual Awards Celebration, held Wednesday, April 28.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe event featured leaders from across the College presenting awards to faculty and staff who have exhibited excellence in teaching, research, and supporting the College\u0026rsquo;s students and services. The ceremony was not held in 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;We have a lot to be proud of this year,\u0026rdquo; Dean Kaye Husbands Fealing said during the ceremony. \u0026ldquo;Despite the hurdles of the past year, and despite the changes in place, we have successfully served more students and raised a record amount in sponsored research funding in 2020. This is a true testament to your hard work and dedication.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/mediaspace.gatech.edu\/media\/t\/1_id7a7n3a\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWatch the recap video\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHere is the full list of award recipients:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBuzz Awards\u003C\/strong\u003E recognize distinguished service from staff members.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe honorees were:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EAdministrative service: Lindsey McKenzie, School of Public Policy\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EAdministrative service: Brad Rittenhouse, School of Literature, Media, and Communication\/DILAC Lab\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EAdministrative service: Matt Soffell, Center for Advanced Communications Policy\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EAdministrative service: Will Jimerson, Office of the Dean\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EStudent service: Amanda Blocker, School of Literature, Media, and Communication\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EStudent service: LaDonna Bowen-Chavers, School of History and Sociology\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EStudent service: Mirla Gonzalez, School of Modern Languages\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EStudent service: Stephanie Jackson, Sam Nunn School of International Affairs\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDistinguished Teaching Awards\u003C\/strong\u003E recognize one non-tenure-track and one tenure-track faculty member for measurable strengths and contributions in teaching excellence, innovative teaching techniques, implementing effective and efficient learning, and exceptional Course Instructor Option Survey scores.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThis year\u0026rsquo;s recipients were:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EDylan Brewer, assistant professor, School of Economics\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EJonathan Shelley, Marion L. Brittain Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Literature, Media, and Communication\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EFaculty Research Awards\u003C\/strong\u003E signify the work of faculty members to secure funding to support their research and other academic undertakings.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAward recipients were:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESilver Star Awards\u003C\/strong\u003E, honoring first-time grants of more than $50,000, \u0026ldquo;distinguished grants,\u0026rdquo; or \u0026ldquo;prestigious fellowships\u0026rdquo;:\r\n\r\n\t\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\t\u003Cli\u003EPaul Baker, senior director, Center for Advanced Communications Policy\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\t\u003Cli\u003EMichael Best, professor, Sam Nunn School of International Affairs\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\t\u003Cli\u003EMegan Denham, research associate II\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\t\u003Cli\u003EAllen Hyde, assistant professor, School of History and Sociology\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\t\u003Cli\u003ENatalie Khazaal, assistant professor, School of Modern Languages\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\t\u003Cli\u003ENaha Kumar, associate professor, Sam Nunn School of International Affairs\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\t\u003Cli\u003ENassim Parvin, associate professor, School of Literature, Media, and Communication\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\t\u003Cli\u003EAnne Sullivan, assistant professor, School of Literature, Media, and Communication\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\t\u003Cli\u003ERachel Whitlark, assistant professor, Sam Nunn School of International Affairs\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\t\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGold Star Awards\u003C\/strong\u003E, recognizing \u0026ldquo;cumulative grants of $250,000 within five years of the first grant.\u0026rdquo;\r\n\t\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\t\u003Cli\u003EOmar Asensio, assistant professor, School of Public Policy\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\t\u003Cli\u003EJason Borenstein, principal academic professional, School of Public Policy\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\t\u003Cli\u003EMariel Borowitz, associate professor, Sam Nunn School of International Affairs\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\t\u003Cli\u003EKaye Husbands Fealing, dean, Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\t\u003Cli\u003ESalimah LaForce, policy analyst, Center for Advanced Communications Policy\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\t\u003Cli\u003EHaizheng Li, professor, School of Economics\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\t\u003Cli\u003EAaron Levine, associate professor, School of Public Policy\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\t\u003Cli\u003EAmit Prasad, associate professor, School of History and Sociology\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\t\u003Cli\u003ELarry Rubin, associate professor, Sam Nunn School of International Affairs\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\t\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMillion Dollar Club\u003C\/strong\u003E, which recognizes faculty who secure \u0026ldquo;at least one million dollars in external research and have external funding in the current year\u0026rdquo;)\r\n\t\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\t\u003Cli\u003EIan Bogost, professor, School of Literature, Media, and Communication\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\t\u003Cli\u003EMarilyn Brown, Regents Professor and Brook Byers Professor of Sustainable Systems, School of Public Policy\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\t\u003Cli\u003EBrad Fain, executive director, Center for Advanced Communications Policy\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\t\u003Cli\u003ESarah Farmer, research scientist I, Center for Advanced Communications Policy\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\t\u003Cli\u003EUte Fischer, research scientist II, School of Literature, Media, and Communication\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\t\u003Cli\u003EVicki Galloway, professor emerita, School of Modern Languages\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\t\u003Cli\u003ESy Goodman, Regents Professor, Sam Nunn School of International Affairs\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\t\u003Cli\u003EDanny Hughes, professor, School of Economics\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\t\u003Cli\u003EGordon Kingsley, associate professor, School of Public Policy\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\t\u003Cli\u003EBrian Magerko, professor, School of Literature, Media, and Communication\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\t\u003Cli\u003EJulia Melkers, associate professor, School of Public Policy\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\t\u003Cli\u003EHelena Mitchell, Regents Researcher Emeritus and principal investigator, Center for Advanced Communications Policy\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\t\u003Cli\u003ENathan Moon, associate director for research, Center for Advanced Communications Policy\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\t\u003Cli\u003EJanet Murray, professor, School of Literature, Media, and Communication\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\t\u003Cli\u003EPhilip Shapira, Professor, School of Public Policy\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\t\u003Cli\u003EAnna Stenport, chair, School of Modern Languages\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\t\u003Cli\u003EAdam Stulberg, chair, Sam Nunn School of International Affairs\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\t\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EFaculty Excellence Awards \u003C\/strong\u003Ewere presented for the first time this year. Recipients of this award show evidence of consistently high research productivity and quality and have achieved a particularly notable milestone demonstrating the impact of their work over the past year.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAward recipients were:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EAndr\u0026eacute; Brock, associate professor, School of Literature, Media, and Communication\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003ELindsey Bullinger, assistant professor, School of Public Policy\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EKelley Fong, assistant professor, School of History and Sociology\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003ENatalie Khazaal, assistant professor, School of Modern Languages\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EAnjali Thomas, associate professor, Sam Nunn School of International Affairs\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EKaren Yan, assistant professor, School of Economics\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFifty Ivan Allen College faculty and staff were honored at the virtual ceremony.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Fifty Ivan Allen College faculty and staff were honored at the virtual ceremony."}],"uid":"34600","created_gmt":"2021-04-29 15:11:38","changed_gmt":"2021-05-24 14:54:34","author":"mpearson34","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2021-04-29T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2021-04-29T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"647058":{"id":"647058","type":"image","title":"Congratulations","body":null,"created":"1619709992","gmt_created":"2021-04-29 15:26:32","changed":"1619709992","gmt_changed":"2021-04-29 15:26:32","alt":"","file":{"fid":"245654","name":"congrats 169 r.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/congrats%20169%20r.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/congrats%20169%20r.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":50136,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/congrats%20169%20r.jpg?itok=u9mGPuNR"}}},"media_ids":["647058"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"106361","name":"Business and Economic Development"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:denise.ward@gatech.edu\u0022\u003EDenise Ward\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nDirector of Communications\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["denise.ward@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}