{"651973":{"#nid":"651973","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"New Co-Director Named for Global Studies Center","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJuan Carlos Rodriguez, an associate professor of Spanish in the School of Modern Languages, was featured in the article, \u0026#39;New Co-Director\u0026nbsp;Named for Global Studies Center,\u0026#39; posted on Oct 20, 2021, on\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EGlobal Atlanta.com.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe article discusses Rodriguez\u0026#39;s appointment as\u0026nbsp;faculty co-director of the Atlanta Global Studies Center, an interdisciplinary center focused helping improve language learning and cultural competency in metro-area students. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAn excerpt:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cblockquote\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Atlanta is without a doubt a global city \u0026mdash; a city of connections, distinguished by its leading role in the civil rights movement and the production of global media,\u0026rdquo; Dr. Rodr\u0026iacute;guez said in an Oct. 1 news release. \u0026ldquo;In the coming years, the Atlanta Global Studies Center must continue to serve as a platform to honor our city\u0026rsquo;s legacies, our commitment to strengthen international networks and immigrant communities.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"35926","created_gmt":"2021-10-22 16:48:27","changed_gmt":"2021-10-22 16:49:33","author":"schurchman3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.globalatlanta.com\/new-co-director-named-for-global-studies-center\/","dateline":{"date":"2021-10-20T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2021-10-20T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"651915":{"id":"651915","type":"image","title":"Juan Carlos Rodriguez","body":null,"created":"1634829228","gmt_created":"2021-10-21 15:13:48","changed":"1634829228","gmt_changed":"2021-10-21 15:13:48","alt":"","file":{"fid":"247340","name":"JCR.jpeg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/JCR.jpeg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/JCR.jpeg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":8880,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/JCR.jpeg?itok=2E782hel"}}},"media_ids":["651915"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}