{"74094":{"#nid":"74094","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Pearson Among Distinguished Members Honored by Scientific Research Society","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWillie Pearson, Professor of Sociology in the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts School of History, Technology, and Society (HTS) was one of those honored recently by\u0026nbsp;Sigma Xi, the international\u0026nbsp;Scientific Research Society, during its 125th anniversary.\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EA 20-year member of Sigma Xi, Pearson and other distinguished members of the Society were celebrated for their contributions to science.\u0026nbsp; Pearson specializes in the sociology of science and the sociology of the family.\u0026nbsp; He has served as a lecturer in Sigma Xi\u0027s Distinguished Lectureship Program; chaired the Committee on Equal Opportunities in Science and Engineering (CEOSE) of the Executive Office of the National Science Foundation; and chaired the Committee for Science, Engineering, and Public Policy of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). In 2001, he was designated a lifetime National Associate of the National Academies. Currently, he serves on advisory committees in the Education and Human Resources Directorate (National Science Foundation), the Burroughs Wellcome Fund, and the\u0026nbsp;National\u0026nbsp;Academy of Sciences.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWillie Pearson, Professor of Sociology in the School of History, Technology, and Society (HTS) was one of those honored recently by\u0026nbsp;Sigma Xi, the international\u0026nbsp;Scientific Research Society, in celebration of its 125th anniversary.\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27167","created_gmt":"2011-12-13 18:55:46","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:10:50","author":"Rebecca Keane","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-12-13T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2011-12-13T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"74096":{"id":"74096","type":"image","title":"Willie Pearson","body":null,"created":"1449178046","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:27:26","changed":"1539025101","gmt_changed":"2018-10-08 18:58:21","alt":"Dr. Willie Pearson spaaking on a panel","file":{"fid":"193768","name":"williepearsonbymeeks200x300.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/williepearsonbymeeks200x300_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/williepearsonbymeeks200x300_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":40641,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/williepearsonbymeeks200x300_0.jpg?itok=26fqQrW9"}}},"media_ids":["74096"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"167556","name":"Sigma Xi"},{"id":"15348","name":"Willie Pearson"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERebecca Keane\u0026nbsp; 404-894-1720\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["rebecca.keane@iac.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}