Archana Ghodeswar, Ph.D. Economics 2022, accepted a post-doctoral research associate position at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, "a multiprogram research laboratory managed by UT-Battelle, LLC, for the U.S. Department of Energy." Congratulations, Archana!
Valerie Thomas, the Anderson-Interface Chair of Natural Systems and Professor in the H. Milton School of Industrial and Systems Engineering with a joint appointment in the School of Public Policy, briefed Congress on Oct.
Britta Kallin, associate professor of German Studies, presented on "Inclusive Language in the World Language Classroom: Transgender and Non-Binary Pronouns and Expressions" by invitation of the Georgia Department of Education's Professional Learning Community.
Postdoctoral teaching appointments can be a high-impact way to address and enhance the job prospects of new Ph.D.s in an increasingly dire academic job market, Melissa Ianetta, executive director of the Writing and Communication Program and the Class of 1958 Professor of Communication in the School of Literature, Media, and Communication, wrote in an Oct.
Associate Professor Todd Michney in the School of History and Sociology presented at Yale University's Economic History Workshop on Oct. 10. His seminar was titled "Black Life Insurance Companies’ Historic Mortgage Lending Activities and African American Homeownership after World War II."
Lisa Yaszek, Regents' Professor of Science Fiction Studies in the School of Literature, Media, and Communication, will give a lecture on "Megacities and Social Justice in Science Fiction" as part of her Guest Scholar appearance at the literary science fiction convention Multiverse.
Michèle Flournoy, distinguished professor of the practice, and Lawrence Rubin, associate professor in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, participated in a discussion on the Ukraine war on Oct. 6 co-sponsored by the Nunn School and the International Institute for Strategic Studies.
Associate Professor Lawrence Rubin and Distinguished Professor of the Practice Michele Flournoy of the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs discussed during a panel entitled "Ukraine: Back to the future (of warfare)?" on the roles and effects of emerging technologies, including artificial intelligence and robotics, in Ukraine's defense against
Lisa Yaszek, Regents’ Professor of Science Fiction Studies in the School of Literature, Media, and Communication wrote an article for LitHub exploring the historic roots of feminist science fiction storytelling.
Georgia Tech will host the inaugural Atlanta Workshop on Public Policy and Child Well-Being on March 10 -11, 2023. This interdisciplinary conference is being organized by Lindsey Bullinger of the School of Public Policy and Daniel Dench of the School of Economics. It is sponsored by the School of Public Policy, the School of Economics, and the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts.
