Featured Graduate Research

Master's and doctoral students in Ivan Allen College's six Schools work on a breathtaking range of research: the economics and politics of global development; the history and sociology of technology; the future of media arts; global languages and cultures; climate and sustainability; international affairs, and more.

Take a look at just a slice of what our students have been up to, then consider applying for a master's or Ph.D. program at the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts.

Graduate Research Projects

Recent Research

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Widespread Electric vehicle adoption would lower energy prices 6% and strengthen national energy security, according to the new study from researchers in the Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School of Public Policy.


Blaire Bosley, graduating with a Ph.D. in Digital Media from the School of Literature, Media, and Communication, turned her kidney transplant experience into an opportunity to help others. For her final project in the program, she built an interactive digital experience to help people diagnosed with chronic kidney disease navigate the life-altering transplant process and find community.


Without the Master’s in Applied Languages and Intercultural Studies in Georgia Tech’s School of Modern Languages, Stephan Beaulieu might never have read his great-grandfather’s work. For his capstone project, Beaulieu is transcribing the fragile, handwritten notebooks from French to English and hopes to eventually publish it.


Why did Peru’s popular interactive science museum disappear? Alejandra Ruiz León, a Ph.D. candidate in Georgia Tech’s School of History and Sociology, asks this in a new article published in Cultures of Science.


Educators are increasingly using collaborative puzzle games in an academic context, says Rachel Donley, an escape room designer and Digital Media Ph.D. candidate. However, these games often oversimplify complex topics rather than acting as a jumping-off point to explore them further.


Can you tell what someone is feeling based on their facial expression? Proponents of emotion AI — a type of artificial intelligence that analyzes facial expressions, text, voice, and other cues to infer emotions — say it can do just that.


Researchers at Georgia Tech are creating accessible museum exhibits that explain artificial intelligence (AI) to middle school students, including the LuminAI interactive AI-based dance partner developed by Regents' Professor Brian Magerko.


Eric Steagall, a sports studies scholar in the School of History and Sociology, questions how sports can help us understand larger societal issues. The Ph.D. candidate is researching the famous amateur golfer and Georgia Tech alum Bobby Jones, who played during the "Golden Age of American Sports" in the 1920s.


Ioanna Maria Spyrou, a Ph.D. candidate in the School of Economics, uses artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning to predict food insecurity in Africa. She hopes the tool she’s developing can help policymakers and community organizations implement more timely and targeted interventions to alleviate hunger on the continent. 


How do you archive and convey queer history? It’s a complex question for historians and LGBTQ people, who have been on the margins and often resist categorization. New research from the Georgia Institute of Technology offers a unique framework for understanding queer communities and their histories.


Through the M.S. in Human Computer Interaction, Candice Butts explored the possibilities of fusing technology and storytelling in sharing the unique role of Black women in mourning and funereal practices in the 1800s.

Contact Us

Graduate Research Contacts

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Aaron Levine

Associate Dean for Research and Outreach, Professor

Email: aaron.levine@pubpolicy.gatech.edu

Phone: 404-385-3329

Office: DM Smith 318

Shatakshee Dhongde

Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Professor

Email: shatakshee.dhongde@econ.gatech.edu

Phone: 404-894-4913

Office: Old CE Building, Room 221