Recent HSOC News

Current News and Events

• Chair of HSOC Makes Statement on Black Live Matter and Police Killings

  July 6, 2020

  
  Professor of history reflects on role of sociologists and historians in this pivotal moment.

• Professor Todd Michney on Redlining and Residential Segregation

  July 6, 2020

  
  Historian's research focuses on race and residential segregation.

• Congratulations to Amber Brooks

  July 6, 2020

  
  HSTS graduate student Amber Brooks publishes research on the history of medicine.

• A Warm Welcome to New Dean Kaye Husbands Fealing

  June 1, 2020

  

  The College offers a warm welcome to Kaye Husbands Fealing who officially assumed her new role as dean of the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts at Georgia Tech on June 1 and shared a message of optimism with the College community. On June 3, she sent a letter to the College widening the diaologue to address the events occuring around racial injustice.

• Health Insurance Shortfalls Could Contribute to Low COVID-19 Test Rates, Study Says

  May 26, 2020

  

  Lower rates of health insurance coverage were associated with substantially lower levels of testing for COVID-19 in the early days of the outbreak, before testing was made free, according to a new study co-authored by Allen Hyde.

• Forty-two Ivan Allen Researchers Awarded Small Grants

  May 22, 2020

  

  Forty-two faculty members in the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts received various small grants this semester to continue their research and scholarship including work related to Covid-19.

• An Extraordinary Time: A Recap of John Tone’s Year as Interim Dean of Ivan Allen College

  May 21, 2020

  

  John Tone led the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts on an interim basis through a year punctuated by COVID-19 pandemic. He steps down at the end of this month.

• Congratulations to Dr. Renee Shelby

  May 12, 2020

  
  Renee successfully defended her dissertation, "Designing Justice: Sexual Violence, Technology, and Citizen-Activism." Congrats!

• Jennifer Singh Receives DILAC Award

  May 12, 2020

  
  Jennifer Singh received a 2020 DILAC award for her project, "Visualizing Digital Autism Disparities in Metro Atlanta, Georgia."

• Elise Li Zheng Wins HSOC Homer Rice Award

  May 12, 2020

  
  Congratulations to Elise Li Zheng, the recipient of this year's HSOC Homer Rice Award.