Recent HSOC News

Current News and Events

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• Ivan Allen College Instructors Named to 2022 CIOS Honor Roll

  May 27, 2022

  

  Twenty-three instructors across all six Ivan Allen College schools have been named to the Student Recognition of Excellence in Teaching: Spring 2022 CIOS Honor Roll.

• Alumni Spotlight: Patrick Zander, Writer and History Professor

  May 10, 2022

  
  Patrick Zander is an associate professor of history at Georgia Gwinnett College and has published books on history and historical fiction.

• HSOC Spring 2022 Awards Roundup

  May 9, 2022

  
  Congratulations to all of the talented students, faculty, and staff in the School of History and Sociology who earned awards and recognition across campus this semester. We're proud to celebrate your achievements!

• Oh, The Places You'll Go! Ivan Allen College Celebrates Class of 2022 Graduates

  May 2, 2022

  
  Read more about some of our class of 2022 graduates as they prepare for commencement.

• With Recent Funding, Sea Level Sensor Project in Savannah Moves into New Phase

  April 20, 2022

  

  The rising sea levels along Georgia’s Savannah coast and an uptick in more severe storms during hurricane season are bellwethers to looming ecological challenges stemming from climate change.

• HSOC Faculty Profile: Meet Assistant Professor Kate Pride Brown

  April 19, 2022

  
  Brown's research focuses on social and environmental sustainability and the power dynamics that influence it. Read more about her interests inside and out of the classroom in our faculty Q&A! 

• Vergara Named Cisneros Visiting Scholar at Harvard University

  April 13, 2022

  
  At Harvard, Assistant Professor Germán Vergara plans to begin drafting parts of his new book, "Becoming History: Species Extinctions and Capitalism in Latin America Since 1800."

• Bianchini Honored with 2022 Ivan Allen Jr. Legacy Award

  April 6, 2022

  
  The Legacy Award is given to an undergraduate student, graduate student, and faculty member each year whose lives and work embody the spirit of Georgia Tech alumnus and former Atlanta mayor Ivan Allen Jr. (Commerce 1934).

• Meet our 2022 Distinguished Alumni Award Winner, Sybrina Atwaters!

  April 5, 2022

  
  Atwaters boasts an astonishing five degrees in her portfolio — and that's just the start of her accomplishments.

• Student Spotlight: Meet HSOC Fourth-Year Kim Molina-Veronico

  March 29, 2022

  
  Kim is a First-Gen Mentor and the founding president of the Latin American Student Organization. "The experiences and opportunities that Georgia Tech has given me have allowed me to blossom into a confident leader," she said.

• Congratulations to our 2022 HSOC Award Winners!

  March 28, 2022

  
  And the winners are...

• Four Ivan Allen College Faculty Members Earn Promotion and Tenure

  March 24, 2022

  
  Tenure and promotion for the faculty members is effective Aug. 1, 2022

• Politics on the Pitch: Soccer’s Role in Nation-building, International Relations, and the Fight for Equality

  March 23, 2022

  

  Experts from the Ivan Allen College weigh in on soccer and politics as the U.S. Men's National Team tries to quality for the World Cup.

• HSOC Alumna Creates ‘New Kind of Public Space' at Science Gallery in India

  March 23, 2022

  
  Jahnavi Phalkey is the founding director of Science Gallery Bengaluru, India's first public lab space supporting research and public engagement in the natural sciences, social sciences, engineering, and the arts.

• 5 Questions on March Madness with Sports and Society Professor Mary McDonald

  March 15, 2022

  
  As we anticipate the tournament tip-off, McDonald offers insight into the entwining narratives of gender equality, school identity, and more that will play out on basketball courts across the country this month.

• Anti-war Movement in Russia may be ‘Wishful Thinking’ According to HSOC Professor

  March 8, 2022

  
  Assistant Professor Kate Pride Brown explains that activism relies on social trust, of which people living under authoritarian regimes tend to have little. 

• Alumni Spotlight: Jonah Bea-Taylor, Historian at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

  March 4, 2022

  
  "My hope is that my work as a government historian preserving these materials will in some way contribute to broader histories undertaken in an independent, academic setting," says Bea-Taylor.

• Fourteen in Ivan Allen College Recognized for Teaching Excellence

  March 1, 2022

  

  The honored faculty members received excellent reviews from students.

• Student Spotlight: Meet HSOC Fifth-Year Jensen Fitzgibbon

  February 21, 2022

  
  Fitzgibbon, a fifth-year double-major in History, Technology, and Society and Business Administration, shares her research experience, goals, advice, and more!

• Ph.D. Graduate Sooa Lee Accepts Position at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

  February 21, 2022

  
  Lee will be research assistant professor at the Center for Global Strategies and Planning.

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