Recent HSOC News

Current News and Events

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• HSOC Student Uses Instagram to Combat Covid-19 Misinformation in Peru

  September 27, 2021

  
  With a background in biochemistry, unique insight from her Ph.D. program, and 68,000 followers on Instagram, Alejandra Ruiz-León saw an opportunity to make a difference. Now she is one of the biggest science communicators in her home country of Peru.

• Interdisciplinary Team Awarded $1 Million NSF Grant for Youth Advocacy and Disaster Resilience

  September 21, 2021

  
  They will use the funds to develop “a creative toolset for education and advocacy,” which they will use to help residents in environmentally vulnerable communities reimagine disaster resilience and advocate for these interventions in their neighborhoods.

• Ruiz León, Randolph, and Singh Honored As 2021 Georgia Tech Faces Of Inclusive Excellence

  September 20, 2021

  
  Alejandra Ruiz León, Sherie Randolph, and Jennifer Singh were honored for their scholarship and research related to diversity equity and inclusion.

• HSOC Faculty in the News: Johnny Smith on 'Closer Look' on WABE

  September 14, 2021

  
  Listen to Associate Professor Johnny Smith discuss the relationship between Muhammad Ali and Malcolm X with Rose Scott on Closer Look on WABE.

• Interactive Autism Services Map Shows Inequality, Helps Georgians Find the Services They Need 

  September 13, 2021

  
  The map, created by HSOC Associate Professor Jennifer Singh, allows users to find the closest service providers to their location and apply filters like which insurance they accept, if they have a bilingual staff, and more.

• Summer YPAR Institute Empowers Youth to Create Change

  September 8, 2021

  
  The goal? Help youth in Clarkston find a voice in their community. The method? Teach them to conduct research so they, themselves, solve the problems around them. 

• HSOC Faculty in the News: Johnny Smith Featured in the AJC

  September 3, 2021

  
  Associate Professor Johnny Smith was featured in the article "Georgia Tech Prof’s Book Basis of Netflix’s ‘Blood Brothers: Malcolm X & Muhammad Ali’ out Sept. 9" published in the "Atlanta Journal-Constitution." 

• D'Unger Named a 2021–2022 Hesburgh Award Teaching Fellow

  August 26, 2021

  
  Amy D’Unger, senior academic professional in the School of History and Sociology, was named one of the 2021–2022 Hesburgh Award Teaching Fellows. She is in the first group of Senior and Principal Academic Professionals to participate in the program.

• Ivan Allen College Faculty Members Named to Class of 1934 CIOS Honor Roll for Spring, Summer

  August 24, 2021

  

  Twenty-three Ivan Allen College faculty members have been named to the Class of 1934 CIOS Honor Roll for instructional excellence in the spring and summer semesters.

• HSOC Faculty in the News: Michney's Op-ed Published in Savannah Morning News

  August 19, 2021

  
  HSOC Assistant Professor Todd Michney published an op-ed titled "Historian: Savannah's and Cuyler-Brownville's Peculiar Place in the History of Redlining" in the Savannah Morning News.

• Smith’s Book ‘Blood Brothers’ Adapted Into New Netflix Documentary

  August 19, 2021

  
  The documentary focuses on the rise and fall of Muhammad Ali and Malcolm X’s tumultuous friendship between 1960 and 1965. Watch the trailer out on Netflix now, and catch the full documentary on Sept. 9.

• HSOC Annual Newsletter

  August 13, 2021

  
  As we prepare for the new academic year, we're also reflecting on everything we’ve accomplished in the School of History and Sociology since our last annual report in 2019.

• Student Spotlight: Meet Teresa Muñoz

  August 5, 2021

  
  With the 2020-2021 academic year drawing to a close, we sat down with Teresa Muñoz, a fourth year History, Technology, and Society (HTS) major to ask how the last year has affected her Georgia Tech experience. 

• HSOC Faculty in the News: Todd Michney Featured in AJC

  August 4, 2021

  
  The article focused heavily on Michney's work on the history of redlining in political and educational contexts. 

• Meet the New HSOC Administrative Team

  July 29, 2021

  
  Professor Hanchao Lu will take the reins as the new interim chair and lead an all-new administrative team for the School.

• Vergara's New Book 'Fueling Mexico' Aims to Answer a Childhood Question  

  July 27, 2021

  
  Assistant Professor Germán Vergara's new book tells the story of energy history in Latin America for the first time, exploring the people, policies, and decisions that catapulted Mexico from wood to coal to oil dependency.

• Clifton-Morekis Successfully Defends Doctoral Dissertation

  July 23, 2021

  
  Ph.D. student Alice Clifton-Morekis successfully defended her doctoral dissertation "Manning the TVA: White Masculinities and Engineering at the Tennessee Valley Authority, 1933-1953."

• 5 Questions With Sports Historian Johnny Smith

  July 6, 2021

  
  Explore the past, present, and future of sports with Associate Professor Johnny Smith, who talks Covid-19, the Tokyo Olympics, and the Braves' return to full capacity stadiums in our five-question Q&A.

• Ivan Allen College Appoints New Interim Chairs

  July 5, 2021

  
  Ivan Allen College appoints Shook, Lu as interim chairs.

• Winders Advocates for Fair Farming in 'Disparity to Parity' Roundtable Discussion

  June 29, 2021

  
  Professor Winders and fellow panelists — a diverse group of farmers, research professors, historians, and more — discussed “historical perspectives of parity, how it differed for BIPOC and white farmers, and the reasons for/consequences of losing it.” 

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