Recent HSOC News

Current News and Events

• HSOC Fall 2019 Speakers Series

  

  June 10, 2019

  The full list of speakers for the HSOC Fall 2019 Speakers Series is now available. The fall 2019 series focuses on the theme of "Global Environments."

• Renee Shelby Wins 2019 Body & Embodiment Graduate Student Paper Award

  

  June 7, 2019

  Renee's paper, "Techno-Physical Feminism: Surveillance, Anti-Rape Technology & Shifting Risk Paradigms," has won the 2019 Body & Embodiment Graduate Student Paper Award.

• Jennifer Singh to Give Keynote at Autism Genetics Research Conference

  

  June 7, 2019

  Singh is the keynote speaker at the "Autism, Genetics & Identity: Exploring the Complexities of Autism Genetics Research" Conference at Columbia University.

• John Krige Named Regents Professor

  

  June 3, 2019

  John Krige, Kranzberg professor in the Georgia Institute of Technology’s School of History and Sociology (HSOC), has been appointed a Regents’ Professor upon recommendation by the Provost and approval by the USG Board of Regents.

• Johnny Smith Wins Best Article Award

  

  June 3, 2019

  Johnny Smith won the 2018 Best Article Award for his article, "The Magnitude of Me: Reggie Jackson, Baseball, and the Seventies."

• Three Ivan Allen Faculty Selected for Emerging Leaders Cohort

  

  May 21, 2019

  Three faculty from Ivan Allen College have been selected for the fourth cohort of Georgia Tech’s Emerging Leaders Program for 2019-2020. They are associate professors Karen Head, Olga Shemyakina, and Jennifer Singh.

   

• John Krige Wins Nonproliferation Challenge Award

  

  May 20, 2019

  Congratulations to Kranzberg Professor John Krige from the School of History and Sociology.

• Ivan Allen College Faculty and Staff Celebrated at Spring Luncheon

  

  April 18, 2019

  On, April 16, 2019, an array of faculty and staff from the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts were awarded for their accomplishments, service, and research contributions at the Spring Faculty and Staff Recognition Luncheon.

• Alice Clifton Accepted to Huntington Summer Institute

  

  April 15, 2019

  Alice Clifton has been selected to participate in the 2019 Summer Institute in the History of Science, Technology and Medicine at The Huntington Library in Pasadena, California.

• Johnny Smith Awarded Geoffrey G. Eichholz Faculty Teaching Award

  

  April 1, 2019

  Johnny Smith, the Julius C. “Bud” Shaw Assistant Professor in Sports, Society, and Technology (SST), has been awarded the prestigious Geoffrey G. Eichholz Faculty Teaching Award.