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• John Krige Publishes Op-Ed in Fortune

  February 12, 2019

  
  In this op-ed, John Krige discusses the competition between China and the US for high-tech supremacy.

• Renee Shelby Publishes Article in Theoretical Criminology

  January 7, 2019

  
  Renee Shelby, and HSTS PhD student, recently had her article titled, "Whose rape kit? Stabilizing the Vitullo® Kit through positivist criminology and protocol feminism" published in the journal Theoretical Criminology.

• John Krige Edits New Book on Transnational Movement of Knowledge

  January 7, 2019

  
   By concentrating on the conditions that allow for knowledge movement, these essays explore travel and exchange in face-to-face encounters and show how border-crossings mobilize extensive bureaucratic technologies.

• Allen Hyde Publishes Research on Labor Unions and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

  December 10, 2018

  
  Innovative work ties labor union density and pollution emissions.

• McEver Program Turns a Page with Appointment of Steven Usselman

  November 27, 2018

  

  Steven Usselman, the new H. Bruce McEver Professor of Engineering and the Liberal Arts, is assembling an advisory group from Georgia Tech’s engineering programs and working to expand his engineering in history course to be more accessible to many more students. Eventually he wants to develop a minor in engineering and the liberal arts.

• Allen Hyde Awarded Climate Change Research Grant

  November 26, 2018

  
  Allen Hyde and Jenny McGuire (EAS) received a grant from the Climate Change Fellows program at Georgia Tech to research climate resilience from different social-ecological system perspectives.

• McDonald Receives Service Award from North American Society for the Sociology of Sport

  November 20, 2018

  

  Mary G. McDonald has received the Service Excellence Award from the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport (NASSS).  The award recognizes McDonald for service throughout her career to the association, as well the field of the sociology of sport. It was presented during the association’s annual conference in Vancouver this November.

• Steve Usselman Named H. Bruce McEver Professor of Engineering and Liberal Arts

  October 22, 2018

  
  Congratulations to Steve Usselman, who has been named H. Bruce McEver Professor of Engineering and the Liberal Arts.

• "Representing the Life of an Outstanding Chinese Aeronautical Engineer"

  April 3, 2018

  
  This new article by John Krige examines Jiao Tong University's Qian Xuesen exhibition through the lens of transnational history.

• Recent Publications by Daniel Amsterdam

  December 5, 2017

  
  Amsterdam has two new publications on suburbanization and federal social policy in the 1970s.

• Daniel Amsterdam Named SLS Affiliate

  December 5, 2017

  
  Amsterdam has been named a Level 1 Affiliate by the Serve, Learn, Sustain Program.

• Carla Gerona Examines Disappearances on the Early American Borderlands

  November 28, 2017

  

  While many still describe the “shipwreck” and “enslavement” of Cabeza de Vaca as an epic story of an individual who overcame all odds to survive in unknown lands, Carla Gerona, associate professor of history in the School of History and Sociology, offers a new take in “Los Desaparecidos in the Gulf Coast and Early Texas Borderlands.”

• HSOC Leads National Society for History and Technology Annual Meeting

  November 20, 2017

  
  HSOC was well-represented at the Society for History of Technology (SHOT) annual meeting in Philadelphia in October.

• Astrobiology Rising at Georgia Tech

  November 20, 2017

  
  Dr. Ken Knoespel is part of a growing astrobiology community at Georgia Tech.

• Schneer Addresses British Academy on Centenary of Balfour Declaration

  November 7, 2017

  

  Jonathan Schneer, professor in the School of History and Sociology, addressed the British Academy on the centenary of the Balfour Declaration, a landmark document which committed Britain to supporting the establishment in Palestine of “a National Home for the Jewish people.”

• Michney Lectures on Homeownership among African Americans at the University of Akron

  November 7, 2017

  

  Todd Michney, assistant professor in the School of History and Sociology at Georgia Institute of Technology, delivered the annual George Knepper lecture on American history at 5:30 p.m. in Simmons Hall on the University of Akron campus on October 2, 2017.

• Getting to the Whole Truth About America's Torture of Suspected Terrorists

  October 26, 2017

  
  Dr. Macrakis published an article in Newsweek titled "Getting to the Whole Truth About America's Torture of Suspected Terrorists."

• Why the FBI Is on Your Campus

  October 17, 2017

  
  In this article, Dr. John Krige explains why the FBI monitors some activities related to scientific research being conducted on college campuses.

• Vince Lombardi Would Be Proud

  October 3, 2017

  

  In the aftermath of protests by National Football League (NFL) players and the Green Bay Packers call for unity among their home town fans, Shaw Assistant Professor in Sports, Society, and Technology Johnny Smith writes about the legacy of Packers coach Vince Lombardi.

• John Krige Appointed Distinguished Visiting Fellow

  September 5, 2017

  

  John Krige has been appointed a Distinguished Visiting Fellow at Green College, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

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