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The Value Of Understanding Why People Believe COVID-19 Misinformation
May 17, 2021
Amit Prasad, associate professor in the School of History and Sociology, was featured on the May 13, 2021, episode of the WABE podcast, Did You Wash Your Hands? Prasad discussed his research about the reasons why people believe Covid-19 misinformation and conspiracy theories.
Published in: 'Did You Wash Your Hands?'
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EV battery recycling sparks opportunities for Georgia startups, CEO says
May 12, 2021
Omar Asensio, assistant professor in the School of Public Policy, was mentioned in the article, "EV battery recycling sparks opportunities for Georgia startups, CEO says," published May 12, 2021, in the Atlanta Business Chronicle.
Published in: Atlanta Business Chronicle
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Space junk—how did orbital debris become such a huge headache?
May 9, 2021
Mariel Borowitz, associate professor in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, was featured on the May 9, 2021, edition of the Rear Vision podcast, a production of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
During the podcast, Borowitz and the panel discussed the proliferation of space junk in Earth orbit and what can be done to manage it.
Published in: Rear Vision
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Money and Maltreatment
May 9, 2021
Lindsey Bullinger, assistant professor in the School of Public Policy, was featured on May 9, 2021, edition of the Impact podcast. She discussed her research, recent child tax credit legislation, and recent research on Covid-19 and child maltreatment.
Published in: The Imprint Weekly Podcast
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Tourism and Climate Change Threaten Lake Baikal, a Unique Global Treasure
April 27, 2021
Kate Pride Brown, associate professor in the School of History and Sociology, published an adaptation of her paper "Human Impact and Ecosystem Health at Lake Baikal," on April 27, 2021 in Advanced Science News.
The publication addresses the human-created threats facing Lake Baikal in Russia, the world's deepest freshwater lake. The effects are both a result of increased human activity in the immediate area around the lake, as well as the global impacts of climate change.
Excerpt:
Lake Baikal in Eastern Siberia is one of the world’s natural wonders. Deeper than the Grand Canyon, older than the Amazon Rainforest, as voluminous as all the U.S. Great Lakes combined, Lake Baikal is home to more species than any other lake on Earth, many of which are found nowhere else. Baikal water is exceptionally pure, fully oxygenated at its maximum depth, and covered in winter by a meter of clear ice. These unique conditions have allowed for the evolution of a complex and interdependent ecosystem that maintains the lake’s purity and the flourishing of its web of life.
However, human encroachment has threatened the stability of Baikal’s ecosystem. These anthropogenic threats began in the early 20th century; by the end of that century a new legal regime arose to meet these threats. However, these protective efforts were never fully implemented, and the new millennium ushered in a series of novel problems, even while the legacy of 20th century harm has not been fully resolved. Some of these threats are local in origin, while others are more global in scope. But without concerted action by governments, industries, and individuals, a global treasure faces continued deterioration.
Published in: Advanced Science News
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The Map: National Urban History Experts Applaud Syracuse Reporting on Redlining
April 26, 2021
Todd Michney, assistant professor in the School of History and Sociology, was quoted in the story "The Map: National Urban History Experts Applaud Syracuse Reporting on Redlining," published April 26, 2021, in CNYCentral.
The article explores the maps that first instituted the pattern of racially discriminatory "redlining" in housing programs, which have been archived as part of the University of Richmond's "Mapping Inequality" project. Michney, who has spent considerable time studying the impact of housing policies on urban demographics, contributed thoughts to the article.
Excerpt:
Michney, particularly finds it notable that the Syracuse Map was in the War Department files of the National Archives which he feels shows the cross-department reach of the outlining of ethnic neighborhoods and discriminatory practices that stretched beyond federal housing and lending programs.
Setting aside the precise details of the origin of 'The Map,' as an urban historian Michney sees great value in a wide-ranging discussion of the topic of redlining and government discrimination.
He is seeing progress in those conversations taking place more often. "My main interest is getting out the word, getting more people into the discussion," said Michney.
Published in: CNYCentral
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A Landmark Agreement is Toppling Barriers to Global Digital Trade
April 16, 2021
Milton Mueller, professor in the School of Public Policy, was quoted in the article "A Landmark Agreement is Toppling Barriers to Global Digital Trade," published April 16, 2021 in Tech Monitor.
Mueller, a prominent commentator and expert in internet policy issues, offered his thoughts on the place of trade policy and agreements in regulating internet activity and commerce.
Excerpt:
“One of the great things about the internet is it abolished borders on information exchanges,” says Milton L Mueller, professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology School of Public Policy and co-founder of the Internet Governance Project. “But now we see a counter-movement in place in which people are trying to re-establish borders and we rarely see any good reasons for most of these barriers that have been set up.”
Published in: Tech Monitor
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Pineapple Ban Another Prickle In Cross-Strait Relations
April 15, 2021
Dalton Lin, assistant professor in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, wrote the piece "Pineapple Ban Another Prickle In Cross-Strait Relations," published April 15, 2021 in East Asia Forum.
The article discusses the state of geopolitics between Taiwan and China through the context of a recent ban on the importation of Taiwanese pineapple by China.
Excerpt:
Unlike the banana ban in 2012, this pineapple ban’s timing appears mysterious because no incident preceded the suspension. Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen called the announcement ‘ambush-like’ .
The larger background to this ban involves the triangular dynamics between Beijing, Taipei and Washington. The Biden administration’s statements and actions since its inauguration indicate that it will continue the Trump administration’s strong support of Taiwan. The pineapple ban is Beijing’s signal to Taipei that it cannot circumvent the influence of Beijing over its affairs, even with US support.
The ban could also be explained with reference to Taiwan’s pro-independence Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) government having recently reshuffled its Mainland Affairs Council (MAC). The new MAC head has signalled optimistic expectations in breaking the cross-Strait impasse. The pineapple ban lays bare the reality of cross-Strait relations when there is no official channel to deal with an issue as minor as ‘harmful creatures’ found on pineapples. Beijing reiterated its political precondition for exchange — that Taipei needs to find a way to come to terms with Beijing’s ‘one China’ principle — and laid the blame for disrupted cross-Strait relations on the DPP government.
Published in: East Asia Forum
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Space Junk Removal Is Not Going Smoothly
April 14, 2021
Mariel Borowitz, associate professor in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, was quoted in the article "Space Junk Removal Is Not Going Smoothly," published April 14, 2021 in Scientific American.
In the article, which discussed the technical and political issues behind the issue of "space junk," or leftover debris floating above the Earth's atmosphere, Borowitz discussed the strategic implications of removal technologies that could be repurposed for other aims.
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Indeed, the ability to cozy up to spacecraft in orbit and perform servicing or sabotage has spurred considerable interest from military planners in recent years, says Mariel Borowitz, an associate professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology’s Sam Nunn School of International Affairs. “These rapidly advancing technologies have the potential to be used for peaceful space activities or for warfare in space,” she says. “Given the dual-use nature of their capabilities, it’s impossible to know for sure in advance how they’ll be used on any given day.”
Published in: Scientific American
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Documentary Featuring UGA Faculty Paints Jimmy Carter as 'Millennial President'
April 14, 2021
"Carterland," a documentary for which Richard Barke, associate professor in the School of Public Policy, was inteviewed was the subject of the story "Documentary Featuring UGA Faculty Paints Jimmy Carter as 'Millennial President'," published April 14, 2021 in the Athens Banner-Herald.
Barke was interviewed in summer 2020 for the film by filmmakers Will and Jim Pattiz and appears in the credits as a "cast member." The film explores how the Carter administration was "ahead of its time" in many policy areas and features a number of academics from the state.
Published in: Athens Banner-Herald
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Georgia 'Primed to Become a Leader' in Electric Vehicle Industry After SK Innovation Settlement
April 14, 2021
Omar Asensio, assistant professor in the School of Public Policy, was quoted in the article "Georgia 'Primed to Become a Leader' in Electric Vehicle Industry After SK Innovation Settlement," published April 14, 2021 in the Atlanta Business Chronicle.
Full article (behind paywall).
Published in: Atlanta Business Chronicle
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4 Georgia poets discuss their art for National Poetry Month
April 12, 2021
Travis Denton, academic professional in the School of Literature, Media, and Communication, associate director of Poetry @ Tech, and McEver Chair in Poetry, contributed his thoughts to the article "4 Georgia Poets Discuss their Art for National Poetry Month," published April 9, 2021 in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Denton, who has been at Georgia Tech for more than a decade and works to expose broader audiences to poetry in his position, spoke to the strategy of getting newcomers interested in the medium.
Excerpt:
The foundations of page poetry and spoken word poetry, I think they’re pretty much the same. They both hinge on figurative language, simile and metaphor. You always want to share with your reader what it was like. They are also both founded in music and sound. You want to cultivate that rhythm, that music and sound. In page poetry and spoken word poetry you want to have concrete images, you want to avoid the abstraction, stick with that concrete. They both deal with who we are, our shared humanness. We can have this discourse through poems.
We have a strong community (of poets and fans) at Georgia Tech and in Atlanta. That happened because of the generous spirit of (the late Tech professor) Thomas Lux in those early days. We had these gifts, and it was important that we share these gifts with the community. Too, it was the types of poetry and poets we bring to Tech. We have a no-boring-poets policy.
Published in: Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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NASA/JPL Named Two Sites on Mars After an Author and an Engineer. Here’s Why You Should Know Them, Too
April 10, 2021
Lisa Yaszek, Regents Professor in the School of Literature, Media, and Communication, was quoted in the article "NASA/JPL Named Two Sites on Mars After an Author and an Engineer. Here’s Why You Should Know Them, Too," published April 10, 2021 in USA Today.
The article explores the decision of a team at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to name the landing site of the Perseverance Mars rover after Octavia Butler, a groundbreaking science fiction author. Yaszek, one of the nation's leading science fiction scholars, spoke to Butler's stature in the field.
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Science fiction aficionados — readers, college professors and publishers — hold Butler in high regard.
"She's important because she's a pioneer and the first Black female science fiction author," says Lisa Yaszek, Regents professor of science fiction studies in the School of Literature, Media and Communication at Georgia Tech.
Butler rose to prominence in the traditionally white bastion of science fiction. She was the first to write about prominent Black characters in science fiction settings, using dystopias, time travel and other tropes.
"She was literally one of the first, if not the first, Black women to publish in modern science fiction magazines under her own name," Yaszek says.
Published in: USA Today
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‘Technology’ Is the Most Useless Word in the English Language
April 9, 2021
Eric Schatzberg, professor and chair in the School of History and Sociology, was mentioned in the article "‘Technology’ Is the Most Useless Word in the English Language," published April 9, 2021 in Bloomberg.
The article, which discusses the meaning – or lack thereof – in the use of the word "technology" in commercial applications today. Schatzberg's contributions to studying the term and its history are used as supporting material.
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The meaning wasn’t always so expansive. Until the 1930s, in line with its ancient Greek etymology, it applied primarily to the study of the technical arts, according to the historian Eric Schatzberg. Hence the Massachusetts Institute of Technology was founded in 1861 to study and teach applied science and engineering rather than to study and teach “technology.”
Published in: Bloomberg
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PUBP Welcomes New Chair
April 8, 2021
Cassidy Sugimoto, the incoming chair of the School of Public Policy, was mentioned in the article "PUBP welcomes new chair," published April 3, 2021 in Technique.
Sugimoto, who comes to SPP from the Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering at Indiana University Bloomington, was announced as incoming chair on March 19 and will formally begin work on June 1.
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Her research is within the specializations of scholarly communication, scientometrics, as well as science policy. Within her principle research, she investigates the ways in which knowledge is produced, disseminated and evaluated. Sugimoto also has a special interest in diversity and inclusion.
“I am confident that Dr. Sugimoto will advance the mission and goals of the school and the college as we envision the purpose and potential for humanities and social sciences at a technologically focused institution in the 21st century,” said Ivan Allen Dean Kaye Husbands Fealing, who was the previous SPP chair.
Published in: Technique
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The State of Play with Russia and Ukraine with General (Ret) Philip Breedlove
April 6, 2021
Gen. (ret.) Philip Breedlove, distinguished professor of the practice in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, was featured on the "State Secrets" podcast by The Cipher Brief on April 6, 2021.
Breedlove discussed strategic issues with Ukraine and Russia, as well as topics related to China and NATO, on the podcast.
Published in: The Cipher Brief
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30 Predictions From “Retro Future” That Were Either A Hit Or A Miss
March 19, 2021
Lisa Yaszek, Regents Professor in the School of Literature, Media, and Communication, was featured in the article "30 Predictions from 'Retro Future' That Were Either a Hit or Miss," published March 19, 2021 on the website Bored Panda.
Yaszek, a leading scholar in the field of retrofuturism, provided a synopsis of the field for the article, which examined what came to pass – or not – in past depictions of the future.
Excerpt:
To find out more about the weird and wonderful retrofuturism movement, Bored Panda reached out to Lisa Yaszek, a Regents Professor of Science Fiction Studies at the Georgia Institute of Technology.
Lisa explained that when we talk about retrofuturist objects and images, we usually refer to images of the past from the late 1800s through the space race, like many of the images collected here. “And when we look at these images, it becomes clear that people from the past actually had expectations of the future that were often quite like our own!”
Published in: Bored Panda
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The Problem With Venting About Your Students
March 18, 2021
Karen Head, associate professor and associate chair of the School of Literature, Media, and Communication, was quoted in the article "The Problem With Venting About Your Students," published March 18, 2021 in the Chronicle of Higher Education.
The article explored the pitfalls of the ubiquitous practice of professors and teachers voicing gripes about their students, which has recently been placed under the microscope due to it being caught on video. Head offered her thoughts on two recent high-profile examples at Widener and Georgetown universities.
Excerpt:
Characterizing students’ abilities based on their race crosses a bright line for many professors. “We know that implicit bias is a problem,” said Karen Head, associate chair of the School of Literature, Media, and Communication at the Georgia Institute of Technology. What the Georgetown instructor said, though, was “pretty explicit,” said Head, who is also the executive director of the Naugle CommLab.
The Widener comments, Head said, sound more like the run-of-the-mill venting session professors might have in the mailroom, or over a coffee. “Complaining about students,” Head said, “is as old as teachers and students.” So long as it stays behind closed doors, she said, it’s often seen as harmless. But, she added, “I don’t think that it is.”
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Published in: The Chronicle of Higher Education
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Opinion: Ga. voting processes should be both secure and usable
March 13, 2021
Michael Best, professor in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs and the School of Interactive Computing, co-authored the opinion piece "Ga. voting processes should be both secure and usable," published March 13, 2021 in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Best, along with Ellen Zegura and Richard DeMillo of the College of Computing, shared results of the research they undertook on the accessibility of voting locations, which was partly spurred by dissatisfaction in the wake of June 2020's primary elections. One key point of the findings was the highly levels of voter satisfaction regarding the use of stadiums as voting locations.
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State Farm Arena claims to be the nation’s first stadium to offer itself as a polling location, though many other arenas across the nation followed suit. All of us should be proud of the way our professional sports teams stepped up. The organizations that operate sports arenas are filled with professionals focused on customer experience and usability. So, should sporting arenas continue to serve as large-scale early voting locations? Maybe. After all, stadia often are built with considerable public support and taxpayer investment and offering themselves as polling places is a great way for them to give back to their communities.
The usability concepts that are common in stadia can also be applied to our more-typical polling locations, such as churches, libraries, and schools. More user-friendly election systems don’t require sporting venues. Instead, what is required is an investment in useful, efficient, easy, and pleasant voting experiences. This investment will only happen with broad political support.
Published in: Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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Who Would Kamala Harris Pick as VP if She Runs in 2024?
March 10, 2021
Richard Barke, associate professor in the School of Public Policy, was quoted in the article "Who Would Kamala Harris Pick as VP if She Runs in 2024?" published March 10, 2021 in National Interest.
The article explores the question of Harris' potential running mate should Joe Biden decide to step aside and his vice president runs for president. Barke zeroed in on Rep. Tim Ryan (D-OH) as a solid possibility, given Ryan's "Midwestern blue-collar" bona fides.
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Another potential contender could be Rep. Tim Ryan (D-Ohio), who ran for president in 2020 where he emphasized the significance of focusing on working-class voters. Ryan is also reportedly running for GOP Sen. Rob Portman’s vacant seat next year, a race that will likely boost his national name recognition considering Democrats have razor-thin margins in both congressional chambers.
“[Ryan] is generally seen as a centrist who could appeal to the Midwestern blue-collar electorate. Anything can happen in the next three years, as we have seen, but Ryan might be the kind of Democrat that could balance the Harris ticket,” Barke said.
Published in: National Interest
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