College-Wide MeetingFall 2015

Jacqueline J. Royster, DeanSeptember 22, 2015

Agenda• Welcome

• IAC Strategic Actions

• Highlights of Things to Come

• Announcements

• Discussion with IAC Leadership

Welcome

New IAC Faculty

Neha KumarAssistant Professor

INTA Brian LarsonAssistant Professor

LMC

Seung Hoon LeeAssistant Professor

ECONLaine Nooney

Assistant ProfessorLMC

Michael KummerAssistant Professor

ECON

James “Sandy” WinnefeldDistinguished Professor

INTA

Milton MuellerProfessor

PUBLIC POLICY

New ROTC Colleagues:

Captain Baron V. ReinholdNavy ROTC

New IAC Staff

Fariah MajmundarAdministrative

Manager Modern Languages

Jade HillEngagement and Communications

CoordinatorEconomics

Joanna JeskovaExecutive AssistantIAC Dean’s Office

Kesley MumpowerIT Support ProfessionalFor Public Policy and

Reserve Officers’ Training Corps

(R.O.T.C.)

Shamecia PowersAdministrative

Manager IINunn School of

International Affairs

August 2015March 2015 March 2015 June 2015 September 2015

Visiting Faculty

Todd MichneyVisiting Assistant Professor

History and Sociology

Antoine CailleVisiting Assistant Professor

Modern Languages

Elizabeth HigginbothamVisiting Professor

History and Sociology

(January 2016)

You Na LeeVisiting Assistant Professor

Public Policy

New Postdoctoral Fellows• Mariza Almeida

(Public Policy)

• Brenden Kuerbis(Public Policy)

• Thomas Lodato(Public Policy : Center for Urban Innovation)

• Taylor Shelton(Public Policy: Center for Urban Innovation)

And returning from last year:

• Alberto FuentesCoca Cola Foundation Term Post-Doc in Sustainable Development(NS)

• Jennifer Sterling(HSOC: Sport, Society, and Technology)

New Marion L. Brittain Postdoctoral Fellows• Lyndsay Brown – Film and Media Studies, Comics and Digital Rhetoric

• Jennifer Forsthoefel – Composition Theory and Pedagogy, Writing Center Studies, Women & Gender Studies

• Kathryn Huie Harrison – 19th Century British Literature and Culture, Gender Studies, Technical Writing

• James Howard – Medieval and Early Modern Literature, Chivalric Romance, Disguise, Games, Code-Meshing

• Anna Ioanes– Contemporary American fiction, Gender and Sexuality, Postmodernism, Aesthetics, Affect Theory

• Amy King – Circum-Atlantic Studies (Africa, Caribbean, Americas) 1890-Present, Women & Gender Studies, Film

• Joshua King – Rhetorical Theory, Composition Theory, Games Studies, Writing Center Studies

• Andrea Krafft – Post-1900 American Literature, Material and Popular Culture, Postwar Studies, Speculative Fiction

• Halcyon Lawrence – Technical Communication, Speech Intelligibility, Usability, User-Centered Design

• Andrew Marzoni – 20th Century and Contemporary American Literature, the Avant-garde, drugs, rock and roll

• Melissa Sexton –19th and Early 20th Century American Literature, Environmental Writing, Phenomenology

• Ellen Stockstill – Victorian Literature and Culture, Gender Studies, Feminist and Post-Colonial Theories

• Joseph Weakland – Writing Studies, Environmental and Sustainability Education, Science Fiction

• Tobias Wilson-Bates – Victorian Literature and Culture, Romanticism, Digital Pedagogy, Children’s Literature

• Ruth Yow– Educational Justice, Race, Immigration, Ethnography, Oral History, Civil Rights History

Faculty Promotions

IAC Faculty Newly Promoted to Associate Professor

Justin Barrett BiddlePublic Policy

Janelle Knox-HayesPublic Policy

Nihad FarooqLiterature, Media, &

Communication

Margaret KosalNunn School of

International Affairs

Juan Carlos RodriguezModern Languages

Olga ShemyakinaEconomics

IAC Faculty Newly Promoted to Professor

Adam StulbergNunn School of

International Affairs

Brian WoodallNunn School of

International Affairs

Alasdair YoungNunn School of

International Affairs

Valerie ThomasSchool of Public Policy

IAC Strategic Actions

Keep the Trains Running

School-level Strategic Planning

and Implementation

Processes

ROTC Collaborations

College-wide Agenda in Research,

Student Affairs, IT Support, and

College Operations Generally

Keep Strategic Plan Implementation on Pace

IAC’s Strategic Agenda: Phase 1 (2010-2014)

Priority One: (In Motion)

To increase the visibility of Liberal Arts@Tech as a distinctive brand and clarify this expertise in research, education, and community engagement as a “jewel” in the Georgia Tech crown.

Priority Two: (In Motion)

To leverage excellence and increase coherence, vibrancy, and impact for Liberal Arts@Tech in research, education, and engagement through the advancement of strategic transformative initiatives.

IAC’s Strategic Agenda: Phase 1 (2010-2014)

Priority Three: (Constantly Evolving)

To support innovation and excellence in research, education, and engagement by building financial resources; clarifying and refining operational policies, processes, and practicesacross the college; increasing faculty and staff in support ofstrategic goals and priorities.

IAC’s Strategic Agenda: Phase 2 (2015-2018)

Priority One:(Leveraged by annual GT evaluation processes; BOR reviews; IAC metrics)

To document the success and impact of actions related to the Phase 1 agenda by continuing to build identity, visibility and coherence for the IAC’s long-standing strengths and accomplishments as generated over the decades by our academic programs and research centers, and as leveraged by an evolving slate of transformative initiatives.

IAC’s Strategic Agenda: Phase 2 (2015-2018)

Priority Two:

To keep the IAC on a trajectory of excellence and high performance under the banner of “innovation at the crossroads of humanities, social sciences, and technology,” including robust efforts to:

• Advance strategic planning implementation at the school level.

• Strengthen IAC research and curriculum innovation enterprises.• Strengthen graduate programs and interdisciplinary

undergraduate programs.

IAC’s Strategic Plan: Phase 2 (2015-2018)

Priority Three:

• To continue developing and advancing IAC transformative initiatives, with an eye toward expanding the college’s local-global footprint and building reputation in research, education, and public engagement. In addition to the initiatives listed in the Phase 1 Plan, all of which are now generating success, current projects in motion include:

• The Leadership and Multi-Faith Program• The Global Nexus Initiative

• Global Women’s Entrepreneurship Institute• A Civic Engagement Lab• A Digital Liberal Arts Center

(Digital Humanities Studio; Civic Engagement Lab)

Update Operational Tools

Chair’s Handbook

Revised Pattern of

AdministrationIAC Central

Calendar

Keep IAC Infrastructure Aligned with Needs

Enhance Office OperationsOrganizational Chart 1 – General Overview - FY16

Organizational Chart 2–Administrative Leadership - FY16

Organizational Chart 3 – ASST & ASSOC Deans - FY16

Organizational Chart 4 – Executive Offices - FY16

Organizational Chart 5 – Committees - FY16

Organizational Chart 6 – Transformative Initiatives – FY16

Keep Media Tools Vibrant

Our New Website

Navigation Upgrades – Home Page

The footer of our website features a link to Resources

for IAC Faculty and Staff

Navigation Upgrades – Resources Page

IAC Events Calendar

GT Faculty Handbook

Research Funding Info

New Information Links - Research Page

A New Showcase of Strength

The Leading Edge

The Ivan Allen College Digital Publication Series

http://leading-edge.iac.gatech.edu

Digital Publication SeriesInspired in 2013 by the 125th Anniversary of LiberalArts@Tech, the Ivan Allen College made its first steps toward launching

a digital publication series, The Leading Edge

Mission

To showcase the innovative research that we do at Georgia Tech at the intersections of the humanities, social sciences, and technology by sharing in digital format designated examples of some of our most robust, innovative, and cutting edge projects.

GoalTo blaze pathways for excellence in the liberal arts, establishing this knowledge set

(humanities, social sciences, technology), expertise, and experience base as critical assets for our highly scientific and technological 21st century world.

Priorities

• Robust displays of human-centered perspectives on societal challenges• Innovative examples of our dynamic frameworks for understanding the contexts,

patterns, impacts, and consequences of innovation, research, and policy• Projects that highlight innovative models and paradigms for problem-posing,

developing integrative analyses, and finding sustainable solutions• Initiatives that cast light on local challenges and opportunities and connect them

over time and space to regional and global contexts• Projects that demonstrate our logistical expertise in bringing multiple stakeholders

together to engage and address common interests and concerns• Explorations that suggest new frontiers for liberal arts research and education

Inaugural Showcases

Humanistic Perspectives in a Technological WorldOur first book publication:

http://leading-edge.iac.gatech.edu/humanistic-perspectives/

A Second Inaugural Publication

Mapping Place: Africa Beyond PaperAn Exhibition Catalog:

http://leading-edge.iac.gatech.edu/humanistic-perspectives/

Mapping Place: Africa Beyond Paper

A Third Inaugural Publication

Conference Proceedings from Africa Beyond Africa:The Future of Cultural, Social, and Scientific Research

A third book publication on its way:http://leading-edge.iac.gatech.edu/aaproceedings/

Proceedings from Africa Beyond Africa

Engage on Social Media

Keep Investments in Our Work Flowing

• IAC Campaign Goal: $35,000,000• Current Success: $33,739,808• Percentage to Goal Completed: 96%• Amount to go: $1,260,192• Campaign End: December 31, 2015

Highlightsof

Things to Come

ICLAST: Showcasing the Innovative Research of Graduate Students and Faculty

LAMP’s first faculty liaison between Candler and IAC:

Deanna F. WomackAssistant Professor in the Practice of History of Religions and Multi-Faith Relations. She will begin in Fall 2015

The LAMP Program: Advancing an Innovative Connection between Ivan Allen College and Candler School of Theology at Emory

ARTS@ Tech: Collaboration with Komen Atlanta

Friday, October 16th

8:00pm – 10:00pmFerst Center for the Arts

SISTER OUTSIDERPOETRY

Margaret Kosal, Olga Shemyakina, and Jannet Walker

The Global Nexus Initiative: Showcasing a collaboration between the Ivan Allen College, International Women’s Think Tank, and the Academy of Women

Keynote by:COL Buckner

Featuring Panelists:

Global Nexus InitiativeGlobal Women’s Entrepreneurship Institute

Women’s Summit: November 1st –3rd

Westside Communities Alliance: Connecting Local Issues to National Patterns in Urban Communities

Saturday April 23 –Sunday April 24

2016

LiberalArts@GTPartnering with TEDx to showcase our strengths

To be continued on Tuesday, April 26, 2016

ConferencesPoverty Summit (Community Relations/Ivan Allen College)September 18, 2015@ Student Center Ballroom

Atlanta Conference (School of Public Policy) September 17-19 @ Global Learning Center

9th Annual China Goes Global Conference (CIBER) October 1-3 @ Academy of Medicine

5th Anniversary Celebration of the Westside Communities Alliance (WCA)Spring 2016

IAC Fall Reception @Habersham

3:00 p.m. – TODAY! ! !

Discussion with

IAC Leadership