Dear IAC Friends,
Welcome to Fall Semester !
And a round of welcome for our new, IAC women faculty members:
-Kelley Fong, Assistant Professor, School of History and Sociology
areas: social inequality and family life
Date & time: Friday, August 14, 1:00-2:00pm ET
To receive the Zoom link for this seminar, please register here:https://byu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0vcu6sqzgiHdLR0CWqX9ysMtjSgtCenxYi
Presenter: Marlène Koffi (University of Toronto)
Quantitative Science Studies (MIT Press)
Dear IAC Friends,
IAC Dean, Kaye Husbands Fealing's paper with L. S. Doerr, S. Alegria, D. Fitzpatrick, and D. Tomaskovic-Devey on "Gender Pay Gaps in US Federal Science Agencies" has received the Devah Pager Award of the Section on Inequality, Poverty, and Mobility of the American Sociological Association.
Congratulations, Kaye - and all good wishes !
-Mary
Dear IAC Friends,
Our colleague, Rebecca Burnett, Class of '58 Professor (LMC), retires from Georgia Tech in July.
Rebecca has graced LMC, Ivan Allen College, and Georgia Tech as director of the Brittain Fellowship and the Writing and Communication Program since 2007. Rebecca led with creative and innovative teaching practices with and about digital media, and the mentoring and development of many, especially early career scholar-students who now cover the globe.
For our students - and all !
Advice from:
Gray, T. (2020). Writing your dissertation quickly and well. In K. Townsend, M. N. K. Saunders, R. Loudoun, & E. A. Morrison (Eds.) How to keep your doctorate on track: Insights from students’ and supervisors’ experiences.Cheltenham, U. K.: Edward Elgar. Copyright © 2020. All rights reserved
Revising Scholarly Manuscripts—Briskly and Well
Dear IAC Friends,
Our colleagues, Marilyn Brown (Pub Policy) and Lisa Yaszek (LMC) are appointed Regents' Professors, highest USG honor !
Congratulations, Marilyn and Lisa - and all good wishes !
-Mary
Dear IAC Friends,
Offered here are a set writing exercises from notable, American editor, Jack Hart - that appear in Nicole Bianchi's column. The exercise goes beyond fiction writing, especially in its lessons on "empty words."
With all good wishes ! -Mary
-Some know that I edited a volume on Scholarly Writing and Publishing !The Jack Hart Exercise for Crafting Concise and Powerful Sentences
Dear IAC Friends,
Our colleague, Laura Taylor (Professor and Chair, School of Economics) has been selected as Fellow by the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists. She is honored for research contributions and leadership in the field.
Congratulations -and all good wishes- Laura !
-Mary
Dear IAC Friends,
Our colleague, Marilyn Brown, is appointed interim chair of the School of Public Policy.
Congratulations, and all good wishes, Marilyn !
-Mary
