Dear IAC Friends,
Our colleague, Carol Senf (LMC) has organized a successful IAC writing group - and has space for additional faculty this fall. If you would like to work with a group committed to successful publication of articles and/or books, please send a message to Carol Senf (carol.senf@lmc.gatech).
With good wishes! -Mary
Tips for a Winning Research Proposal
The posting below gives 15 great tips on writing winning research proposals. It is by Mark Matthews, editor of Prism, and is from the September 2014 issue of Prism, the magazine of the American Society for Engineering Education. [www.asee.org] 1818 N Street, N.W., Suite 600, Washington, DC 20036-2479. ©Copyright 2013. All rights reserved. Reprinted with permission.
Regards,
Rick Reis
Tips for a Winning Research Proposal
Experts suggest ways to gain favor with funding agencies.
Dear IAC Friends,
Georgia Tech's joint program in Computational Media - a joint BS degree between Computing and the School of Literature, Media, and Communications of IAC - is the most gender-balanced computing program in the US !
See the story at: http://computinged.wordpress.com/2014/09/02/the-most-gender-balanced-computing-program-in-the-usa/
With good wishes - Mary
Small scale research has prospects and pitfalls - this piece helps sort these out.
with good wishes - Mary
From: Chapter 2 - Designing and writing about research: developing a critical frame of mind, by Louise Poulson and Mike Wallace, in the book, Learning to Read Critically in Educational Leadership and Management, edited by Mike Wallace and Louise Poulson. SAGE Publications, Ltd. 1 Oliver's Yard, 55 City Road, London EC1Y 1SP http://www.sagepub.com/books.nav. Copyright © 2003 by Sage Publications, Inc.
Making the Most of Small-Scale Research
Dear IAC Friends,
The Georgia Tech Active Service - Modified Duties Program enables a faculty member to devise a wokload schedule to remain an active member of the faculty, but with a modified workload, for the birth or adoption of a child or the severe illness of a parent, spouse, or child.
Please see this link for information on the program and procedures in applying:
http://faculty.gatech.edu/faculty-affairs-reps/internal-resources/active-service
with good wishes - Mary
Dear Colleague,
Registration for the Atlanta Conference on Science and Innovation Policy starts May 1. Make your plans to attend the 5th Biennial Meeting, on Sept. 26-28, 2013, at Georgia Tech in Atlanta.
Thanks to everyone who submitted paper, session and poster proposals. Your participation will ensure that the conference showcases the highest-quality scholarship addressing the multidimensional challenges and interrelated characteristics of science and innovation policy and processes.
From Erin Leahey (Univ of Arizona)
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Please join us for the 5th Annual Arizona Methods Workshops!
January 8-10, 2015
These 3-day workshops are open to everyone and are hosted by the School of Sociology at the University of Arizona, where all workshops are held. The goal is to share the methodological expertise of our school and college with the wider community of social scientists. The workshop topics and instructors vary from year to year; this year we are offering four workshops, including:
Qi Wang's (LMC) new book has just been published: Memory, Subjectivity and Independent Chinese Cinema (Edinburgh University Press, 2014).
Our congratulations and good wishes go to Qi !
IAC Friends,
Today is the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin wall on 9 November 1989 -- marking the end of the cold war, and a new era in modern German, and world, history. Google commemorates: https://www.google.com
With good wishes - Mary
IAC Friends,
Consider the findings in this article (below): In performance reviews
in technology companies, "constructive feedback" for men addressed areas of skills, while for women, the focus was on personality (e.g., "watch your tone"). Interesting implications.
The abrasiveness trap: High-achieving men and women are described differently in reviews
http://fortune.com/2014/08/26/performance-review-gender-bias/
With good wishes - Mary
