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Master's Student Commencement, Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts, Spring 2025
Another great ceremony, with two incredibly thoughtful student speakers, and a heartwarming atmosphere. Thanks to all staff members who...

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May 7, 20251 min read


Medievalismo e Nacionalismo
Happy to share that the fabulous Luiz Guerra has translated my essay, "The Great Complicity: Medievalism and Nationalism," for ...

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May 1, 20251 min read


End of the Year Celebration for Ivan Allen College
At this event, we recognize Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts students, staff, and faculty who have gone above and beyond in their...

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Apr 24, 20251 min read


Distinguished Alumni Awards 2025
Our 11th ceremony, this time at the Georgian Terrace Hotel, also the location for the gala premiere of Gone With The Wind . Finishing the...

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Apr 24, 20251 min read


A formal feeling comes...
That moment before the annual Distinguished Alumni Awards ceremony, at the Georgian Terrace Hotel (in which some scences in Gone With the...

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Apr 21, 20251 min read


Spring 2025 Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts Advisory Board meeting
The full board with chairs, directors, and staff, on top of board member (and gracious host) W. Allen Morris' Star Metals building...

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Apr 17, 20251 min read


Spring Hall Scholar Breakfast
Twice a year, Col. Stephen Hall and Ms. Pamela Hall visit Georgia Tech to meet and engage with the students whose academic careers they...

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Apr 11, 20251 min read


Towards the "porous" university....
Looks like the folks at Forward Pathway, a higher Ed consulting firm, see how my recommendations regarding the integration of STEM and...

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Apr 6, 20251 min read


The Future of the Humanities
Some pictures from our recent workshop on the Future of the Humanities, including lightning talks by multiple Ivan Allen College of...

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Apr 4, 20251 min read


The history of Chaucer studies: How scholars' legacy is created and undone
Recently published with the great folks at medievalists.net : In the shadow of Bismarck’s empire, one dedicated teacher quietly built a...

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Mar 29, 20251 min read


The Women Who Built Georgia Tech
This Friday, I attended a reception that offered a chance to learn about the role of Georgia Tech women for building the institution....

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Mar 9, 20251 min read


Values, Principles, Agency
Published in " Decanally Speaking ," Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts, Georgia Tech In 1963, our College’s namesake, Atlanta Mayor Ivan...

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Mar 5, 20253 min read


Reaccreditation @ Work
This week was full of high-intensity work with an on-site team from SACSCOC on the reaccreditation for USF. A great chance to take a deep...

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Feb 20, 20251 min read


Ivan Allen Jr. Prize for Social Courage awarded to Venezuelan politician, industrial engineer, and opposition leader María Corina Machado Parisca
María Corina Machado Parisca received the Georgia Institute of Technology Ivan Allen Jr. Prize for Social Courage for her brave and...

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Feb 15, 20251 min read


Civil Sights: attending a historic night in Atlanta's Sweet Auburn
Spending time in Atlanta's Auburn Avenue Research Library is a privilege, and a reminder about the city's modern past, but spending time...

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Feb 13, 20252 min read


Need a job? Try majoring in the humanities
That's not just a slogan, but a development that's happening, at technological universities like Georgia Tech, in our Ivan Allen College...

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Feb 12, 20251 min read


It is a sobering thought...
...that Atlanta looked like this in the year I was born.

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Feb 1, 20251 min read



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Jan 21, 20250 min read


The Post-Confederate Cathedral
Washington Cathedral, a sempiternal construction site Notre Dame of Paris is a Time Machine, and its reopening highlights how cathedrals...

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Jan 14, 20251 min read


Data-Driven?
Those of us working not only in quantitative, but also qualitative data gathering may be confronted with this kind of statement, common...

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Jan 13, 20251 min read
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