Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts faculty, staff, students, and alumni have been recognized for extraordinary work and achievements this year. Congratulations to all!

Faculty Distinguished Appointments 

Jennifer Clark
Associate Professor, School of Public Policy
International Society for Optics and Photonics Engineering, Science & Technology Policy Committee

Michael Elliott
Associate Professor, School of Public Policy
National Research Council Committee on Inherently Safer Chemical Processes

Hans Klein
Associate Professor, School of Public Policy
Appointed by Ray LaHood, U.S. Secretary of Transportation to the U.S. Department of Transportation Intelligent Transportation Program Systems Committee

Aaron Levine
Assistant Professor, School of Public Policy
National Academies Institute of Medicine Committee

BJ Davis Rowe
Visiting Professor, School of Public Policy
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Legislative Committee

Phil Shapira
Professor, School of Public Policy
National Academies Committee on 21st Century Manufacturing: The Role of the Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) Program of the National Institute of Standards and Technology

Faculty Institute Appointments

Paul M.A. Baker
Adjunct Professor, School of Public Policy
Named Associate Director of Georgia Tech Center for 21st Century Universities (C21U)

Susan Cozzens
Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Development
Named Vice Provost of Graduate Education and Faculty Affairs

Faculty National Awards 

Ron Bayor
Professor, School of History, Technology, and Society
American Library Association Booklist Editors' Choice Award for Multicultural America: An Encyclopedia of the Newest Americans 

Vicki Birchfield
Associate Professor, Sam Nunn School of International Affairs
President of the French Republic's 'Chevalier de l'Ordre Nationale du Merite' (Knight in the French National Order of Merit)

John Krige
Kranzberg Professor, School of History, Science, and Technology
Winner Doreen and Jim McElvany 2011 Nonproliferation Challenge, James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies

Aaron Levine
Assistant Professor, School of Public Policy
National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award

Bill Winders
Associate Professor, School of History, Science, and Technology
American Sociological Association, Political Economy of the World-System Section Book Award

Bill Winders
Associate Professor, School of History, Science, and Technology
Journal of Agrarian Change Berenstein & Byres Prize for Best Article in 2009

Faculty Institute Awards

Georgia Tech Reserach Corporation (GTRC) People and Technology Award
Michael Best
Associate Professor, Sam Nunn School of International Affairs

GTRC Public Service, Leaderships, and Policy Award
Dan Breznitz
Associate Professor, Sam Nunn School of International Affairs

GTRC Innovation in Literature and Communication Award
Thomas Lux
Professor, School of Literature, Communication, and Culture

GTRC Big Data Award
Alan Porter
Professor Emeritus, School of Public Policy

Faculty Fellowships

Shiri Breznitz
Assistant Professor, School of Public Policy
Visiting Professor Fellowship at Collegio Carlo Alberto and the University of Turino, Italy

Nihad Farooq
Assistant Professor, School of Literature, Communication, and Culture
William S. Vaughn Fellowship at Robert Penn Warren Center for the Humanities at Vanderbilt University

Douglas Flamming
Professor, School of History, Technology, and Society
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship

Andy Frazee
Brittain Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Literature, Communication, and Culture
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship

Janelle Knox-Hayes
Assistant Professor, School of Public Policy
Social Science Research Council Abe Fellowship

Narin Hassan
Assistant Professor, School of Literature, Communication, and Culture
Hesburgh Award Teaching Fellow

Faculty Leadership Development

Tebor Besedes, Assistant Professor, School of Economics, attended the Georgia Tech College of Management Leadership Roundtable

Usha Nair-Reichert, Associate Professor, School of Economics, was a scholar in the 2011-2012 USG Executive Leadership Institute

Mark "Zak" Taylor, Assistant Professor, The Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, attended the Georgia Tech Leadership Roundtable, and the Georgia Tech College of Management Leadership Roundtable

Faculty Teaching Awards

GT-CETL Geoffrey Eichholz Teaching Award
Douglas Flamming
Professor, School of History, Science, and Technology

GT-CETL/BP in America Junior Faculty Teaching Excellence Award
Jin Liu
Assistant Professor, School of Modern Languages

Georgia Tech Course Instructor Opinion Survey (CIOS) Teaching Excellence Awards announced by the Center for Enhancement of Teaching and Learning (CETL)

Kelly Comfort, Assistant Professor (Modern Languages)

Douglas Flamming, Professor (HTS)

Lionel Gall, Instructor (Modern Languages)

Stuart Goldberg, Associate Professor (Modern Languages)

Karen Head, Assistant Professor (LCC)

Christophe Ippolito, Assistant Professor (Modern Languages)

John Krige, Kranzberg Professor and Director of Graduate Studies (HTS)

Jin Liu, Assistant Professor (Modern Languages)

Melissa Pilkington, Instructor (Modern Languages)

Nirmal Trivedi, Brittain Postdoctoral Fellow (LCC)

Ruth Uwaifo, Assistant Professor (ECON)

Ivan Allen College Founder’s Day Awards 

Ivan Allen Jr. Prize for Social Courage
William H. Foege
Transformational leader in global health policies who made possible the eradication of smallpox and other diseases worldwide

Ivan Allen Jr. Legacy Faculty Award
Margaret Kosal
Assistant Professor, Sam Nunn School of International Affairs

Ivan Allen Jr. Legacy Alumni Award
Alexander Blair West
School of Literature, Communication, and Culture, Computational Media, 2006 

Ivan Allen Jr. Legacy Graduate Student Award
Nettrice Gaskins
School of Literature, Communication, and Culture

Ivan Allen Jr. Legacy Undergraduate Student Award
Kate Owens Wharton
School of Economics and Sam Nunn School of International Affairs

Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts Dean's Recognition 

Marilyn Brown
Professor, School of Public Policy
Dean's Recognition Professorship

Janet Murray
Professor, School of Literature, Communication, and Culture
Dean's Recognition Professorship

Dean's Gold Star Faculty Sponsored Research Awards (April 1, 2011 - March 31, 2012)

$100,000+

Michael Best (INTA)

Haizheng Li (ECON)

Patrick McCarthy (ECON)

Helena Mitchell (PubPol)

Alan Porter (PubPol)

Adam Stulberg (INTA)

$100,000+ for Second Year Consecutive Year

Paul Baker (PubPol)

Marilyn Brown (PubPol)

Michael Hoffman (PubPol)

Brian Magerko (LCC)

Celia Pearce (LCC)

Phil Shapira (PubPol)

Million Dollar Club ($1M or More Cumulative Since 2005)

Danny Boston (ECON)

Danny Breznitz (INTA)

Marilyn Brown (PubPol)

Susan Cozzens (PubPol)

Sy Goodman (INTA)

Brian Magerko (LCC)

Phil McKnight (ModLangs)

Julia Melkers (PubPol)

Helena Mitchell (PubPol)

Alan Porter (PubPol)

Phil Shapira (PubPol)

Adam Stulberg (INTA)

Development Grants

More than $48,000

Mike Best (INTA)

Bettina Cothran (ModLangs)

Jong Lee (ModLangs)

Phil McKnight (ModLangs)

Mike Salomone (INTA)

John Walsh (PubPol)

Dean’s Staff "Buzz" Recognition Awards

Administration

Candise Favors, Administrative Professional (ModLangs)

Jocelyn Thomas, Administrative Professional (LCC)

Yolanda Turner, Administrative Manager (PubPol)

Johnnie Sawyer, Graduate Advisor (PubPol)

Student Services

Carolyn Crump, Administrative Professional (AFROTC)

Katie Raczynski, Academic Advisor (LCC)

Faculty and Staff Service Awards

10 Years at Georgia Tech

Robert J. Kirkman (PubPol)

Cheryl Leggon (PubPol)

Thomas N. Lux (LCC)

Douglas S. Noonan (PubPol)

25 Years at Georgia Tech

Philip Auslander (LCC)

Richard P. Barke (PubPol)

Willie J. Belton (Econ)

Institute Staff Recognition

J.C. Reilly (STAC)
Academic Professional, LCC Science, Technology, and Culture (STaC) Major
Outstanding Undergraduate Academic Advising: Faculty Advisor

Graduate Student Awards and Scholarships 

Sanjay Arora (PubPol) - Georgia Tech Research and Innovation Conference (GTRIC) Poster Session Award

Diane Alleva Cáceres (INTA) - Canadian Studies Doctoral Student Research Award (Dissertation Grant) from International Council for Canadian Studies

Chris DeLeon (LCC) - Forbes' 30 Under 30 List

Deji Fajebe (INTA) - George Washington University CIBER Summer Doctoral Institute

Yujia He (INTA) - George Washington University CIBER Summer Doctoral Institute

Eugene Medynskiy (LCC) - Forbes' 30 Under 30 List

Rebecca Rolfe (LCC) - Online News Association AP-Google Journalism and Technology Scholarship

Undergraduate Student Awards and Scholarships 

Shayla Bivins (LCC) - Georgia Tech Athletic Association (GTAA) Academic Excellence and Spotlight Awards

Yumy Lee Chung (LCC) - Office of Minority Educational Development (OMED) Tower Award

Stuart Collier (LCC) - National Merit Scholarship

Jenna Hanington (LCC) - Zell Miller Scholarship

Tyler 'TJ' Kaplan (PubPol) - Eben Tisdale Public Policy Fellowship

Joe Murphy - (LCC) - 1st Prize in Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) 2012 Poster Contest

Chelsea Regins (LCC) - Charles K. Sewell Athletic Scholarship

Robert Rule (HTS) - Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts Top Undergraduate Researcher

Graham Sweeney (INTA) - Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts "I Am Liberal Arts" Award

Vett Vandiver (LCC) - Office of Minority Educational Development (OMED) Tower Award

Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts Dean's Scholarships

Lauren Llarendi (EIA)

Thomas Marion (EIA)

Erin Sapp (LCC)

Chloe Stargel (INTA/ML)

IAC School Awards and Scholarships

School of Economics

Matthew LaGrone - Outstanding Economics Student Award

Julianne Marie Camacho - Omicron Delta Epsilon Outstanding Senior Cup

Kate Wharton - Mollie Newton Award for Excellence in Economics  

School of History, Technology, and Society

Ben Beldon - Bellon Prize

Lauren Burtz - History, Technology, and Society Chair's Award

Julian Brew - Dorothy Cowser Yancy Incentive Award

John Miller - IAC School of History, Technology, and Society Homer Rice Award

Robert Rule - Slotkin Award

The Sam Nunn School of International Affairs

Kelly Sachs - Outstanding Graduate Student

Kate Wharton - 1996 Olympic Envoy Program Legacy Award

Julianne Camacho - The Michael Williams Minority Student Award

School of Literature, Communication, and Culture

Michelle Bjournas - James Dean Young Award

Chris DeLeon - Outstanding Masters Thesis

Lauren Langley - Oustanding Masters Project

Alex Lind - William Gilmer Perry Award

School of Modern Languages

Benjamin Dreher Bennett (IAML) - Outstanding Senior: French

Marek Fikejz (ALIS) - Excellence in Applied Languages and Intercultural Studies Award and the award for Outstanding Senior: German

Kelsey Hinely (IAML) - Outstanding Senior: Japanese

Lee Taylor Buckley (IAML) - Outstanding Senior: Spanish 

Anita Hasni (PSYC) - Outstanding Senior: Arabic

Seol Lee (CHEBE) - Outstanding Senior: Korean 

Cari Cistola (INTA) - Outstanding Senior: Russian

School of Public Policy

Austen Edwards - Outstanding Undergraduate Student

Jasmine McGinnis - William H. Read Award

Joint Degree Awards

Benjamin Dreher Bennett (IAML) - Excellence in International Affairs and Modern Languages Award

Gabrielle Eichenblatt (GEML) - Excellence in Global Economics and Modern Languages Award

John Azeez Shaheen (GEML) - Excellence in Global Economics and Modern Languages Award

Aleksandra Dabrowska (EIA) - Outstanding Economics and International Affairs Student Award

President's Undergraduate Research Awards (PURA) 

Fall 2012

Benjamin Bennett  – " French-African Identity in the Works of Marie Ndiaye" Mentor: Dr. Nora Cottille-Foley (ModLangs)

Jehoon Choi  – "Government-Directed Economic Transformation: South Korea’s Green Growth Strategy"  Mentor: Dr. Brian Woodall (INTA)

Daniel Flannery  – "Electrical Power Mapping Across Nigeria" - Mentor: Dr. Michael Best (INTA)

Patricia Murphy – Emerging Biotechnology and Biosecurity Policy: Development of Threat Framework for Scientific Analysis of Potential Biological Weapons" - Mentor: Dr. Margaret Kosal (INTA)

Yin Kuin Lim  – "Testing of High School Math and Science in the United States" - Mentor: Dr. Willie Pearson, Jr. (HTS)

John O'Brien  – "Carbon Emissions Transparency and Firm Behavior as a Response to the Carbon Disclosure Project" - Mentor: Dr. Daniel Matisoff (PubPol)

Ian Yamamoto  – "The Advancement of Economic Freedom via Promotion of Open Source Software" - Mentor:  Dr. Doug Noonan (PubPol)

Spring 2012

Adam Le Doux  – "Building a Fantasy Ecosystem to Promote Awareness of Real Ecosystems" - Mentor: Dr. Celia Pearce (LCC)

Anna Mazzolini  – Characterizing Trends in Green Building Certification" - Mentor: Dr. Dan Matisoff (PubPol)

Sean Williams  – "Measuring the Effectiveness of South Korea's Green Growth Strategy" - Mentor: Dr. Brian Woodall (INTA)

Summer 2012

Elise Livingston  - "EarSketch" - Mentor: Dr. Brian Magerko (LCC)

Paige Clayton  - "One city, three universities, multiple models of technology commercialization" - Mentor: Dr. Shiri Breznitz (PubPol)