{"235541":{"#nid":"235541","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Comfort Recipient of 2014 Regents\u0027 Teaching Excellence Award","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.iac.gatech.edu\/faculty-and-staff\/faculty\/bio\/comfort\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EKelly Comfort\u003C\/a\u003E, professor in the \u003Cstrong\u003ESchool of Modern Languages\u003C\/strong\u003E, is the recipient of the \u003Cstrong\u003E2014 Regents\u2019 Teaching Excellence Award\u003C\/strong\u003E. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis year, Georgia Tech gave Comfort the\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EClass of 1940 W. Howard Outstanding Teaching Award\u003C\/strong\u003E, which recognized her extraordinary efforts to inspire students. She also received the \u003Cstrong\u003ECETL \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EInnovation in Co-Curricular Education Award\u003C\/strong\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EComfort encourages students to be active inside and outside of the classroom. Much of her coursework involves students with Atlanta\u2019s Latino community. Her Intermediate Spanish and Spanish Conversation courses include interview and documentary projects in the community, while higher level courses require from 30 to 60 hours of work with native Spanish speakers. These projects include volunteer work, professional work, community outreach, roundtable discussions with local Latino leaders, and cultural case studies. These experiences build not only fluent Spanish speakers, but students that are able to critically reflect on their experiences.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EComfort is the faculty director of the International House and faculty advisor of Gringos y Latinos: Atlanta\u2019s Spanish Service Society. Comfort drives her students to become active, critical, and self-reflective. The Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts is committed to sustaining a legacy of humanitarian vision, social courage, social justice, and civic leadership. Comfort\u0027s approach to teaching embodies that commitment. Learn more about Comfort\u0027s passion for service learning in the July 2013 feature on our\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.iac.gatech.edu\/news-and-events\/features\/07\/2013\/comfort-takes-spanish-students-into-the-community\u0022 target=\u0022_self\u0022\u003Ewebsite\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.iac.gatech.edu\/faculty-and-staff\/faculty\/bio\/comfort\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EKelly Comfort\u003C\/a\u003E, professor in the \u003Cstrong\u003ESchool of Modern Languages\u003C\/strong\u003E, is the recipient of the \u003Cstrong\u003E2014 Regents\u2019 Teaching Excellence Award\u003C\/strong\u003E. \u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27885","created_gmt":"2013-09-09 15:28:02","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:14:53","author":"Jennifer Teeter","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-09-09T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2013-09-09T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"59045":{"id":"59045","type":"image","title":"Dr. Kelly Comfort","body":null,"created":"1449176211","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:56:51","changed":"1475894515","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:41:55","alt":"Dr. Kelly Comfort","file":{"fid":"190827","name":"txt87805.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/txt87805_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/txt87805_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":40611,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/txt87805_0.jpg?itok=D-fU8Dow"}}},"media_ids":["59045"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[{"id":"132","name":"Institute Leadership"}],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}