{"319881":{"#nid":"319881","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Mitchell Named Regents\u0027 Researcher","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EHelena Mitchell has been recognized\u0026nbsp;for her outstanding work through a new appointment as Regents\u2019 Researcher.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.cacp.gatech.edu\/helenamitchell.php\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EMitchell\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;is\u0026nbsp;executive director of the Center for Advanced Communications Policy (\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.cacp.gatech.edu\/index.php\u0022\u003ECACP\u003C\/a\u003E) and principal research scientist in the School of Public Policy. \u0026nbsp;The Regents\u0027 Researcher title represents the highest academic status bestowed by the University System of Georgia. It is meant to recognize a substantial, significant, and ongoing record\u0026nbsp;of scholarly achievement that has earned high national esteem over a sustained period.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMitchell is the first in the Ivan Allen College to be awarded the title of Regents\u0027 Researcher. Previously, Nancy Nersessian, a joint professor in Public Policy and the College of Computing (now retired), was appointed a Regents\u0027 Professor.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe title is awarded by the Board of Regents, which governs the University System of Georgia, upon the unanimous recommendation of the president, the chief academic officer, the appropriate academic dean and three other faculty members named by the president, and upon the approval of the chancellor and the committee on academic affairs.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EHelena Mitchell guides the development of the technology policy agenda at the CACP, a research center of the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts. Her areas of specialty include spectrum management, educational technologies, regulatory and legislative policy, DTV, emergency\/public safety communications, and universal service to rural and vulnerable populations.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EHelena Mitchell has been recognized for her outstanding work through a new appointment as Regents\u2019 Researcher.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Helena Mitchell has been named a Regents\u0027 Researcher by the University System of Georgia Board of Regents."}],"uid":"27889","created_gmt":"2014-08-28 15:27:13","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:16:59","author":"Beth Godfrey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2014-08-28T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2014-08-28T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"321041":{"id":"321041","type":"image","title":"Helena Mitchell","body":null,"created":"1449245011","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 16:03:31","changed":"1475895032","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:50:32","alt":"Helena Mitchell","file":{"fid":"200098","name":"mitchell200x300.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/mitchell200x300_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/mitchell200x300_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":85525,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/mitchell200x300_0.jpg?itok=Uj5SOhGh"}}},"media_ids":["321041"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[{"id":"42941","name":"Art Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"728","name":"Board of Regents"},{"id":"3632","name":"CACP"},{"id":"14599","name":"Center for Advanced Communications Policy"},{"id":"15304","name":"Helena Mitchell"},{"id":"626","name":"public policy"},{"id":"10177","name":"Regents\u0027 Professor"},{"id":"101321","name":"regents\u0027 researcher"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERebecca Keane\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:rebecca.keane@iac.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Erebecca.keane@iac.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}