{"341531":{"#nid":"341531","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Public Policy Chair Speaks on Broadening Participation in STEM","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.iac.gatech.edu\/faculty-and-staff\/faculty\/bio\/fealing\u0022\u003EKaye Husbands Fealing\u003C\/a\u003E, chair of the \u003Cstrong\u003ESchool of Public Policy\u003C\/strong\u003E, presented at the Federal Reserve Board\u2019s \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/federalreserve.gov\/newsevents\/conferences\/national-summit-diversity-economics-profession-program.htm\u0022\u003ENational Summit on Diversity in the Economics Profession\u003C\/a\u003E in Washington, D.C., on October 20, 2014.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe conference brought together leaders of the Federal Reserve Banks and chairs of economics departments from schools across the nation for a profession-wide dialogue about diversity. Speakers and panelists discussed the state of diversity in economics and examples of successful diversity initiatives in academia.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDuring a panel on initiatives in higher education,\u0026nbsp;Husbands Fealing spoke about the science of broadening participation in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EA primary goal of the summit is to provide an opportunity for learning, discussion, and sharing among faculty peers to develop practical ideas about what can be accomplished in the economics profession.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EConference Chair Janet Yellen said in her welcoming remarks, \u201cWe know that diversity is fundamentally important in spreading risk. History shows that economies develop and become more stable through diversification. Often, in the things economists study and the methods we use, diversity is a good thing.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EKaye Husbands Fealing is an economist who came to the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts from the Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota in Fall 2014. During the course of her career, she has built a distinguished record of achievements in scholarship and education, as well as in national and international leadership and service. Her areas of expertise include international trade policy; science, technology, and innovation policy in specific contexts; knowledge generation and the development of networks.\u003C\/em\u003E\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\/fealing\u0022\u003EKaye Husbands Fealing\u003C\/a\u003E, chair of the \u003Cstrong\u003ESchool of Public Policy\u003C\/strong\u003E, presented at the Federal Reserve Board\u2019s \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/federalreserve.gov\/newsevents\/conferences\/national-summit-diversity-economics-profession-program.htm\u0022\u003ENational Summit on Diversity in the Economics Profession\u003C\/a\u003E in Washington, D.C., on October 20, 2014.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Kaye Husbands Fealing, chair of the School of Public Policy, presented at the Federal Reserve Board\u2019s National Summit on Diversity in the Economics Profession in Washington, D.C., on October 20, 2014."}],"uid":"27889","created_gmt":"2014-11-05 15:01:27","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:17:26","author":"Beth Godfrey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2014-11-05T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2014-11-05T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"309791":{"id":"309791","type":"image","title":"Kaye Husbands Fealing","body":null,"created":"1449244726","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 15:58:46","changed":"1475895020","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:50:20","alt":"Kaye Husbands Fealing","file":{"fid":"199829","name":"husbands200x300-3_0.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/husbands200x300-3_0_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/husbands200x300-3_0_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":74303,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/husbands200x300-3_0_0.jpg?itok=do7xHfcU"}},"341521":{"id":"341521","type":"image","title":"Federal Reserve Board Seal","body":null,"created":"1449245595","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 16:13:15","changed":"1475895060","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:51:00","alt":"Federal Reserve Board Seal","file":{"fid":"200747","name":"us-federal-reserve-board-seal.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/us-federal-reserve-board-seal_0.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/us-federal-reserve-board-seal_0.png","mime":"image\/png","size":102246,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/us-federal-reserve-board-seal_0.png?itok=FkDdk-Tc"}}},"media_ids":["309791","341521"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"1270","name":"conference"},{"id":"736","name":"diversity"},{"id":"108691","name":"Federal Reserve"},{"id":"91551","name":"Husbands Fealing"},{"id":"626","name":"public policy"},{"id":"10231","name":"Washington D.C."}],"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\u003Cbr \/\u003EDirector of Communications\u003Cbr \/\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":""}}}