{"596139":{"#nid":"596139","#data":{"type":"news","title":"The School of Modern Languages Welcomes New GLACT Fellows","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe School of Modern Languages is excited to introduce its first cohort of Global Languages, Cultures, and Technologies (GLACT) Post-Doctoral Fellows: Dr. Adele Douglin (Spanish), Dr. Viola Green (French), and Dr. Wei Wang (Chinese).\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAccording to Michael Wiedorn, associate professor of French and GLACT program coordinator, \u0026ldquo;the main goal for us as a School is to round out our team\u0026rsquo;s capabilities as we work with colleagues who complement our existing strengths.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe current group of Fellows bring\u0026nbsp;experience and research interests in second language acquisition and pedagogy, linguistics, psycholinguistics, and the effects of study abroad on language acquisition. It was the intersection of their interests and the work being done at the School of Modern Languages that attracted them to the GLACT program.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;The focus of my dissertation was short-term study abroad, and I was excited to get the opportunity to see how study abroad programs successfully work in other languages and countries,\u0026rdquo; said Douglin. The interest of Green was sparked by \u0026ldquo;the opportunity to contribute to the further enhancement of [the School\u0026rsquo;s] Linguistics program.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe GLACT Program seeks to foster collaboration across languages, technologies, and global cultures, by encouraging and providing opportunities for GLACT Fellows to build relationships with faculty and researchers across the Institute, as they contribute to new and innovative academic programming, and continue and expand their scholarly work.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBeing at Georgia Tech presents several exciting possibilities, including the opportunity \u0026ldquo;to develop collaboration with speech recognition experts in the School of Engineering,\u0026rdquo; said Wang.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGLACT positions are full-time and renewable for up to three years. Fellows have teaching responsibilities across a range of undergraduate courses, and are given wide-ranging support in achieving their professional development goals. Wiedorn expressed that the \u0026ldquo;program\u0026rsquo;s emphasis on professionalization is of particular interest to me, and I look forward to doing my best to connect our new colleagues with people who can help them along their career path.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe GLACT program is a tremendous growth opportunity for both the School of Modern Languages and its new Fellows.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe School of Modern Languages is excited to introduce its first cohort of Global Languages, Cultures, and Technologies (GLACT) Post-Doctoral Fellows: Dr. Adele Douglin (Spanish), Dr. Viola Green (French), and Dr. Wei Wang (Chinese).\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The School of Modern Languages is excited to introduce its first cohort of Global Languages, Cultures, and Technologies (GLACT) Post-Doctoral Fellows"}],"uid":"28754","created_gmt":"2017-09-19 14:47:44","changed_gmt":"2018-03-08 17:00:25","author":"T. Jesse Brannen","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2017-09-19T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2017-09-19T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"596138":{"id":"596138","type":"image","title":"GLACT","body":null,"created":"1505832374","gmt_created":"2017-09-19 14:46:14","changed":"1505832374","gmt_changed":"2017-09-19 14:46:14","alt":"","file":{"fid":"227190","name":"GLACT.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/GLACT.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/GLACT.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":335635,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/GLACT.jpg?itok=q_oNV9Y9"}}},"media_ids":["596138"],"groups":[{"id":"1284","name":"School of Modern Languages"},{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"2697","name":"fellow"},{"id":"167057","name":"spanish"},{"id":"3016","name":"French"},{"id":"3786","name":"chinese"},{"id":"166843","name":"Study Abroad"},{"id":"175657","name":"language acquisition"}],"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":""}}}