{"60516":{"#nid":"60516","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Murray Steps Down, Bogost to Head Digital Media Program","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAugust marked the end of an era for the Digital Media Graduate Studies program within the School of Literature, Communication, and Culture. Program Director Janet Murray oversaw the program\u2019s long-anticipated move into a new research facility in Technology Square Research Building and then after 10 years stepped down to focus on her teaching and research. She will be succeeded by Digital Media Associate Professor Ian Bogost.\n\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EA leading edge researcher and interaction designer, Murray assumed leadership of the program during the formative stages of the field of digital media. \n\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cJanet\u2019s vision, industry, and commitment have established this as one of the benchmark digital media programs in this country,\u201d said Interim Dean Ken Knoespel.\n\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn 2001, Murray reformed the curriculum for the master\u2019s program integrating theory and practice and focusing on lasting design principles from a humanistic perspective. She recruited research-oriented practitioner\/theorist faculty who are internationally recognized as leaders in the digital media field.\n\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn 2004, Murray further raised educational boundaries in the field by establishing the first PhD in Digital Media at Georgia Tech. The program maintains a steady, funded enrollment of twenty students. Graduates of the program are in demand for job placements worldwide. For the master\u2019s program, Murray cultivated a network of internship opportunities helping students find jobs with industry leaders including Electronic Arts, IBM, Google, Apple, IDEO, CNN, Showtime, PBS, and YouTube.\n\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMurray achieved her broad goal to establish a research culture with multiple faculty lab groups providing funding for graduate students on sponsored research projects. She also strengthened interdisciplinary programs including the MS in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) with Computing and Psychology, the BS in Computational Media with Computing, and established two 5-year BS\/MS programs (with LCC\/STaC and Computational Media).\n\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHolder of the Ivan Allen College Dean\u2019s Professorship, Murray is looking forward to spending more time on teaching and research on new forms of interactive narrative. \n\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIt was a great privilege to lead Georgia Tech\u2019s Digital Media program during this time of historic change. I know I leave it in excellent hands with Ian Bogost,\u201d said Murray.\n\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBogost will focus on extending the success of the program and its faculty and students by refining the Masters and PhD degrees for the next decade of digital media industry, scholarship, and teaching.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EProgram Director Janet Murray oversaw the program\u2019s long-anticipated move into a new research facility in Technology Square Research Building and then after 10 years stepped down to focus on her teaching and research. She will be succeeded by Digital Media Associate Professor Ian Bogost.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Graduate Studies program within the School of Literature, Communication and Culture Changes Leadership"}],"uid":"27299","created_gmt":"2010-08-19 12:49:30","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:07:15","author":"Michael Hagearty","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2010-08-19T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2010-08-19T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"60878":{"id":"60878","type":"image","title":"Janet Murray","body":null,"created":"1449176296","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:58:16","changed":"1475894483","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:41:23","alt":"Janet Murray","file":{"fid":"191230","name":"Janet_Murrays_fave_head_200x300.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Janet_Murrays_fave_head_200x300_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Janet_Murrays_fave_head_200x300_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":39753,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Janet_Murrays_fave_head_200x300_0.jpg?itok=GYatTK-k"}}},"media_ids":["60878"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.lcc.gatech.edu\/graduate\/dmms\/","title":"Digital Media Program"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.lcc.gatech.edu\/~murray\/","title":"Janet Murray"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.bogost.com\/","title":"Ian Bogost"}],"groups":[{"id":"1182","name":"General"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"315","name":"bogost"},{"id":"124","name":"Digital Media"},{"id":"2248","name":"Graduate Studies"},{"id":"955","name":"ivan allen college"},{"id":"3925","name":"janet murray"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:rebecca.keane@iac.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ERebecca Keane\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIvan Allen College of Liberal Arts\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-894-1720\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}