{"627998":{"#nid":"627998","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Willie Pearson Reappointed to National Science Foundation\u0027s Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences Advisory Committee","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWillie Pearson, professor in the Georgia Institute of Technology School of History and Sociology (HSOC), was recently reappointed to the National Science Foundation\u0026#39;s\u0026nbsp;Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences (SBE) \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/sbe\/advisory.jsp\u0022\u003EAdvisory Committee.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe SBE Advisory Committee meets twice yearly to provide advice, recommendations, and oversight to the NSF\u0026#39;s SBE Directorate concerning support for research, education, and human resources. Members represent a cross section of social, behavioral, and economic sciences and many different sub-disciplines within these fields, including industry. In addition, the committee is diverse in terms of gender, geographic locations, and under-represented minorities.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAs a member of the SBE Advisory Committee, Pearson\u0026#39;s duties include:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EReviewing and advising\u0026nbsp;on the impact of programs in the disciplines and fields encompassed by the NSF\u0026#39;s SBE Directorate\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EProviding\u0026nbsp;oversight of overall program management and performance\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EAdvising\u0026nbsp;as to the impact of overally NSF-wide policies on the SBE scientific community\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThroughout his career, Pearson\u0026nbsp;has received research grants from the National Science Foundation (NSF), National Endowment for the Humanities, Sloan Foundation, and the Department of Justice. In addition to these accomplishments, he has won several awards, such as the Southern Illinois University\u0026rsquo;s College of Liberal Arts Alumni Achievement Award (1993). He\u0026nbsp;was designated a lifetime National Associate of the National Academies in 2001. Two of his most recent publications include \u003Cem\u003EChanging the Face of Engineering\u003C\/em\u003E:\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EThe African American Experience\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003Eand\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EAdvancing Women in Science: An International Perspective\u003C\/em\u003E, both explorations of the unequal landscape of the science and engineering fields.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHSOC is a unit of the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWillie Pearson, professor in the Georgia Institute of Technology School of History and Sociology (HSOC), was recently reappointed to the National Science Foundation\u0026#39;s\u0026nbsp;Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences (SBE) \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/sbe\/advisory.jsp\u0022\u003EAdvisory Committee.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The Advisory Committee provides critical oversight and management of the NSF\u0027s work in the social, behavioral, and economic sciences."}],"uid":"34559","created_gmt":"2019-10-23 18:44:32","changed_gmt":"2019-11-06 13:25:51","author":"pdemerritt3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2019-10-23T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2019-10-23T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"464311":{"id":"464311","type":"image","title":"Willie Pearson, Jr.","body":null,"created":"1449256385","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 19:13:05","changed":"1475895211","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:53:31","alt":"Willie Pearson, Jr.","file":{"fid":"203694","name":"pearson.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/pearson_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/pearson_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":41146,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/pearson_0.jpg?itok=mTv3pzah"}}},"media_ids":["464311"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"1288","name":"School of History and Sociology"},{"id":"473211","name":"_OLD: School of History and Sociology Student Blog"}],"categories":[{"id":"151","name":"Policy, Social Sciences, and Liberal Arts"}],"keywords":[{"id":"15348","name":"Willie Pearson"},{"id":"363","name":"NSF"},{"id":"166851","name":"HSOC research"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39511","name":"Public Service, Leadership, and Policy"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":["rebecca.keane@iac.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}