{"635481":{"#nid":"635481","#data":{"type":"news","title":"LMC\u2019s Lisa Yaszek Named Regents Professor; SPP\u2019s Marilyn Brown Reappointed","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ELisa Yaszek, professor in the School of Literature, Media, and Communication, has been appointed Regents Professor by the University System of Georgia (USG) Board of Regents.\u0026nbsp;Marilyn A. Brown, professor in the School of Public Policy and a Brook Byers Professor of Sustainable Systems at Georgia Tech, who has held a three-year appointment as Regents Professor, has been reappointed for another three years.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe prestigious title is granted to tenured faculty members as a recognition of outstanding research and scholarship, and is awarded upon \u0026quot;unanimous recommendation of the USG institution president, chief academic officer, appropriate academic dean, and three other members of the faculty named by the president of Georgia Tech, and upon the approval of the chancellor and the Committee on Academic Affairs. The appointments are renewable at the discretion of the USG president.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EYaszek has established herself as a leading\u0026nbsp;researcher at the intersections of science fiction with issues of gender, race, and technology, and\u0026nbsp;is an influential voice in both academia and the wider public.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Lisa Yaszek has made foundational contributions to our understanding of science fiction as a global language crossing centuries, continents, and cultures,\u0026rdquo; said Richard Utz, chair of the School of Literature, Media, and Communication (LMC). \u0026ldquo;Her innovative research has helped build Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s reputation as a pace-setter in research focusing on issues of gender, race, and technology in science fiction and she is regularly called on by scientists and artists to organize public events and by the media for expert consulting and expert commentary on the relations of science, society, and speculative art.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EShe has authored and edited numerous books and book chapters on a wide range of subjects, and she has provided authoritative commentary for the AMC miniseries \u003Cem\u003EJames Cameron\u0026#39;s Story of Science Fiction \u003C\/em\u003Eand in publications such as \u003Cem\u003EThe Washington Post\u003C\/em\u003E, \u003Cem\u003EFood and Wine Magazine\u003C\/em\u003E, and \u003Cem\u003EUSA Today.\u003C\/em\u003E She has been an expert commentator for the BBC4\u0026rsquo;s \u003Cem\u003EStranger Than Sci Fi\u003C\/em\u003E and Wired.com\u0026rsquo;s \u003Cem\u003EGeek\u0026rsquo;s Guide to the Galaxy.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;As all of us have witnessed, Lisa\u0026#39;s record as a scholar and educator has grown nationally and internationally, making her one of the most widely recognized academic and public intellectuals in science fiction studies,\u0026rdquo; said Richard Utz, chair of LMC. \u0026ldquo;She represents the very best of what our humanities unit can offer to scholarship and learning at a technological university: she works at the interface of literature and science, investigates the intersectionality of gender and race in diverse media forms, and projects fascinating scenarios of the future from within our present. It\u0026#39;s exactly the kind of interdisciplinary perspective our students need to comprehend and succeed in a complex and fast-paced world.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETwo of Yaszek\u0026#39;s main areas of scholarship are the intersection of gender and science fiction and the aesthetic of Afrofuturism. An emphasis of her work is the recovery of lost voices in science fiction history and the discovery new ones around the globe. Her monograph \u003Cem\u003EGalactic Suburbia: Recovering Women\u0026#39;s Science Fiction\u003C\/em\u003E (Ohio State 2008) demonstrates the important presence of women throughout the history of science fiction. She also edited the anthologies \u003Cem\u003ESisters of Tomorrow: The First Women of Science Fiction \u003C\/em\u003E(Wesleyan 2016) and \u003Cem\u003EThe Future is Female! Twenty-Five Early Classics of Women\u0026#39;s Science Fiction\u003C\/em\u003E Library of America 2018).\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EYaszek has also broken ground in the study of Afrofuturism, where established forms of art are seen and imagined through the cultural lens of the African diaspora. Her essay \u0026quot;An Afrofuturist Reading of Ralph Ellison\u0026rsquo;s \u003Cem\u003EInvisible Man\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026quot; cast that classic of science fiction in a novel, innovative light. She recently led the publication of \u003Cem\u003EBeyond Afrofuturism\u003C\/em\u003E, a special double issue of the journal \u003Cem\u003EExtrapolation.\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EYaszek plays a lead role in maintaining Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s science fiction collection, a collection ranked among the best in the world by the journal \u003Cem\u003EScience Fiction Studies. \u003C\/em\u003EShe works to ensure that the collection is accessible to both students and the general public.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EShe also runs the Sci Fi Lab, where students from all disciplines and levels of education experiment with science fiction research and production, often in collaboration with local, national, and international scientists and artists. Her students benefit from the community involvement opportunities Yaszek has created connecting them with opportunities to work with events like The Outer Dark Weird Convention and the Atlanta Science Fiction Film Festival.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EA past president of the Science Fiction Research Association, Yaszek currently serves as an editor for the Library of America and as a juror for the John W. Campbell and Eugie Foster Science Fiction Awards.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EYaszek earned her B.A. in English, Magna cum Laude, from the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, and an M.A. and a Ph.D. in English from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She first came to Georgia Tech in 1999 as a Marion L. Brittain Postdoctoral Fellow, then joined the LMC faculty as assistant professor. In 2012, she was promoted to professor.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EShe has been an active participant in shaping the school\u0026rsquo;s curricular programs, serving as coordinator of the Science, Technology, and Culture (STaC) degree program (now LMC), as director of Undergraduate Studies, and as associate chair.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EYaszek has earned many honors for both her research and teaching, including the Ivan Allen College Dean\u0026#39;s Distinguished Researcher Award in 2019 and Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s Class of 1940 Teaching Effectiveness Award in 2016. She has also earned recognition such as the Susan Koppelman Award for Best Anthology in Feminist Studies in 2017 and the Pioneer Award for Excellence in Scholarship from the Science Fiction Research Association in 2005.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EReappointment Caps another Outstanding Year for Brown\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMarilyn A. Brown, who has held a three-year appointment as Regents Professor, has been reappointed for another three years. Brown, a professor in the School of Public Policy and a Brook Byers Professor of Sustainable Systems at Georgia Tech was \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.iac.gatech.edu\/news-events\/stories\/2017\/11\/marilyn-brown-named-regents-professor-helena-mitchell-renewed-researcher\/597446\u0022\u003Enamed Regents Professor\u003C\/a\u003E in 2017. This year, she was \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.iac.gatech.edu\/news-events\/stories\/2020\/4\/marilyn-brown-elected-national-academy-sciences\/634835\u0022\u003Eelected to both the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E, one of just two Georgia Tech faculty with membership in both academies.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBeginning June 1, 2020, she will \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.iac.gatech.edu\/news-events\/stories\/2020\/5\/marilyn-brown-appointed-interim-chair-school-public-policy\/635151\u0022\u003Eserve as interim chair of Public Policy\u003C\/a\u003E during the search for a new chair.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBrown is an international leader in clean energy policy known for her pioneering work developing economic-engineering models incorporating behavioral and social science principles into policy analysis of energy systems. Her influential research quantified the \u0026ldquo;energy-efficiency gap,\u0026rdquo; which highlights the importance of promoting cost-effective energy conservation improvements as a tool to improve energy security and reduce the impact of climate change. Among her \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.iac.gatech.edu\/news-events\/stories\/2020\/4\/georgia-tech-leads-team-effort-reduce-carbon-footprint\/634630\u0022\u003Ecurrent projects is Drawdown Georgia\u003C\/a\u003E, a first-in-the-nation effort by Georgia Tech researchers to help identify solutions to help reduce the state\u0026rsquo;s carbon footprint in economically justifiable ways by 2030. Brown is the project\u0026rsquo;s principle investigator.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe schools of Literature, Media, and Communication and of Public Policy are units of the Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ELisa Yaszek, professor in the School of Literature, Media, and Communication, has been appointed Regents Professor by the University System of Georgia (USG) Board of Regents.\u0026nbsp;Marilyn A. Brown, professor in the School of Public Policy and a Brook Byers Professor of Sustainable Systems at Georgia Tech, who has held a three-year appointment as Regents Professor, has been reappointed for another three years.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Lisa Yaszek in LMC has been appointed Regents Professor; Marilyn A. Brown has been reappointed as Regents Professor for another term."}],"uid":"27167","created_gmt":"2020-05-19 15:48:34","changed_gmt":"2020-05-28 16:11:42","author":"Rebecca Keane","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2020-05-19T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2020-05-19T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"635495":{"id":"635495","type":"image","title":"Lisa Yaszek and Marilyn Brown","body":null,"created":"1589906061","gmt_created":"2020-05-19 16:34:21","changed":"1601555603","gmt_changed":"2020-10-01 12:33:23","alt":"","file":{"fid":"241833","name":"Yaszek_Brown.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Yaszek_Brown_0.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Yaszek_Brown_0.png","mime":"image\/png","size":255700,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Yaszek_Brown_0.png?itok=8N1C7EB9"}}},"media_ids":["635495"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"1283","name":"School of Literature, Media, and Communication"},{"id":"1289","name":"School of Public Policy"}],"categories":[{"id":"151","name":"Policy, Social Sciences, and Liberal Arts"}],"keywords":[{"id":"11021","name":"Lisa Yaszek"},{"id":"330","name":"Marilyn Brown"},{"id":"19401","name":"Regents Professors"},{"id":"167171","name":"science fiction"},{"id":"2262","name":"climate"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39531","name":"Energy and Sustainable Infrastructure"},{"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":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERebecca Keane\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nDirector of Communications\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nrebecca.keane@iac.gatech.edu\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["rebecca.keane@iac.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}