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Food will be provided.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch3\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/h3\u003E\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ERSVP via Qualtrics: \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/gatech.co1.qualtrics.com\/jfe\/form\/SV_9yLGIorwNzp3pfE\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003Ehttps:\/\/gatech.co1.qualtrics.com\/jfe\/form\/SV_9yLGIorwNzp3pfE\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EHave Questions?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EEmail Amara Anderson, the John H. Martinson Honors Program coordinator, at\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:aanderson75@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Eaanderson75@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout the Panelists\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDr. Johnny Smith\u003C\/strong\u003E is the Julius C. \u0022Bud\u0022 Shaw Professor of Sports History. Smith\u0027s research and teaching explores United States history during the twentieth century. He is especially interested in the history of sports, popular culture, and political culture. His writing has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, The Daily Beast, Slate, ESPN\u0027s The Undefeated, Smithsonian Magazine, Reviews in American History, and The American Historian, among others. In 2017, Professor Smith was named a Distinguished Lecturer by the Organization of American Historians.\u0026nbsp; He is also a two-time recipient of the Journal of Sport History\u0027s Best Article Award (2009; 2018). He has authored six books, the most of which is \u003C\/em\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hachettebookgroup.com\/titles\/randy-roberts\/the-fight-of-his-life\/9781541605060\/?lens=basic-books\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 title=\u0022(opens in a new window)\u0022\u003EThe Fight of His Life: Joe Louis\u0027s Battle for Freedom During World War II \u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cem\u003E(written with Randy Roberts; forthcoming 2025).\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDr. Kirk Bowman \u003C\/strong\u003ERegents\u0027 Entrepreneur,\u0026nbsp;Full Professor and Rise Up \u0026amp; Care\u0026nbsp;Term Chair in Global Development \u0026amp; Identity, joined the Georgia Tech faculty as an Assistant Professor in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs in 1998 and was promoted to Associate Professor in 2004 and Professor in 2014.\u0026nbsp; He directs study abroad programs in Argentina, Brazil, Portugal, Spain and Uruguay.\u0026nbsp;His current research projects include a book on soccer and global politics and using experimental design to test the effect of local change agents and youth high performance addictions in marginalized neighborhoods of the Global South. Dr. Bowman is the co-founder and director of the international \u003C\/em\u003ENGO Rise Up \u0026amp; Care\u003Cem\u003E (\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/riseup.care\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003Ewww.riseup.care\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cem\u003E). Bowman currently leads a Vertically Integrated Project (VIP) at Georgia Tech for students from various majors to participate in global development through documentary film,\u0026nbsp;children\u0027s books, and targeted global philanthropy.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBruce Siegal, JD\u003C\/strong\u003E is a full time IP Sports and Entertainment brand protection and licensing attorney at \u003C\/em\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.gmlaw.com\/attorneys\/bruce-b-siegal\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003EGreenspoon Marder LLP\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cem\u003E. 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Currently, he serves as Co-Chair for the Entertainment, Arts and Sports Committee of the United States Intellectual Property Alliance, former Chair for the Legal Advisory Committee of the International Collegiate Licensing Association, and past Vice-Chair for the Entertainment and Sports Law Section of the State Bar of Georgia.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJoin three Georgia Tech faculty as they talk about the history of sports, sports politics, and sports law on a panel hosted by the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/honorsprogram.gatech.edu\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EJohn H. Martinson Honors Program\u003C\/a\u003E. The panel will be on \u003Cstrong\u003EThursday, October 23rd, 2025 from 11am-12:15pm\u003C\/strong\u003E in Stephen C. Hall room 102.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis event is open to the Georgia Tech community. 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