2CI Faculty Q&A: Eric Wright
2CI Faculty Q&A: Eric Wright
The Second Century Initiative (2CI) brought more than 80 leading scholars and researchers across a diverse array of disciplines; its successor program, the Next Generation Program, continues to do so. Each faculty member has provided the university with their unique perspectives and leadership in their fields. Their work moves forward important and innovative research and scholarship, while lifting the reputation of Georgia State University and its colleges/schools for work addressing the challenges of the 21st century.
This article is part of a series highlighting individual faculty members and their perspectives through a question-and-answer format. Dr. Eric Wright came to Georgia State through the 2CI Health Risks and Behaviors and ARDC cluster, and is a distinguished professor of sociology and public health and Chair of the Sociology Department at Georgia State University.
2CI Faculty Q&A: Laura Salazar
2CI Faculty Q&A: Laura Salazar
The Second Century Initiative (2CI) brought more than 80 leading scholars and researchers across a diverse array of disciplines; its successor program, the Next Generation Program, continues to do so. Each faculty member has provided the university with their unique perspectives and leadership in their fields. Their work moves forward important and innovative research and scholarship, while lifting the reputation of Georgia State University and its colleges/schools for work addressing the challenges of the 21st century.
This article is part of a series highlighting individual faculty members and their perspectives through a question-and-answer format. Dr. Laura Salazar came to Georgia State under the first round of 2CI, and is a professor in the School of Public Health.
Next Generation Program Sociologist Looks to Human Behavior in Cybersecurity Research
Next Generation Program Sociologist Looks to Human Behavior in Cybersecurity Research
Sociologist David Maimon’s earliest research examined the effects neighborhoods have in determining why some people in neighborhoods engage in crime and deviant behaviors. In 2010, he turned his focus to cybercrime and the unique online ecosystem in which cybercriminals thrive.
Maimon leads the Evidence-based Cybersecurity Research Group in the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies. For this group, he has formed a team, including Georgia State’s chief innovation officer, computer science faculty from the College of Arts & Sciences, computer information systems faculty from the J. Mack Robinson College of Business and criminologists from the policy school to partner in research with cybersecurity experts from around the world. Maimon is also the first Next Generation faculty member hired to teach in Georgia’s new FinTech Academy, a Georgia Board of Regents talent initiative with a hub at Georgia State.
The cybersecurity research group will produce evidence on each of the actors in the cyber ecosystem and on the effectiveness of different tools in nudging them to respond in ways “we want them to behave,” said Maimon. “The work of this research group will help redefine and improve cybersecurity.”
2CI Faculty Q&A: Nancy Forger
2CI Faculty Q&A: Nancy Forger
The Second Century Initiative (2CI) brought more than 80 leading scholars and researchers across a diverse array of disciplines; its successor program, the Next Generation Program, continues to do so. Each faculty member has provided the university with their unique perspectives and leadership in their fields. Their work moves forward important and innovative research and scholarship, while lifting the reputation of Georgia State University and its colleges/schools for work addressing the challenges of the 21st century.
This article is part of a series highlighting individual faculty members and their perspectives through a question-and-answer format. Dr. Nancy G. Forger is a Professor and Director of the Neuroscience Institute, and was recruited to Georgia State as part of 2CI’s second round. The Neuroscience Institute at Georgia State celebrated its 10th anniversary in 2018.
2CI Q&A: Patricia J. Zettler
2CI Q&A: Patricia J. Zettler
The Second Century Initiative brought more than 80 leading scholars and researchers across a diverse array of disciplines; its successor program, the Next Generation Program, continues to do so. Each faculty member has provided the university with their unique perspectives and leadership in their fields. Their work moves forward important and innovative research and scholarship, while lifting the reputation of Georgia State University and its colleges/schools for work addressing the challenges of the 21st century.
This article is the first in a series highlighting individual faculty members and their perspectives through a question-and-answer format. The first faculty member highlighted in the series is Patricia J. Zettler, Associate Professor in the College of Law and a member of the Center for Law, Health and Society. She first arrived at Georgia State as a hire in the fifth round of 2CI.
Bouncing Back From the Storm: 2CI’s Ann-Margaret Esnard
Bouncing Back From the Storm: 2CI’s Ann-Margaret Esnard
Ann-Margaret Esnard, a faculty hire under the third round of the Second Century Initiative, has spent most of her academic career studying how communities can minimize the impact of disasters and bounce back if they do get hit. Her research has delved into the circumstances that make areas vulnerable to storms, the role that housing and land development play in the recovery process and the factors that cause people to be displaced from their homes for long periods of time.
Click the link to read more about Dr. Esnard, a Distinguished University Professor and interim associate dean for research in the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, in the inaugural issue of the Georgia State University Research Magazine.
2CI Collaborative Research Excellence: Social Media and the Growth of E-Cigarettes
2CI Collaborative Research Excellence: Social Media and the Growth of E-Cigarettes
Reports that use of electronic cigarettes is declining may not have accounted for explosive growth in sales of the JUUL device, a novel product that has benefited from social media marketing campaigns to reach young consumers, according to a study led by researchers at Georgia State University’s School of Public Health.
The Second Century Initiative’s Return On Investment: Faculty Collaborations – Didier Merlin
The Second Century Initiative’s Return On Investment: Faculty Collaborations – Didier Merlin
When Dr. Didier Merlin heard about an opportunity to expand beyond his research in medical biology through collaborations with other academic departments, he was excited to learn more about the open faculty appointment through the Second Century Initiative at Georgia State.
After accepting the faculty appointment in the Departments of Biology and Chemistry in 2011, he dove right into the university’s culture of research and scholarly collaboration among both long-time faculty and fellow 2CI hires.
“It was very fast paced,” he said. “I was able to establish so many collaborations at Georgia State early on, and I was able to have freedom to establish interdisciplinary research. My research program has improved a lot, and I think that the quality of my research is really higher now than a few years ago.”
The Second Century Initiative’s Return on Investment: Faculty Collaborations – Stuart Jefferies
The Second Century Initiative’s Return on Investment: Faculty Collaborations – Stuart Jefferies
Dr. Jefferies’ work has taken him around the world in efforts to better understand space, the sun and to improve imaging technology. As a 2CI faculty member, he joined the Department of Physics and Astronomy under the initiative’s second round, joining fellow 2CI hires Drs. Petrus Martens and Rafal Angryk as they started the Astroinformatics cluster.
Dr. Jefferies’ longtime collaborative work at the South Pole led to the start of a South Pole Solar Observatory in 2016 with Georgia State working alongside NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the University of Rome Tor Vergata, the University of Hawaii and the European Space Agency, and with the support of the National Science Foundation.
The observatory stands with other world-class resources supported by Georgia State and colleague institutions, including Georgia State’s Center for High Angular Resolution Astronomy (CHARA) Array at Mount Wilson, Calif.