Learn more about the transformational legacy of the Next Generation Program and its predecessor, the Second Century Initiative (2CI).
As cyber threats ramp up at home and around the world, Georgia State Next Generation Program researchers are working to uncover how online criminals operate — and how to protect people, business and governments from harm.
Click the link to learn more in the Spring 2019 issue of the Georgia State University Magazine.
Georgia State University’s reputation for innovative and interdisciplinary research and scholarship has attracted more than 100 faculty through the Second Century Initiative (2CI) and Next Generation Program.
That reputation, earned over nearly a decade, is still growing as the Next Gen program continues to support unique and pioneering programs not often found at other colleges and universities across the country. 2CI and Next Gen faculty directors said they have been blown away by the interest, number, and quality of applicants for Georgia State faculty positions under these strategic faculty hiring programs.
“I think that what is really attractive for these candidates is that they will be given the opportunity to do cutting-edge, innovative research that are extensions of their existing fields,” said Anne Tucker, Associate Professor of Law with the Next Generation Program-supported Legal Analytics Lab, and faculty director of the Legal Analytics & Innovation Initiative at the College of Law. “They’re coming to a university where it’s supported, and we accept the challenges and complications of interdisciplinary work.”
Brennen Dicker, a film and video professional with 20 years of experience, has been named executive director of Georgia State University’s Creative Media Industries Institute (CMII). CMII is a cross-college disciplinary institute, affiliated with the College of Arts & Sciences and the College of the Arts.
Dicker’s appointment as executive director of the CMII is part of Georgia State’s efforts to fulfill its strategic plan, aimed at elevating the university’s reputation for excellence and innovation in research, scholarship and creative endeavors. He joins Georgia State as a strategic hire under the Next Generation Program.
The CMII aligns with a strategic goal to highlight the arts and media, and to use the university’s strengths to create opportunities for exploration of the intersections among creativity, technology and entrepreneurship as metro Atlanta’s media industries in film, television, gaming and more form a vital part of the regional economy.
NOTE: This column originally appeared Feb. 19, 2018 on the Saporta Report Thought Leadership website. By Mary Beth Walker, Associate […]
