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February
Professor Varas-Díaz co-edits section in "Metal Music Studies".
Congratulations to GSS Professor, Dr. Nelson Varas-Diaz, whose co-edited section in the new issue of "Metal Music Studies" came out today! Check out all of the articles for contributions from Argentina, Brazil, El Salvador, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic and Peru, and be sure to see his article,"Metal in Latin America".
March
Professor Matthew Marr's article recently published as lead article
Professor Matthew Marr’s article entitled “Gentrification, Housing Situation, and Uncertainty: The “Cries” of Kamagasaki Residents about Nishinari Tokku Kousou and Neighborhood Change” was recently published as the lead article in the Japanese language journal “Space, Society, and Geographical Thought.”
Dr. Sarah Mahler Edits Special Issue of the journal Latino Studies
Professor Sarah Mahler Edits Special Issue of the journal of Latino Studies on Latino diversity. Special Issue: Monolith or Mosaic? Miami's twenty-first-century Latin@ dynamics.
April
Dr. Kevin Grove's new book on resilience and the will to design
Is resilience simply a fad, or is it a new way of thinking about human–environment relations, and the governance of these relations, that has real staying power? Is resilience a dangerous, depoliticizing concept that neuters incipient political activity, or the key to more empowering, emancipatory, and participatory forms of environmental management? Resilience offers an advanced introduction to these debates. It provides students with a detailed review of how the concept emerged from a[...]
GSS Students Receive Awards and Recognition
The Steven J. Green School of International and Public Affairs celebrated its best and brightest undergraduate and graduate students from each department on April 12, 2018. Green School faculty nominated students who exemplified the highest standards of academic and service excellence. Graduate students were selected for Best Thesis and Best Dissertation. An additional award was given for excellence in the Model UN Program.
Alumni News! Dr. Mayurakshi Chaudhuri (PhD 2014) has been asked to teach to a national audience.
Mayurakshi Chaudhuri (PhD 2014) who is an assistant professor of social sciences and humanities at the Indian Institute of Technology-Jodhpur (one of a few elite national universities devoted to STEM there), has been asked by the Indian national broadcast company (Doordarshan) to teach “Gender & Society” to a national audience using the Direct to Home (DTH) project. She will broadcast the course on Doordarshan's Channel 16 for Humanities and Social Sciences and Management. This is a project of
June
Congratulations to the GSS Spring 2018 PhD Graduates!
Congratulations to newly hooded PhD graduates from the Department of Global and Sociocultural Department.
October
Latin American and Caribbean Center opens 2019-2020 FLAS call for applicants
Kimberly Green Latin American And Caribbean Center and Steven J. Green School of International and Public Affairs announce the Foreign Language & Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowships.
GSS Professor, Young Rae Choi Receives Prestigious Social Science Research Council Fellowship
The InterAsia Program of the Social Science Research Council (SSRC) has announced its 2018 cohort of Transregional Research Junior Scholar fellows. The program awarded 16 fellowships to scholars working on innovative transregional and transnational research projects that transform conventional understandings of Asia and cross traditional area studies boundaries [....].
November
GSS Professors are awarded NIH grant
Congrats to Green School Professors Mark Padilla, Nelson Varas-Diaz and Kevin Grove on earning a $423,555 grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study the impact of Hurricane Maria on Puerto Rico's health care system.
December
Awards and Retirement Reception
Thanks to all of those who were able to join us for the 2nd annual SAGGSA & GSS End of year party and awards ceremony. 3 GSS undergraduate students and 4 retiring faculty members were recognized for their service and achievements.
