{"636964":{"#nid":"636964","#data":{"type":"news","title":"The Center for Studies on Africa and its Diaspora Founded at Georgia State University","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe center will support research and academic initiatives, artistic efforts and public programming,\u0026nbsp;including exhibits, lectures and conferences, and advance policy proposals that target issues of concern to the African diaspora across the university and the broader community.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe center is led by co-directors Jennie Ward-Robinson, special adviser to the dean of the College of Arts \u0026amp; Sciences and an expert in global health and multilateral government affairs, and Elizabeth West, professor of English and executive director of the South Atlantic Modern Language Association. The founding members of the center include faculty who represent a wide range of disciplines, including African-American studies, biology, chemistry, English, physics and astronomy, public health and women\u0026rsquo;s, gender and sexuality studies.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFor more information about the center, visit:\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/csad.gsu.edu\/\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/csad.gsu.edu\/\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/news.gsu.edu\/2020\/06\/25\/georgia-state-creates-center-for-studies-on-africa-and-its-diaspora\/\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/news.gsu.edu\/2020\/06\/25\/georgia-state-creates-center-for-studies-on-africa-and-its-diaspora\/\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.jbhe.com\/2020\/07\/the-center-for-studies-on-africa-and-its-diaspora-founded-at-georgia-state-university\/\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/www.jbhe.com\/2020\/07\/the-center-for-studies-on-africa-and-its-diaspora-founded-at-georgia-state-university\/\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia State University has established the Center for Studies on Africa and its Diaspora, a multidisciplinary hub for the exchange of cultural, scientific, economic, policy and humanities knowledge."}],"uid":"35129","created_gmt":"2020-07-15 17:59:07","changed_gmt":"2020-07-15 18:04:09","author":"drapp6","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2020-07-15T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2020-07-15T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"636965":{"id":"636965","type":"image","title":"Center for Studies on Africa and its Diaspora","body":null,"created":"1594836045","gmt_created":"2020-07-15 18:00:45","changed":"1594836045","gmt_changed":"2020-07-15 18:00:45","alt":"","file":{"fid":"242312","name":"hero.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/hero.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/hero.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":463755,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/hero.jpg?itok=kZWXCXw4"}}},"media_ids":["636965"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/csad.gsu.edu\/.","title":""}],"groups":[{"id":"612000","name":"Atlanta Global Studies Center (AGSC)"}],"categories":[{"id":"151","name":"Policy, Social Sciences, and Liberal Arts"}],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EMedia Contact:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:avarela@gsu.edu\u0022\u003EAnna Varela\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDirector of Communications and Public Relations\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECollege of Arts \u0026amp; Sciences\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia State University\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["avarela@gsu.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}