Ivan Allen College Research Update — October 2024

A new study from the Georgia Tech School of Public Policy, recently published in JAMA Network Open, explores the complex relationship between legal cannabis access and prescription fill rates for mental health medications.

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"Poverty and Disadvantage Throughout Childhood in the United States," a journal article by Shatakshee Dhongde, was published in Child Indicators Research.

"Microeconomics of the Solar Rebound Under Net Metering," a journal article by Matthew E. Oliver, was published in the Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists.

"Menstrual Futures: Medical Technologies' Impact on Beliefs About 'Normal' Bleeding," a book chapter by Amber Brooks, appeared in Medical Technology and the Social: How Medical Technology Is Impacting Social Relations, Institutions, and Beliefs About What Is Normal, published by Rowman & Littlefield.

"The Global Ascension of Corn and Soybeans: From Managing Supply to Expanding Production in the United States and the World," a journal article by Bill Winders, was published in Agricultural History.

"Conceiving Chinese Speed: Sociotechnical Imaginaries of High-Speed Rail in Post-1978 China," a journal article by Zhongxian Xiao, was published in Made in China.

"My Father’s Country Song," "Most of This Story Is True," "Inertia and the Past in All Its Glory," "When You Remember Something/Someone and It Feels Like the Sun In Your Eyes," and "Out of Nothing,” poems by Travis Denton, were included in the anthology Southern Voices: Fifty Contemporary Poets, published by Lamar University Literary Press.

"Reflective Design for Informal Participatory Algorithm Auditing: A Case Study With Emotion AI," an article by Noura Howell, Watson F. Hartsoe, Jacob Amin, and Vyshnavi Namani, was published in NordiCHI '24: Proceedings of the 13th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction.

"Hydroptical Thermal Feedback: Spatial Thermal Feedback Using Visible Lights and Water," an article by Sosuke Ichihashi and Noura Howell, was published in UIST '24: Proceedings of the 37th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology.

"Vernacular Acoustics: Caste, Embodiment, and the Politics of Listening in Mulk Raj Anand’s Untouchable (1935)," a journal article by Abhipsa Chakraborty, was published in the Journal of Modern Literature.

"Promoting Criticality With Design Futuring With Young Children," an article by Noura Howell, Michael Nitsche, and Supratim Pait, was published in the Adjunct Proceedings of the 2024 Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction.

Building SimCity: How to Put the World in a Machine, a book with a foreward by Janet H. Murray, was published by MIT Press.

"Addressing the Vergence-Accommodation Conflict in Virtual Reality: A Geometrical Approach," a journal article by Michael Nitsche, was published in the Journal of Vision.

"Looking for Tacit Knowledge in Woodworking: A Pilot Study," an article by Jialuo Yang and Michael Nitsche, was published in the Adjunct Proceedings of the 2024 Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction.

"Ruptures of Design: Trophies, Live Service Games and Anti-Nuclear Metacommentary in Metal Gear Solid V," a journal article by Ryan Scheiding, was published in the Journal of Gaming & Virtual Worlds.

"17 Students, 1 Project: Design Thinking Pedagogy for a Large-Scale UX Community/Classroom Partnership," a journal article by Allegra W. Smith, was published in Communication Design Quarterly.

"Hidden Fantastic Modalities of Shonda Rhimes's Procedural Dramas," a book chapter by Ida Yoshinaga, appeared in The Works of Shonda Rhimes, published by Bloomsbury Academic.

"Exploring Asynchronous Online Courses in Language Group V: A Case of Intermediate Korean," a journal article by Seung-Eun Chang, was published in the Journal of the National Council of Less Commonly Taught Languages.

"Acoustic Adjustments of Clear Speech in Korean Heritage Vowel Production," a journal article by Seung-Eun Chang, was published in the International Journal of Bilingualism.

Anne-Françoise Le Lostec was the French translator for the book What We Missed: New and Selected Poems in English, German, and French, published by Iris Press.

"The Devastating Dance Between Opioid and Housing Crises: Evidence From OxyContin Reformulation," a journal article by Ashley C. Bradford, was published in the Journal of Health Economics.

"Bioengineering Horizon Scan 2020," a book chapter by Philip Shapira, appeared in An Anthology of Global Risk, published by OpenBook Publishers.

"Practices and Practicing in Human Moral Development," a journal article by Robert Kirkman, was published in Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences.

"The Presidency of Bill Clinton after Thirty Years: A Review Article," a journal article by Mark Zachary Taylor, was published in Political Science Quarterly.

"Data Mining for Community Resilience: Understanding Stakeholder Value Systems Across Communities in the State of Florida," a journal article by Travis A. Whetsell, was published in Natural Hazards Review.

PI: Dylan Brewer (Economics)
Co-PI: Daniel Dench (Economics)
Project: Monitoring Air Pollution in Underserved South AtlantaAmount: $74,796
Sponsor: Center for Sustainable Communities Atlanta

Co-PI: Valeriya Chekalina (Modern Languages)
Co-PI: Stuart Goldberg (Modern Languages)
Project: Project GO Amount: $543,881.52
Sponsor: Institute of International Education

PI: Ute Fischer (Literature, Media, and Communication)
Project: Negotiating Crew Autonomy During Space OperationsAmount: $11,325
Sponsor: Teamscape, LLC