Category Archives: For Faculty

New Primary-Source Database: History Vault, Black Freedom I and II

photo, Bayard Rustin at news briefing on the Civil Rights March on Washington in the Statler Hotel, half-length portrait, seated at table

The Georgia State University Library now provides access to two modules of the ProQuest History Vault, a project involving the digitization of historical primary sources previously available on microfilm. These two modules focus on 20th-century African-American history and are a … Continue reading

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GSU Emeritus Sociology Professor Of War and Men Book Talk

GSU Emeritus Sociology Professor Ralph LaRossa

Ralph LaRossa, Professor Emeritus of Sociology, will be giving a talk about his latest book on Thursday, June 6, from 11:00am – 12:30pm in the Library South 8th Floor Colloquium Room.  If attending, *please RSVP* by Monday, June 3, to … Continue reading

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Server maintenance this Saturday, May 18th

The back of a set of servers

The library will be performing server maintenance this Saturday May 18th from 8:00am – 12:00pm to help increase the security and stability of our systems.  To do this, we will be taking several of our servers temporarily offline. Although we … Continue reading

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Newly Published Gait Analysis Research

Congratulations to Dr. Mark Geil, Associate Professor, Department of Kinesiology and Health, for his recent publication. Geil MD.  A novel method for the measurement of linear body segment parameters during clinical gait analysis.  Gait Posture. 2013 Apr 18. doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2013.03.030. … Continue reading

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Elder Abuse Highlighted by GSU Professor

Congratulations to Dr. Sheryl Strasser, Assistant Professor of Public Health, for her recent publication, “Elder abuse: What coroners know and need to know.” in the Journal of Elder Abuse and Neglect. Dr. Strasser is a member of the leadership team … Continue reading

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GSU Gerontology Professor’s Research shows that “Family Matters”

GSU Gerontology professors Kemp and Ball

Check out this recently-published article by GSU Gerontology Professor Candace Kemp‘s (and former GSU professor Mary Ball), which applies their “convoy model” developed in a previous article (Kemp, Balll, & Perkins, 2013): Perkins, M. M., Ball, M. M., Kemp, C. … Continue reading

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Great American Songbook Competition

On Saturday May 11th, The Michael Feinstein Great American Songbook Initiative will host a high school vocal academy and competition dedicated solely to the music from Broadway, Hollywood musicals and the Tin Pan Alley era of the early to mid-twentieth … Continue reading

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What the Bones Tell Us…

GSU Anthropology Professor Bethany Turner

Check out this recently-published article by GSU Anthropology Professor Bethany Turner reporting her archaeological research on mid-15th/early-16th century Peruvian sacrificial victims: Turner, B. L., Klaus, H. D., Livengood, S. V., Brown, L. E., Saldaña, F., & Wester, C. (2013). The … Continue reading

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Gun Control: Reactions to New Proposal

iPOLL Database

Recent gun shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut and at the movie theater in Aurora, Colorado have brought the issues of gun control and gun violence to the forefront.  If you’re interested in researching this issue further, … Continue reading

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New Faculty-Authored Book on Artist Lynda Benglis

Lynda Benglis: Beyond Process

Congratulations to Dr. Susan Richmond, of Georgia State’s Welch School of Art & Design, upon the publication of her new book Lynda Benglis: Beyond Process (I.B. Tauris)! This book is the first major scholarly monograph on Benglis, a somewhat controversial artist who … Continue reading

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