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There is now a CONTENT FREEZE for Mercury while we switch to a new platform. It began on Friday, March 10 at 6pm and will end on Wednesday, March 15 at noon. No new content can be created during this time, but all material in the system as of the beginning of the freeze will be migrated to the new platform, including users and groups. Functionally the new site is identical to the old one. webteam@gatech.edu
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Atlanta, GA | Posted: September 6, 2012
Paul Baker, adjunct professor at the School of Public Policy and associate director of the Center for 21st Century Universities, was part of a team that won the Excellence in Research Award from the InfoSci-Journals group.
This award recognized the best articles from the IGI Global's journal collection for the 2011 volume year. Published in the International Journal of E-Politics (IJEP), the article was titled "Beautiful to Me: Identity, Disability, and Gender in Virtual Environments," and was co-written with Jessica Pater, graduate student in the School of Interactive Computing, Abbe Forman of Temple University, and Kel Smith of Anikto LLC.