*********************************
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
*********************************
Atlanta, GA | Posted: October 15, 2018
Summary Sentence:
Alice Clifton led an initiative to allow graduate students to serve on the Society's Executive Council, and other HSOC graduate students presented their work.
Full Summary:
No summary paragraph submitted.
SHOT logoAlice Clifton authored a constitutional amendment for the Society for the History of Technology (SHOT) that passed its final vote at the society's annual meeting this last weekend. The amendment allows a graduate student, elected by their peers, to serve as a member of SHOT's Executive Council with full voting privileges. She will serve on SHOT's Executive Council in this capacity until 2020, when the term of an elected graduate representative can begin.
In addition, as co-chair of SHOT's Early Career Interest Group, Alice also organized or co-organized several events for the annual meeting, including the presidential roundtable "The Future of SHOT: Gateways to the Next 60 Years," on which she served as a panelist; a panel on professionalization and employment; two graduate student presentation workshops; the interest group's business meeting; and a mixer for early career scholars.
Other HSOC grad students were active at the annual meeting as well:
