Research
Ivan Allen College faculty, research faculty, and students work in over 30 areas of inquiry exploring social and humanistic issues, both locally and globally. The college's unique position within a preeminent technological research university provides an environment for faculty to engage in interdisciplinary research addressing complex and critical local, regional, and global challenges. Much research is being done to examine how society shapes and is shaped by science and technology.
IAC faculty are increasing the diversity and interdisciplinary aspects of the liberal arts through research collaborations with scientists and engineers, as well as local, national and international academic, business and government partners.
The Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts is home to:
- One of the largest concentrations in the nation of researchers on the science, technology, and engineering workforce
- Distinguished historians and sociologists whose works characterize the development and impact of science and technology
- Literary scholars and artists whose media are digital
- One of the few policy schools in the nation with a focus on science and technology policy
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