AGREC Members
Launched in 2020 and housed within the Atlanta Global Studies Center (AGSC), AGREC is comprised of six universities:
- AGSC, a partnership of Georgia Tech and Georgia State University
- Emory University’s Office of Global Strategy and Initiatives (GSI)
- Agnes Scott College’s SUMMIT Center for Global Learning and Leadership Development
- Spelman College’s Gordon-Zeto Center for Global Education
- Kennesaw State University's Division of Global Affairs
AGREC invites other universities to join this initiative. Please contact us to learn more.
AGREC's Mission
- connect the Greater Atlanta region's international assets through an emphasis on supporting "global at home" projects that serve students, faculty, and community partners
- enhance and broaden institutional partnerships amongst universities in Greater Atlanta
- create and strengthen global networks of scholars and practitioners in Greater Atlanta
- raise the profile of Atlanta region as a whole, making Greater Atlanta a hub for global education and research through innovative collaborative educational and research projects from various disciplines
News & Announcements
AGREC Addresses Global Issues at the Local Level by Awarding over $100K to 11 Collaborative Projects in AY 2022-23
AGREC is proud to support the following collaborative projects in Academic Year 2022-23:
Clarkston Small Business Support: Community Ambassadors Program
Emory University, Georgia Institute of Technology, Amani Women Center
This project meets the unique needs of refugee and immigrant women in navigating the fragmented ecosystem required for entrepreneurs to start and formalize small businesses in and around the Clarkston, Georgia community.
Coalition Building towards Undocumented Student Support in GA
Emory University, Georgia State University, Oglethorpe University, Latino Community Fund, Center for Pan Asian Community Services, Inc. (CPACS)
Project partners share resources and expertise related to undocumented student access, inclusion, and equitable support in Georgia from high school to graduate school.
Enhancing Global and STEM Knowledge through Virtual Exchanges: Partnership between a Korean Dual Language Program in Georgia and an Elementary School in South Korea
Kennesaw State University, Georgia State University, Parsons Elementary School (Gwinnett County), and YoungHwa Elementary School, South Korea
This project supports the development and use of learning and teaching materials in science and math to be used during virtual exchange to enhance students’ global citizenship.
Global Learning for a Lifetime: Supporting Black Students at Home and Abroad Phase II
Agnes Scott College, Kennesaw State University, Morehouse College, Atlanta Metropolitan State College, Delta Airline’s Global Office of Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
This project assesses study abroad practices to engage Black students' identities holistically, to remove barriers for Black students, and to enable global education professionals to make study abroad more accessible.
Launching the Vision: Building the Greater Atlanta Community Science Collaboratory for the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals
Georgia Institute of Technology, Kennesaw State University, Emory University, WAWA (West Atlanta Watershed Alliance), Truly Living Well Center for Natural Urban Agriculture
This project supports the region’s first Community Science Collaboratory, comprised of 6 CBOs and 6 HEIs, fostering critical partnerships that address local-to-global issues through knowledge-sharing, problem identification, scientific collaboration, and public engagement.
PROJECT SIMU-VACTION on "Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Health Disparities on a Global Stage"
Emory University, Georgia Institute of Technology, The American Red Cross in Atlanta, The American Cancer Society
The simulation replicates an international meeting of the Global Partnership on AI, an international forum created by the French and the Canadian Governments. Playing the roles of national delegates, journalists, and lobbyists, students write, debate, and vote on one of the most challenging AI quandaries: How can we ensure that AI designed to help address health inequities does not, in fact, increase such disparities?
RCE Greater Atlanta SDG Futures Fellowship
Georgia Institute of Technology, Kennesaw State University, Sustainable Georgia Futures, Historic District Development Corporation
This project serves as the primary youth (ages 17-29) engagement program for RCE Greater Atlanta, providing eight-month leadership experiences to 15-20 students enrolled in higher education institutions to promote the UN SDGs in their local and campus communities.
Saving Lives: Expanding Cultural and Linguistic Access to Stop the Bleed
Georgia State University, Emory University, Afghan Alliance of Georgia, Indian Creek Elementary School
This project increases both knowledge and efficacy of bleeding emergency self-care for multi-ethnic community residents in Clarkston by developing culturally and linguistically appropriate materials and training, which will be delivered by community residents through partnerships with community-based organizations and local schools.
Supporting Clarkston Youth in College Readiness
Georgia Institute of Technology, Kennesaw State University, Re'Generation Movement, Step Ahead Scholars
This project prepares refugee and New American high-school-aged students in Clarkston for Georgia Tech's 2023 First Generation College Institute and supports them in using what they learn to advance their college preparedness and matriculation at any college or university.
The Praise House Project
Spelman College, Emory University, Culture Centers International
This project expands education about Praise Houses for students and the public through temporary public art installations in communities where African-American history and presence is being or has been erased. Praise Houses recall encoded messages of freedom and resistance within our cultural identity and trace these messages within trade-skills and customs found in both the American South and the diaspora, back to their origins in Africa.
Traveling Exhibit: Enhancing the GA Standards of Excellence Social Studies Curriculum
Kennesaw State University, Georgia State University, Alif Institute
This project creates an exhibit to provide more accurate and comprehensive information about Arabs and the Middle East to augment social studies curriculum in Georgia's public schools.
Learn more about the faculty and community partners who make these award-winning projects possible.
AGREC Supports 8 "Global at Home" Projects in AY 2021-22
AGREC has continued to grow this year and is proud to support 8 projects engaging faculty and students from 10 universities/colleges as well as 10 community partners during AY21-22. We look forward to featuring their work next academic year!
New projects supported in AY 21-22:
- Global Learning for a Lifetime: Supporting Black Students at Home and Abroad
- Realizing the Vision: Designing a Community Science Collaboratory for the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
- Writers Without Borders: A Human Rights Writing Project for Atlanta’s Migrant Youth
- The Global Communities Internship Program
- Supporting Holocaust Education for Atlanta Area Preservice Teachers through Collaborative Research, Resources, and Partnerships
- Connecting global and local: Curricular development and global partnership in a Korean specials class at a public elementary school
- Bringing Native Science into Atlanta’s K-12 dual language immersion: Digital curriculum development and adaptation in an APS classroom
- Cultural Sensitivity Workshop: Building Bridges
View funded projects during AY 2021-2022 cycle here.
AGREC Project Presentations | Fall 2021
Schedule [PDF]
*The featured projects were funded through AGREC during AY 20-21.
Fri, October 22 | 12 - 1 pm EST
Water quality monitoring network for highly impacted urban headwaters in metro Atlanta (GA)
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- Richard Milligan, Assistant Professor of Geosciences, Georgia State University
- Na'Taki Osborne Jelks, Assistant Professor of Environmental and Health Sciences, Spelman College
Wed, October 27 | 12 - 1 pm EST
Growing Intercultural Competence for Peace and Mediation: The Case Study Method in the Foreign Language Classroom
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- Hyoun-A Joo, Assistant Professor of German, Georgia Tech
- Barbara Drescher, Acting Director of German Studies, Agnes Scott College
- Lina Tuschling, TRENDS Global
Wed, November 3 | 11 am - 12pm EST
Advancing a Community-Based Participatory Research Model for Metropolitan Regional Immigrant Integration and Receptivity through the One Region Initiative
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- Allen Hyde, Assistant Professor, Georgia Tech
- Cathy Liu, Professor and Department Chair, Georgia State University
- Paul N. McDaniel, Associate Professor, Kennesaw State University
- Darlene Xiomara Rodriguez, Associate Professor, Kennesaw State University
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Britton Holmes, MA/PhD Student, Georgia State University
Fri, November 5 | 11 am - 12 pm EST
The Global Communities Internship Program
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- Philip Ojo, Professor of French, Agnes Scott College
- Amber McCorkle, Education and Programs Director, Clarkston Community Center
- Jongdae Kim, Co-Founder and ED, Re'Generation Movement
- Monty Whitney, Director, Bonner Office of Community Service, Morehouse College
- Johannes Kleiner, Associate Director, Civic Engagement, Emory University
- Ruthie Yow, Service Learning & Partnerships Specialist, Serve-Learn-Sustain, Georgia Tech
Wed, November 10 | 12 - 1 pm EST
Atlanta-area migrant communities and climate change: characterizing drivers of migration, exposure risks, and health vulnerabilities
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- Cassandra White, Associate Professor of Anthropology, Georgia State University
- Rebecca P. Philipsborn, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Emory University
- Alexis Nkusi, MD, MPH, CPACS/Cosmo Health Center
Thu, December 2 | 10 - 11 am EST
Savings Lives in the Refugee Community: A Cultural and Linguistic Adaptation of Stop the Bleed
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- Mary Helen O'Connor, Courtesy Faculty, School of Public Health, Georgia State University; Director, Center for Community Engagement, Perimeter College
- Randi Nicole Smith, Assistant Professor of Surgery, Assistant Professor of Public Health, Emory University; Trauma Surgeon at Grady Memorial Hospital
- Deepika Koganti, MD, Assistant Professor of Surgery, Emory School of Medicine
- Amy Zeidan, MD, Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, Emory School of Medicine
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Iris Feinberg, PhD, Georgia State University
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Past Funding Opportunities
AY 2022-23 Call for Proposals: Connecting globally while grounded at home (2021-2022) | CLOSED
Deadline: June 28, 2022
The Atlanta Global Research and Education Collaborative (AGREC) invites scholars to submit collaborative projects across disciplines, institutions, and universities that address a need in our global and local communities. This call aims to address topics with a global connection while being grounded locally. Scholars and practitioners may examine a local and global problem in the form of research, workshop, forum, training program or suggest another approach by collaborating with an organization in Atlanta or a population group that has a global dimension. AGREC seeks to build and strengthen collaborative networks of multi-institutional scholars and practitioners to support global research and education initiatives in the Greater Atlanta region.
Questions? Contact Diana Wrenn Rapp, AGSC Associate Director
AY 2021-22 Call for proposals: Connecting globally while grounded at home | CLOSED
AGREC invites scholars to submit collaborative projects across disciplines, institutions, and universities that address a need in our global and local communities. This call aims to address topics with a global connection while being grounded locally. Scholars and practitioners may examine a local and global problem in the form of research, workshop, forum, or suggest another approach by collaborating with an organization in Atlanta or a population group that has a global dimension.
Preference will be given to innovative, transformative collaborative research and education projects in global engagement with significant emphasis on their potential to develop new and strategic sustainable relationships among partners (e.g. universities, companies, NGOs, community organizations) and their impact on Atlanta communities.
Please also consider adding your name to the interest & partnership list at the link below to find and connect to potential collaborators for your projects.
View funded projects during AY 2020-21 cycle here.
View Georgia Tech press release about funded projects during AY 2020-21 here.
Contact:
Diana Wrenn Rapp, AGSC Associate Director: dwrenn1@gsu.edu
AGREC received generous support from Georgia Tech Office of the Provost for International Initiatives through the Steven A. Denning Faculty Award for Global Engagement.