Media mentions: Three faculty members quoted in publications
Salaga quoted on sports betting in Georgia
While it remains to be seen if Georgia legislatures will legalize sports gambling, online sports betting may be a viable way to pass legalized gambling through the General Assembly.
In addition to further engaging sports teams with their fanbases and helping law enforcement eradicate illegal sports wagering, legalized gambling could also potentially strengthen the relationship between local viewership and online betting.
“You would have to increase the connection that current people who are actually betting have to the actual product,” said Steven Salaga, an assistant professor in the Department of Kinesiology, who was quoted in the Atlanta Business Chronicle. “In other words, now that they can bet legally in Georgia, they’re becoming more attached to Hawks’ games [for example] and then they watch longer or more often.”
Read the full story on the Atlanta Business Chronicle’s website.
Mativo featured in U.S. Department of Education newsletter
Last summer, John Mativo, an associate professor in the Department of Career and Information Studies, and several other faculty members and students embarked on a trip to Tanzania.
The trip was funded with the support of a Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad grant awarded to the College of Education. The study-trip focused on immersing participants in the language and culture of Tanzania while also offering educators the unique opportunity to learn about STEM education in another country.
“[It] shows that an effort was made to reach out to empower children in developing countries to seek an informed future,” he said. “The interest was established, now growth is critically needed.”
The College of Education created a playlist of videos documenting the trip, which may be viewed on Youtube.
Means quoted on educational equity for rural students of color in Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
Darris Means, an associate professor in the Department of Counseling and Human Development Services, presented his research on rural students of color and educational equity in a breakout session at the 44th annual conference of the Association for the Study of Higher Education in Portland, Oregon, on Nov. 14-16.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education covered Means’ session, in which he explains that “in order to understand rural communities, a focus needs to be paid to systems and structures in order to impact long lasting change.”