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At its last meeting, the University System of Georgia Board of Regents appointed Jonathan M. Bryant, associate professor of history at 糖心Vlog, to the Capitol Art Standards Commission. This new commission, established last year by Gov. Sonny Perdue, is responsible for developing policies and procedures for the acquisition, installation, preservation, maintenance, display, and storage of all museum-quality visual artwork owned by the State of Georgia, including portraits, paintings, sculptures, and plaques. The Commission is also responsible for acquiring new artwork, judging the relevance of the subject, the historical significance to the State of聽Georgia, and the quality of the artwork produced. Bryant teaches U.S. Constitutional history,聽Georgia聽history, and the Destruction of Slavery. His research focuses on the second half of the 19^th聽century, particularly in Georgia, constitutional history, and the American South. His first book,聽How Curious a Land: Conflict and Change in聽Greene County,聽Georgia, 1850-1885,聽followed the interaction of law with social and economic change in a plantation community. He is currently working on a new book,聽Old聽City, New South:聽Savannah聽after the Civil War, which will follow the changes that reshaped a southern city in the late nineteenth century. Bryant holds a doctorate from the聽University聽of聽Georgia聽and a J.D. from聽Mercer聽University. Other members of the Capitol Art Standards Commission are: Appointed by the Governor:聽Tommy聽Hills聽(Chairman); Steve Penley; Steve Smith Appointed by the Georgia House Speaker: Tommy Benton; Earl Ehrhart; Calvin Hill Appointed by the Georgia Senate: Seth Harp; Dan Weber; David Adelman Appointed by the Georgia Capitol Museum: Dorothy Olson