Jennifer A. Samp Jennifer SampOIBR FellowProfessor, Communication StudiesTopic: How COVID-19 and resultant stressors related to meat and poultry distribution are impacting farmers’ mental health and family relationships. According to research by Dr. Jennifer Samp, COVID-19 has been an increasing source of tension...
Kristen Bub Kristen BubOIBR AffiliateAssociate Professor, Educational PsychologyTopic: Impact that COVID-19 has on pre-k children’s school readiness skills as they transition to kindergarten and then through first grade. Dr. Kristen Bub is working with the Clarke County School District to examine the...
Tessa AndrewsOIBR FellowProfessor, GeneticsTopic: How biology faculty made the rapid transition to online instruction during #COVID19 Dr. Tessa Andrews is studying how biology faculty made the rapid transition to online instruction this spring, including what teaching knowledge they leveraged in the...
Janani Rajbhandari-ThapaOIBR AffiliateAssistant Professor, Health Policy & ManagementDirector, Economic Evaluation Research GroupTopic: Corona virus is likely to continue to attack regions and populations in Georgia that have the poorest, overall health. Dr. Janani Thapa is the director of the Economic Evaluation Research Group...
Henry Young, Ph.D.OIBR AffiliateClinical and Administrative PharmacyAssociate ProfessorKroger ProfessorDirector, Pharmaceutical Health Services, Outcomes and Policy (PHSOP)Topic: Understanding Factors that Contribute to Negative Outcomes in Vulnerable Populations with COVID-19 During this time of social distancing, Dr. Henry Young has implemented distance technology...
Jiaying Liu, PhDOIBR Grantsmanship Development Program participantAssistant Professor, Communication StudiesTopic: How Social Media Exposure Affects People's Knowledge About COVID-19 In collaboration with a colleague in China, Dr. Jiaying Liu (PI) conducted an online survey and collected a representative sample of Chinese...
Erin Dolan, PhDOIBR FellowProfessor, Biochemistry & Molecular BiologyTopic: Momentary Assessment of Research Learning Environments Dr. Erin Dolan (PI) was awarded a $1.4M NSF Rapid grant to study the participation of undergraduate research experiences (UREs), including course-based undergraduate research experiences (CUREs). These...
Denise Clark Lewis, PhDOIBR FellowAssociate Professor, Human Development and Family ScienceTopic: COVID-19 impact on Cambodian and Laotian families Dr. Denise Lewis (PI) has had more than 20 years of research history with the Cambodian and Laotian communities on the Alabama coast....
Kerstin Gerst Emerson, PhDOIBR Grantsmanship Development Program, Class of 2021Clinical Associate Professor, Health Policy & Management, Institute of GerontologyTopic: How are older adults coping with the COVID-19 restrictions? In March and April Dr. Kerstin Gerst Emerson sent out a...
Michelle vanDellen, PhDOIBR AffiliateAssociate Professor, Behavioral and Brain Sciences ProgramSocial PsychologyTopic: Psychological reactions to the pandemic Understanding how people react to policies, governmental authorities, and situations can improve implementation of policies. Dr. Michelle vanDellen is leading the PsyCorona project and is...
Kristen Shockley, PhDOIBR Grantsmanship Development Program Graduate, Class of 2019OIBR AffiliateAssociate Professor, Psychology Dept.Topic: Rapid Transition to Remote Work The COVID-19 pandemic has forced many people into working remotely. Many organizations did not previously have any type of remote work...
In This IssueFEATURED NEWSAdvocates Working to Promote Social Science Amid COVID-19 CrisisSenate Returns Next Week with Uncertain Agenda; House Staying HomeCensus Launches COVID-19 Household SurveyNotable COVID-19 ResourcesCOSSA IN ACTIONDemographer Allison Plyer Answers "Why Social Science?"Letters & StatementsFEDERAL AGENCY & ADMINISTRATION...
In This IssueFEATURED NEWSCongress Split on Content, Timing of Next SupplementalCensus Bureau to Add COVID-19 Questions to Business Surveys, Request Additional Time for DecennialOHRP Issues Guidance on Human Subjects Protections for Coronavirus ActionsNIMHD Seeking Research Proposals on the Impact of...
In This Issue FEATURED NEWS COSSA Compiles Social Science Resources Related to COVID-19 COSSA's Analysis of Enacted COVID-19 Supplemental Funding Legislation, FY 2020 April's Headlines Webchat to Feature Deep Dive on Social Science During the Coronavirus Crisis Census Bureau Temporarily Suspends 2020 Field Operations,...
In This Issue FEATURED NEWS OSTP Requests Information on Open Access in Peer-Reviewed Publications COSSA IN ACTION March's Headlines Webchat to Feature OSTP Assistant Director for Academic Engagement Advocacy Day Hotel Block Closing March 9 Letters & Statements CONGRESSIONAL NEWS House Science Committee Holds Hearing on FY 2021...
Dr. Lillian Eby, director of the Owens Institute for Behavioral Research at UGA, and a professor of psychology and has been named UGA’s 2020 recipient of the Southeastern Conference Faculty Achievement Award. This award honors one individual from each SEC...
In This Issue FEATURED NEWS Administration Plans to Eliminate DOD Social Science Research Program COSSA IN ACTION Administration Releases FY 2021 Budget Request; Read COSSA's Analysis COSSA Urges Advocates to Oppose FY 2021 Budget Cuts to Social Science FEDERAL AGENCY & ADMINISTRATION NEWS OBSSR Seeks Input on...
In This Issue FEATURED NEWS COSSA Releases 2020 Rankings of College and University Social Science Investment COSSA IN ACTION COSSA Responds to JCORE RFI Early Bird Pricing for Social Science Advocacy Day Extended through Feb. 14 Still Time to Register for February's Headlines Webchat on the...
Seven faculty teams were awarded funds for projects that span 15 colleges, schools and other units at the University of Georgia. When the first Presidential Interdisciplinary Seed Grants were awarded in 2017, 12 faculty teams received funds totaling some $1.37...
Dr. Lillian Eby, current director of the Owens Institute for Behavioral Research and a professor of psychology, has been named the incoming editor of the Journal of Applied Psychology. Having served as associate editor of the Journal of Applied Psychology as well...
Research by Greg Strauss, OIBR Fellow and Assistant Professor of Psychology at UGA shows that targeting one particular symptom of schizophrenia has a positive effect on other symptoms, offering significant promise for treating an aspect of schizophrenia that currently has...
Each year, the Consortium of Social Science Associations (COSSA) releases their college and university rankings for federal social and behavioral science research and development. This year, the University of Georgia ranked #28 with $16.3m of funding for social science for...
In This Issue FEATURED NEWS HOT TOPIC: Foreign Interference in the U.S. Research Enterprise & Policy Responses COSSA IN ACTION COSSA Sends Letter in Support of Panchanathan Nomination to Lead NSF CONGRESSIONAL NEWS Impeachment, Natural Disasters, and Elections Signal Difficult Road Ahead for FY 2021 Appropriations...
In This Issue FEATURED NEWS Sethuraman Panchanathan Nominated to Lead National Science Foundation COSSA IN ACTION Early Bird Registration Open for 2020 Social Science Advocacy Day Still Time to Register for January's Headlines Webchat APA's Office of International Affairs Answers "Why Social Science?" CONGRESSIONAL NEWS Congress Completes FY...
In This Issue FEATURED NEWS Congress Rushes to Finish FY 2020 as Schedule Fills COSSA IN ACTION December's Headlines to Feature Deep Dive on Threats to Research Security Advocacy Day Registration to Open Later this Month Letters & Statements CONGRESSIONAL NEWS Members of Congress Request Feedback on Cures...
In This Issue FEATURED NEWS President Signs One-Month Continuing Resolution, Temporarily Averting Government Shutdown COSSA IN ACTION COSSA Seeks Nominations for 2020 Public Impact Award Rush Holt Answers "Why Social Science?" Letters & Statements CONGRESSIONAL NEWS Senate Subcommittee Releases Report, Holds Hearing on Securing U.S. Research from Foreign...
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Dr. Gene Brody Gene Brody, Regents Professor, OIBR Fellow and director of UGA’s Center for Family Research, will deliver the keynote address on Monday, Nov. 18, at the National Institutes of Health’s inaugural Rural Health Seminar in Bethesda, Maryland....
In This Issue FEATURED NEWS Census Bureau Releases "Demonstration" Decennial Data Products, Working with National Academies to Collect Public Input COSSA IN ACTION November's Headlines to Feature Deep Dive on 2020 Census FY 2020 Spending Still Uncertain, Continuing Resolution Likely Through December White House Hosts Summit...