Owens Institute for Behavioral Research
The University of Georgia
Department Head and Franklin Professor of Sociology
website | pridemore@uga.edu
Research Interests: Assessment and Evaluation, Crime and Corrections, Culture, Physical Health and Well-being, Policy, Regulation, and Compliance, Prevention and Implementation Science, Risk Behaviors, Substance Use and Addiction, Violence and Injury
Associate Dean of Faculty Development, Professor, School of Law
website | nsc@uga.edu
Research Interests: Conflict, Crime and Corrections, Higher Education, International Relations
Assistant Professor, History
website | tdjohnson@uga.edu
Research Interests include: Crime and Corrections, Culture, Diversity, Education and Learning, Gender, Youth, Adolescence, and Emerging Adulthood
Meigs Professor, Sociology
Director, Criminal Justice Studies
website | sshannon@uga.edu
Research Interests include criminal justice, punishment, monetary sanctions, and rural jails
Associate Professor, Social Work
website | marobi01@uga.edu
Research Interests include social problems, juvenile delinquency, urban communities, young adults, women in recovery, nutrition, self care, and health disparities
Professor, Economics
website | mustard@uga.edu
Research Interests include education, sentencing, gambling, and law
Professor, Geography
website | holloway@uga.edu
Research Interests include the geography of youth labor markets, the impact of public housing on the geographies of poverty and crime, and the geographically contingent nature of discrimination in mortgage lending
Associate Professor, Social Work
website | jelkins@uga.edu
Research Interests include sexual abuse and child maltreatment, interpersonal and multigenerational trauma, violence and loss, PTSD and trauma related disorders, ecological/transactional and risk/resilience processes across the lifespan, and culturally congruent research and practice
Associate Professor & Interim Associate Dean for Research, Social Work
website | omowbray@uga.edu
Research Interests include mental health, substance use, and criminal justice
Professor, Kinesiology
2013-15 GDP Participant, Owens Institute for Behavioral Research
website | tab3@uga.edu
Research Interests: how commercial laws influence sport marking, and on risk management in two specialized areas: (a) preventing sexual abuse in youth sports and (b) terrorism management at sports facilities
