Banks, Leon
Banks, Leon
Assistant Professor, Social Work
website | banks03@uga.edu
Research Interests include: Bias, Discrimination, and Inequality, Culture, Diversity, Mental Health, Youth, Adolescence, and Emerging Adulthood
He, Yimin
He, Yimin
Assistant Professor, Psychology
website | yiminhe@uga.edu
Research Interests include: Culture, Mental Health, Networks, Organizations, Physical Health and Well-being, Survey Methods, Work and Occupations
Watkins, Kimberly
Watkins, Kimberly
Assistant Professor, Financial Planning, Housing, and Consumer Economics
website | kimberly.watkins@uga.edu
Research Interests include: Bias, Discrimination, and Inequality, Culture, Diversity, Education and Learning, Emotion, Gender, Identity, Marriage, Family, and Close Relationships, Mental Health, Personality, Physical Health and Well-being, Sexuality and Sexual Identity, Social Psychology, Survey Methods
Lapegna, Pablo
Lapegna, Pablo
Associate Professor, Sociology
2023-2025 Grant Development Program Participant
website | plapegna@uga.edu
Research Interests include: Environmental and rural sociology; Social movements; Political sociology; Health
Mihm, Stephen
Mihm, Stephen
Professor, History
website | mihm@uga.edu
Research Interests include: Economic history; History of organizations
Galvan, Thania
Galvan, Thania
Assistant Professor, Psychology
website | thania.galvan@uga.edu
Research Interests include: Mental health disparities; Latinx youth & families; Latinx immigrants; Traumatic stress; Risk & Resilience pathways
Acheme, Doris
Acheme, Doris
Assistant Professor, Communication Studies
website | doris.acheme@uga.edu
Research Interests include: Intergroup and intercultural communication; Social identity negotiation; Language attitudes; Racial ideologies
Pjesivac, Ivanka
Pjesivac, Ivanka
Associate Professor, Journalism
website | ivanka@uga.edu
Research Interests include media effects, international and cross cultural communication, and virtual reality journalism
McFarlane, Soroya
McFarlane, Soroya
Assistant Professor, Communication Studies
2021-23 GDP Participant, Owens Institute for Behavioral Research
website | soroyamcfarlane@uga.edu
Research Interests include health communication, health disparities, community-engaged research, and culture
Fisher, Sycarah
Fisher, Sycarah
Associate Professor, Educational Psychology
2020-22 GDP Participant, Owens Institute for Behavioral Research
website | sycarah.fisher@uga.edu
Research Interests include substance use, minorities, African Americans, school mental health, and implementation science