Owens Institute for Behavioral Research
The University of Georgia
Associate Professor, Advertising & Public Relations
2022-2024 GDP Participant, Owens Institute for Behavioral Research
website | glenna.read@uga.edu
Research Interests include: Video surveillance; Video interpretation bias; Media effects; Social representation; Message processing; Decision-making
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
Professor, Sociology
Distinguished Scholar, Owens Institute for Behavioral Research
website | jtinkler@uga.edu
Research Interests include gender and race policy intervention, sexual harassment, and discrimination
Senior Research Scientist, Crop & Soil Sciences
website | jjthomp@uga.edu
Research Interests include food systems, social justice, policy outcomes, risk perception, and sustainable food
Professor, Educational Psychology
website | ashley.harrison@uga.edu
Research Interests include atypical emotional and social attention in childhood psychopathology, information-processing framework to examine the differential developmental trajectory of social attention among individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD), and identifying ways to more effectively treat attention impairments
Assistant Professor, Sociology
website | vgonlin@uga.edu
Research Interests include African Americans, couples, and families
Professor, Cellular Biology
Distinguished Scholar, Owens Institute for Behavioral Research
website | stantonj@uga.edu
Research Interests include metacognition, students of color, and participatory action research
Professor, Psychology
Distinguished Scholar, Owens Institute for Behavioral Research
2022 OIBR Rising Star Award Recipient
2015-17 GDP Participant
website | lavner@uga.edu
Research Interests include couples, families, prevention, health disparities and LGBTQ
Georgia Athletic Association Professor, Family Health Disparities
Distinguished Scholar, Owens Institute for Behavioral Research
2024 OIBR Service Legacy Award Recipient
website | margaret.caughy@uga.edu
Research Interests include academic achievement, self-regulation, and minoritized populations
