Owens Institute for Behavioral Research
The University of Georgia
Research Interests include: Chronic Disease, Culture, Ethnography, Exercise, Food & Nutrition, Infectious Disease, Physical Health and Well-being, Prevention and Implementation Science, Risk Behaviors, Survey Methods
Research Interests include: Bias, Discrimination, and Inequality, Communication, Computational Methods, Culture, Diversity, Education and Learning, Ethnography, Gender, Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, Identity, Media, Organizations, Policy, Regulation, and Compliance, Sexuality and Sexual Identity, STEM, Work and Occupations
Research Interests include: Aging and Gerontology, Cognition, Culture, Environment and Ecosystems, Ethnography, Gender, Geographic Information Systems, Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, Identity, Mental Health, Obesity, Organizations, Physical Health and Well-being, Policy, Regulation, and Compliance, Prevention and Implementation Science, Youth, Adolescence, and Emerging Adulthood
Assistant Professor, Social Work
website | cweatherly@uga.edu
Research Interests include: Environment and Ecosystems, Ethnography, Mental Health, Mental Illness and Disorders
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
Professor, History
website | mihm@uga.edu
Research Interests include: Economic history; History of organizations
Assistant Professor, Lifelong Education, Administration & Policy
website | giovanni.dazzo@uga.edu
Research Interests include: Adolescents; Children and Youth; Culture; Education and Learning; LGBTQ; Methods Specialization
Associate Research Scientist, Crop & Soil Sciences
website | jjthomp@uga.edu
Research Interests include food systems, social justice, policy outcomes, risk perception, and sustainable food
Professor, Textiles, Merchandising & Interiors
website | yseock@uga.edu
Research Interests include consumer psychology and behavior, cross-cultural study, and adolescents’ behavioral study
Assistant Professor, Sociology
website | dgraizbord@uga.edu
Research Interests include sociology of science, political sociology, globalization, and development and social change
