Owens Institute for Behavioral Research
The University of Georgia
Assistant Professor, Communication Sciences and Special Education
2024-2026 GDP Participant, Owens Institute for Behavioral Research
website | jessica.torelli@uga.edu
Research Interests include: Teacher professional development; preventive behavior interventions; function-based assessment and intervention; functional analysis
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
Assistant Professor, Human Development & Family Science
2023-2025 Grant Development Program Participant
website | niyantri.ravindran@uga.edu
Research Interests include: Parent-child interactions; Emotion socialization; Emotion regulation; Physiological responses to stress; Dynamic methods
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
Assistant Professor, Psychology
2022-2024 GDP Participant, Owens Institute for Behavioral Research
website | brian.bauer@uga.edu
Research Interests include: Suicide; Behavioral economics; Decisions
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
Assistant Professor, Educational Psychology
2023-2025 Grant Development Program Participant
website | michael.barger@uga.edu
Research Interests include motivation, STEM, developmental psychology, mindsets, and beliefs
