Owens Institute for Behavioral Research
The University of Georgia
Professor, Communication Sciences & Special Education
website | rglb@uga.edu
Research Interests include special needs, parent responsibility, communication development, autism spectrum disorder, developmental disabilities, early childhood, and special education
Associate 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
Associate Professor, Social Work
website | rachel.fusco@uga.edu
Research Interests include substance use, child maltreatment, and domestic violence
Professor, Educational Psychology
website | kristen.bub@uga.edu
Research Interests include social competence, self-regulation, executive function, early childhood, and research methods
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
Assistant Professor, Human Development & Family Science
website | kalsea.koss@uga.edu
Research Interests include stress, adversity, puberty, developmental psychopathology, epigenetics, and resilience
Professor, Psychology
Distinguished Scholar, Owens Institute for Behavioral Research
website | ashaffer@uga.edu
Research Interests include parenting, emotion regulation, measurement, and emotion socialization
Professor, Human Development & Family Science
Distinguished Scholar, Owens Institute for Behavioral Research
website | oshri@uga.edu
Research Interests include early adversity and youth resilience
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
Associate Professor, Psychology
Distinguished Scholar, Owens Institute for Behavioral Research
website | kehrlich@uga.edu
Research Interests include social determinants of health, inflammation, stress, and resilience
