Fusco, Rachel
Fusco, Rachel
Associate Dean for Faculty & Academic Affairs
UGA Athletic Association Professor, Social Work
website | rachel.fusco@uga.edu
Research Interests include substance use, child maltreatment, and domestic violence
Elkins, Jennifer
Elkins, Jennifer
Associate Professor, Social Work
website | jelkins@uga.edu
Research Interests include sexual abuse and child maltreatment, interpersonal and multigenerational trauma, violence and loss, PTSD and trauma related disorders, ecological/transactional and risk/resilience processes across the lifespan, and culturally congruent research and practice
Dunnigan, Allison
Dunnigan, Allison
Associate Professor, Social Work
website | allison.dunnigan@uga.edu
Research Interests include child welfare policy and services, foster care, and system responses to human trafficking
Shaffer, Anne
Shaffer, Anne
Professor, Psychology
Distinguished Scholar, Owens Institute for Behavioral Research
website | ashaffer@uga.edu
Research Interests include parenting, emotion regulation, measurement, and emotion socialization
Oshri, Assaf
Oshri, Assaf
Samuel A. and Sharon Y. Nickols Endowed Professor, Human Development & Family Science
Distinguished Scholar, Owens Institute for Behavioral Research
website | oshri@uga.edu
Research Interests include early adversity and youth resilience
Beach, Steven R. H.
Beach, Steven R.H.
Regents’ Professor, Psychology
Associate Director, Center for Family Research
Distinguished Scholar, Owens Institute for Behavioral Research
2023 OIBR Service Legacy Award Recipient
website | srhbeach@uga.edu
Research Interests include preventive intervention, epigenetic processes, family health, and marriage