Owens Institute for Behavioral Research
The University of Georgia
Research Interests include: Bias, Discrimination, and Inequality, Diversity, Education and Learning, Immigration, Marriage, Family, and Close Relationships, Mental Health, Substance Use and Addiction
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
website | trevor.tuma@uga.edu
Research Interests include: Assessment and Evaluation, Diversity, Education and Learning, Marriage, Family, and Close Relationships, Mental Health, STEM
Assistant Professor, Financial Planning, Housing, and Consumer Economics
website | kimberly.watkins@uga.edu
Research Interests include: Bias, Discrimination, and Inequality, Culture, Diversity, Education and Learning, Emotion, Gender, Identity, Marriage, Family, and Close Relationships, Mental Health, Personality, Physical Health and Well-being, Sexuality and Sexual Identity, Social Psychology, Survey Methods
Gail M. Williamson Distinguished Professor, Psychology
website | richard.slatcher@uga.edu
Research Interests include social relationships, health and well-being, asthma, and psychoneuroimmunology
Associate 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
Assistant Professor, Sociology
website | vgonlin@uga.edu
Research Interests include African Americans, couples, and families
Georgia Athletic Association Professor, Family & Consumer Sciences
website | tfutris@uga.edu
Research Interests include couples, relationships, outreach, evaluation, and community engagement
Associate Professor, Language and Literacy Education
website | tellison@uga.edu
Research Interests include family literacy, digital libraries, multimodal literacies and community literacies
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
Professor, Educational Theory and Practice
website | cfields@uga.edu
Research Interests include family involvement, sociocultural context of teaching and learning, multicultural education, homeschooling among African American families, and African American educational history
