Owens Institute for Behavioral Research
The University of Georgia
Associate Professor, Health Policy & Management
website | jrthapa@uga.edu
Research Interests include policy oriented research primarily field and community based research, program planning and evaluation, and application of behavioral economics in addressing childhood obesity and food behavior
Associate Professor, Political Science
website | geoff.sheagley@uga.edu
Research Interests include political psychology, political polarization, decision-making, and political knowledge
Professor, Geography
website | holloway@uga.edu
Research Interests include the geography of youth labor markets, the impact of public housing on the geographies of poverty and crime, and the geographically contingent nature of discrimination in mortgage lending
Associate Professor, Sociology
website | dgraizbord@uga.edu
Research Interests include sociology of science, political sociology, globalization, and development and social change
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
Associate Professor, International Affairs
website | kcclay@uga.edu
Research Interests include international determinants of government respect for human rights, and effect of political processes surrounding human rights on other policy outcomes
Meigs Professor, Sociology
website | jimcov@uga.edu
Research Interests include sociology of work and organizations, work-hour reforms and surgical work
Associate Professor, Social Work
website | ager@uga.edu
Research Interests: Poverty, social policy, consumer debt, and social media
Busbee Chair in Public Policy, Public Administration and Policy
website | bradfowd@uga.edu
Research Interests include health economics, health policy, substance use policy, and cannabis policy
Professor, Kinesiology
2013-15 GDP Participant, Owens Institute for Behavioral Research
website | tab3@uga.edu
Research Interests: how commercial laws influence sport marking, and on risk management in two specialized areas: (a) preventing sexual abuse in youth sports and (b) terrorism management at sports facilities
