Owens Institute for Behavioral Research
The University of Georgia
Associate Professor, Mathematics, Science, and Social Studies Education
website | xiaoming.zhai@uga.edu
Research Interests include: Assessment and Evaluation, Bias, Discrimination, and Inequality, Education and Learning, STEM
Assistant Professor, Physics & Astronomy
website | nicholas.young@uga.edu
Research Interests include: Assessment and Evaluation, Education and Learning, Higher Education, STEM
Post-doctoral Researcher, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
website | alexandra.cooper@uga.edu
Research Interests include motor control, decision-making, neuroimaging, and non-invasive brain stimulation
Assistant Professor, Cellular Biology
website | Tati@uga.edu
Research Interests include: Critical consciousness; Equity; Social justice in STEM
Distinguished Research Professor, Mathematics, Science & Social Studies Education
Distinguished Scholar, Owens Institute for Behavioral Research
website | jaluft@uga.edu
Research Interests include teacher knowledge, teacher education, STEM education, science education, new teachers, and professional development
Associate Professor, Educational Psychology
2021-23 GDP Participant, Owens Institute for Behavioral Research
website | emily.rosenzweig@uga.edu
Research Interests include motivation, education, motivational interventions, STEM learning, and youth
Professor, Career & Information Studies
website | tjkopcha@uga.edu
Research Interests include embodied cognition, multimodal analysis, embodies interaction, and STEM education
Professor, Anthropology
website | dnelson@uga.edu
Research Interests include climate change, environmental governance, poverty, food security, vulnerability, and adaptation
Associate Professor and Assistant Department Head, Advertising & Public Relations
website | mcacciat@uga.edu
Research Interests include science communication, risk communication, and framing
Associate Professor, Educational Psychology
2023-2025 Grant Development Program Participant
website | michael.barger@uga.edu
Research Interests include motivation, STEM, developmental psychology, mindsets, and beliefs
