Distinguished Research Professor, Language and Literacy Education
Fellow, Owens Institute for Behavioral Research
website | dalverma@uga.edu
Research Interests include written communication, social media sites, youth media literacy, critical theory, and adolescent literacy
Professor and Department Head, Department of Educational Psychology
Director, School Psychology Clinic
Fellow, Owens Institute for Behavioral Research
website | spardoin@uga.edu
Research Interests include reading behaviors by students and application of principles of applied behavior analysis.
Professor, Food and Nutrition
Fellow, Owens Institute for Behavioral Research
website | llb15@uga.edu
Research Interests include Development of Eating Behavior, Self-Regulation, Obesity/Familial Influence, Infancy, Childhood
Professor, Department of Psychology
Fellow, Owens Institute for Behavioral Research
website | rlblount@uga.edu
Research Interests include Pediatric Psychology, Medical Adherence, Health Outcomes, Transition of Healthcare, Tuorette Syndrome
Professor, Human Development and Family Science
Fellow, Owens Institute for Behavioral Research
website | gbrody@uga.edu
Research Interests include processes linked with academic and psychological competence among children, parent-child relationships, sibling relationships and adolescent classroom experiences
Associate Professor, Health Promotion and Behavior
Fellow, Owens Institute for Behavioral Research
website | jlm@uga.edu
Research Interests tobacco cessation in substance abuse treatment facilities, tobacco use in adolescents and young adults, tobacco disparities in African Americans, substance abuse, adolescent risky behaviors
Professor and Associate Dean, College of Education
Fellow, Owens Institute for Behavioral Research
website | sneuhart@uga.edu
Research Interests include head start, pre-kindergarten, poverty, early childhood, teacher-child relationships, and asthma
Distinguished Research Professor, Department of Sociology
Fellow, Owens Institute for Behavioral Research
website | rsimons@uga.edu
Research Interests include social psychology, medical sociology, family, life course and aging
Department Head, Family and Consumer Sciences
Janette McGarity Barber Distinguished Professor, Family and Consumer Sciences
Fellow, Owens Institute for Behavioral Research
website | Emilie.Smith@uga.edu
Research Interests include family, care-giving approaches, role of community-based after school settings and factors that influence child and youth development
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology
Fellow, Owens Institute for Behavioral Research
website | gstrauss@uga.edu
Research Interests include Schizophrenia, Psychosis, predictors of conversion to psychosis in high-risk youth, emotion, reward and social cognition