Assessment and Evaluation
Adah Miller, Emily
Assistant Professor, Mathematics, Science, and Social Studies Education
website | emily.adahmiller@uga.edu
Research Interests include: Culture, Diversity, Education and Learning, Environment and Ecosystems, STEM
Ardoin, Scott
Professor, Educational Psychology
Associate Dean of Research & Graduate Education
Distinguished Scholar, Owens Institute for Behavioral Research
website | spardoin@uga.edu
Research Interests include reading comprehension, eye tracking, behavior analysis, and classroom management
Bagdy, Lauren
Assistant Professor, Workforce Education and Instructional Technology
website | lauren.bagdy@uga.edu
Research Interests include: Assessment and Evaluation, Education and Learning, Higher Education, Youth, Adolescence, and Emerging Adulthood
Bagwell-Adams, Grace
Associate Professor, Health Policy and Management
website | gbagwell@uga.edu
Research Interests: food assistance policy, obesity policy, effect of health policy on vulnerable populations, program evaluation
Brickman, Peggy
Josiah Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor, Plant Biology
website | brickman@uga.edu
Research Interests include group work, collaborative learning, undergraduates, and professional development
Bush, Bryana
Lecturer, Physiology & Pharmacology
website | b.bush@uga.edu
Research Interests include: Assessment and Evaluation, Bias, Discrimination, and Inequality, Cognition, Communication, Diversity, Education and Learning, Higher Education, STEM
Calabria, Jon
Professor, Landscape Architecture
website | jcalabr@uga.edu
Research Interests include: Assessment and Evaluation, Culture, Diversity, Education and Learning, Environment and Ecosystems, Geographic Information Systems, Survey Methods
Carswell, Andy
Professor, Financial Planning, Housing, and Consumer Economics
website | carswell@uga.edu
Research Interests include housing counseling, sprawl/growth management initiatives, residential mobility programs, predatory lending, affordable lending programs, and mortgage fraud
Chacon, Dustin
Assistant Professor, Linguistics
website | dustin.chacon@uga.edu
Research Interests include: Cognition, Experimental Methods, Infant and Child Development, Neuroscience
Dalton, Sarah Grace
Assistant Professor, Communication Sciences & Special Education
website | sgdalton@uga.edu
Research Interests: Aging and Gerontology, Assessment and Evaluation, Cognition, Communication, Experimental Methods, Neuroscience
Dazzo, Giovanni
Assistant Professor, Lifelong Education, Administration & Policy
website | giovanni.dazzo@uga.edu
Research Interests include: Adolescents; Children and Youth; Culture; Education and Learning; LGBTQ; Methods Specialization
DeMeester, Karen
Public Service Associate, Carl Vinson Institute of Government
website | karend@uga.edu
Research Interests include evaluation, designing evaluations, and research projects evaluations
Dolan, Erin
Meigs Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Distinguished Scholar, Owens Institute for Behavioral Research
2023 OIBR Lillian Eby Mentoring Award Recipient
website | eldolan@uga.edu
Research Interests include research training, mentorship, and career development
Fan, Lu
Associate Professor, Financial Planning, Housing and Consumer Economics
website | lufan@uga.edu
Research Interests include: Aging and Gerontology, Assessment and Evaluation, Cognition, Education and Learning, Emotion, Gender, Mental Health, Personality, Social Psychology, Survey Methods, Youth, Adolescence, and Emerging Adulthood
Fazlul, Ishtiaque
Assistant Professor, Health Policy & Management and International Affairs (Jointly)
website | ifazlul@uga.edu
Research Interests include: Health economics; Education economics
Futris, Ted
Georgia Athletic Association Professor, Family & Consumer Sciences
website | tfutris@uga.edu
Research Interests include couples, relationships, outreach, evaluation, and community engagement
Goodwin, Emma
Assistant Professor, Microbiology
website | emma.goodwin@uga.edu
Research Interests: Assessment and Evaluation, Bias, Discrimination, and Inequality, Diversity, Education and Learning, Higher Education, Identity, Mental Health, Social Psychology, STEM
Graizbord, Diana
Assistant Professor, Sociology
website | dgraizbord@uga.edu
Research Interests include sociology of science, political sociology, globalization, and development and social change
Han, Jeong-Yeob
Associate Professor, Advertising
website | jeonghan@uga.edu
Research Interests include eHealth communication, social media, online communities, cancer communication, and media effects
Krimm, Hannah
Assistant Professor, Communication Sciences & Special Education
website | hannah.krimm@uga.edu
Research Interests include developmental language disorders, reading, writing, and dyslexia
Lemons, Paula
Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Associate Dean for Social and Behavioral Sciences
Distinguished Scholar, Owens Institute for Behavioral Research
website | plemons@uga.edu
Research Interests include pedagogy, assessment, cognition, and organizational change
Liu, Liu
Assistant Research Scientist, Social Work
website | liuuil@uga.edu
Research Interests: Assessment and Evaluation, Computational Methods, Education and Learning, Experimental Methods, Marriage, Family, and Close Relationships, STEM, Survey Methods, Youth, Adolescence, and Emerging Adulthood
McDowell, Jennifer
Associate Director, OIBR
Interim Department Head, Psychology
Professor, Psychology
website | jemcd@uga.edu
Research Interests include cognition, psychotic disorders, neuroimaging, and eye movement
Neuharth-Pritchett, Stacey
Senior Associate Dean for Academic Programs, College of Education
Professor, Educational Psychology
Distinguished Scholar, Owens Institute for Behavioral Research
website | sneuhart@uga.edu
Research Interests include young children, poverty, health, Head Start, and ACEs
Padilla, Heather
Associate Professor, Health Promotion & Behavior
website | hmpadilla@uga.edu
Research Interests include evaluation, nutrition, physical activity, worksites, and rural communities
Porumbescu, Gregory
Associate Professor, Public Administration and Policy
website | greg.porumbescu@uga.edu
Research Interests: Assessment and Evaluation, Bias, Discrimination, and Inequality, Communication, Computational Methods, Experimental Methods, Geographic Information Systems, Policy, Regulation, and Compliance, Work and Occupations
Song, Suhang
Assistant Professor, Health Policy & Management
website | suhang.song@uga.edu
Research Interests include: Health disparities; Health policy; Health economics; Non-communicable diseases; Cognitive aging
Torelli, Jessica
Assistant Professor, Communication Sciences and Special Education
2024-2026 GDP Participant, Owens Institute for Behavioral Research
website | jessica.torelli@uga.edu
Research Interests include: Teacher professional development; preventive behavior interventions; function-based assessment and intervention; functional analysis
Tuma, Trevor
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
Weliweriya, Nandana
Lecturer, Physics and Astronomy
website | nandanaw@uga.edu
Research Interests include: Assessment and Evaluation, Education and Learning, Higher Education, STEM
Wiegert, Craig
Associate Professor, Physics & Astronomy
website | cwiegert@uga.edu
Research Interests: Assessment and Evaluation, Computational Methods, Education and Learning, Higher Education, STEM
Wright, Theresa
Sr. Public Service Associate, Carl Vinson Institute of Government
website | tawright@uga.edu
Research Interests include program evaluation, QUAL data collection, performance measurement, and survey research
Young, Nicholas
Assistant Professor, Physics & Astronomy
website | nicholas.young@uga.edu
Research Interests include: Assessment and Evaluation, Education and Learning, Higher Education, STEM
Zeng, Yingying
Assistant Professor, Social Work
website | yzeng@uga.edu
Research Interests include: Assessment and Evaluation, Bias, Discrimination, and Inequality, Gender, Immigration, Mental Health, Policy, Regulation, and Compliance, Youth, Adolescence, and Emerging Adulthood
Zhai, Xiaoming
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
Zhong, Wenxuan
Professor, Statistics
website | wenxuan@uga.edu
Research Interests include bioinformatics, imaging, dimension reduction, big data analytics, and high performance computing