Assessment and Evaluation

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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

Adise, Shana

Assistant Professor, Nutritional Sciences
website | shana.adise@uga.edu

Research Interests include: Assessment and Evaluation; Bias, Discrimination, and Inequality; Cognition; Education and Learning; Experimental Methods; Food & Nutrition; Genetics and Epigenetics; Geographic Information Systems; Infant and Child Development; Infant and Maternal Health; Mental Illness and Disorders; Neuroscience; Obesity; Physical Health and Well-being; Psychophysiology; STEM; Substance Use and Addiction

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

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Azevedo, Renato Ferreira Leitao

Assistant Professor, Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Institute of Gerontology
website | renato.azevedo@uga.edu

Research Interests: Aging and Gerontology, Assessment and Evaluation, Bias, Discrimination, and Inequality, Chronic Disease, Cognition, Communication, Computational Methods, Education and Learning, Emotion, Exercise, Experimental Methods, Media, Mental Health, Mental Illness and Disorders, Physical Health and Well-being, Risk Behaviors, Social Psychology, STEM, Survey Methods

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

Bian, Jiahe (Jane)

Assistant Professor, College of Environment + Design
website | jbian@uga.edu

Research Interests include: Aging and Gerontology, Assessment and Evaluation, Bias, Discrimination, and Inequality, Chronic Disease, Environment and Ecosystems, Geographic Information Systems, Media, Mental Health, Mental Illness and Disorders, Obesity, Physical Health and Well-being, Policy, Regulation, and Compliance, Social Psychology

Brickman, Peggy

Josiah Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor, Plant Biology
website | brickman@uga.edu

Research Interests include group work, collaborative learning, undergraduates, and professional development

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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

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Calabria, Jon

Professor, Environment + Design
website | jcalabr@uga.edu

Research Interests include: Assessment and Evaluation, Culture, Diversity, Education and Learning, Environment and Ecosystems, Geographic Information Systems, Survey Methods

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Dalton, Sarah Grace

Associate 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

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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

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Fazlul, Ishtiaque

Assistant Professor, Health Policy & Management and International Affairs (Jointly)
website | ifazlul@uga.edu

Research Interests include: Health economics; Education economics

Futris, Ted

Professor, Family & Consumer Sciences
website | tfutris@uga.edu

Research Interests include couples, relationships, outreach, evaluation, and community engagement

Yizhu, Gao

Assistant Professor, Mathematics, Science, and Social Studies Education
website | yizhu.gao@uga.edu

Research Interests include: Assessment and Evaluation, Computational Methods, Education and Learning, STEM

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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

Gorgun, Guher

Assistant Professor, Educational Psychology
website | gorgun@uga.edu

Research Interests include: Assessment and Evaluation, Computational Methods, Education and Learning, STEM

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Graizbord, Diana

Associate Professor, Sociology
website | dgraizbord@uga.edu

Research Interests include sociology of science, political sociology, globalization, and development and social change

Han, Jeong-Yeob

Professor, Advertising & Public Relations
website | jeonghan@uga.edu

Research Interests include eHealth communication, social media, online communities, cancer communication, and media effects

Kane, Sharon

Assistant Professor, Financial Planning, Housing and Consumer Economics
website | spkane@uga.edu

Research Interests include: Assessment and Evaluation, Computational Methods, Experimental Methods, Geographic Information Systems, Survey Methods, Work and Occupations

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Kiselica, Andrew

Associate Professor, Institute of Gerontology
website | akiselica@uga.edu

Research Interests: Aging and Gerontology, Assessment and Evaluation, Cognition, Neuroscience

Krimm, Hannah

Associate Professor, Communication Sciences & Special Education
website | hannah.krimm@uga.edu

Research Interests include developmental language disorders, reading, writing, and dyslexia

Lakhiwal, Akshat

Assistant Professor, Management Information Systems
website | akshat.lakhiwal@uga.edu

Research Interests include: Assessment and Evaluation; Computational Methods; Experimental Methods; Policy, Regulation, and Compliance; Social Psychology

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Lemons, Paula

Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Senior 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

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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

Lynall, Rob

Professor, Kinesiology
website | rlynall@uga.edu

Research Interests include: Assessment and Evaluation, Cognition, Exercise, Neuroscience

McDowell, Jennifer

Associate Director, OIBR
Professor, Psychology
Distinguished Scholar, Owens Institute of Behavioral Research
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

Novak, Josh

Associate Professor, Human Development and Family Science
website | joshua.novak@uga.edu

Research Interests include: Aging and Gerontology; Assessment and Evaluation; Chronic Disease; Communication; Culture; Emotion; Exercise; Food & Nutrition; Group Processes and Intergroup Relations; Marriage, Family, and Close Relationships; Mental Health; Mental Illness and Disorders; Obesity; Physical Health and Well-being; Prevention and Implementation Science; Psychophysiology; Sexuality and Sexual Identity; Social Psychology; Substance Use and Addiction

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Padilla, Heather

Associate Professor, Health Promotion & Behavior
website | hmpadilla@uga.edu

Research Interests include evaluation, nutrition, physical activity, worksites, and rural communities

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Pridemore, William

Marienthal Professor of Sociology
website | pridemore@uga.edu

Research Interests: Assessment and Evaluation, Crime and Corrections, Culture, Physical Health and Well-being, Policy, Regulation, and Compliance, Prevention and Implementation Science, Risk Behaviors, Substance Use and Addiction, Violence and Injury

Richards, Dylan

Assistant Professor, Psychology
website | dkrichards@uga.edu

Research Interests include: Assessment and Evaluation; Bias, Discrimination, and Inequality; Chronic Disease; Diversity; Emotion; Exercise; Experimental Methods; Food & Nutrition; Group Processes and Intergroup Relations; Identity; Mental Health; Mental Illness and Disorders; Obesity; Personality; Physical Health and Well-being; Prevention and Implementation Science; Risk Behaviors; Social Psychology; Substance Use and Addiction; Survey Methods

Song, Inseok

Professor, Physics & Astronomy
website | song@uga.edu

Research Interests include: Assessment and Evaluation, Computational Methods, Education and Learning, Higher Education, STEM

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

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Torelli, Jessica

Associate Professor, Communication Sciences & 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

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Wiegert, Craig

Associate Professor & Senior Associate Department Head, Physics & Astronomy
website | cwiegert@uga.edu

Research Interests: Assessment and Evaluation, Computational Methods, Education and Learning, Higher Education, STEM

Wright, Theresa

Associate Director, Carl Vinson Institute of Government
website | tawright@uga.edu

Research Interests include program evaluation, QUAL data collection, performance measurement, and survey research

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Young, Nicholas

Assistant Professor, Physics & Astronomy
website | nicholas.young@uga.edu

Research Interests include: Assessment and Evaluation, Education and Learning, Higher Education, STEM

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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

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Zhai, Xiaoming

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

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Zhong, Wenxuan

UGA Athletic Association Professor, Statistics
website | wenxuan@uga.edu

Research Interests include bioinformatics, imaging, dimension reduction, big data analytics, and high performance computing