Cognition
Abney, Drew
Associate Professor, Psychology
Distinguished Scholar, Owens Institute for Behavioral Research
2023 OIBR Rising Star Award Recipient
2020-22 GDP Participant, Owens Institute for Behavioral Research
website | drew.abney@uga.edu
Research Interests include sensorimotor development, human interaction, emotion regulation, time series analysis, and language development
Abraham, Anna
E. Paul Torrance Professor, Educational Psychology
website | anna.abraham@uga.edu
Research Interests include creativity, imagination, neuroscience, neuropsychology, and cognition
Anjum, Javad
Assistant Professor, Communication Sciences & Special Education
website | anjum@uga.edu
Research Interests include: Eye tracking; Stroke; Cognition; Language
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
Azevedo, Renato Ferreira Leitao
Assistant Professor, Institute of Gerontology / EPIBIO
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
Bankert, Alexa
Associate Professor, Political Science
website | alexa.bankert@uga.edu
Research Interests: Bias, Discrimination, and Inequality, Cognition, Conflict, Emotion, Experimental Methods, Identity, Social Psychology, Survey Methods
Barany, Deborah
Assistant Professor, Kinesiology
website | dbarany@uga.edu
Research Interests include motor control, decision-making, neuroimaging, and non-invasive brain stimulation
Bauer, Brian
Assistant Professor, Psychology
2022-2024 GDP Participant, Owens Institute for Behavioral Research
website | brian.bauer@uga.edu
Research Interests include: Suicide; Behavioral economics; Decision
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
Clementz, Brett
Professor, Psychology
Distinguished Scholar, Owens Institute for Behavioral Research
website | clementz@uga.edu
Research Interests include visual & auditory processing; saccadic eye movements; higher level cognitive operations between normal & psychiatric groups (schiz); brain plasticity; brain changes that occur during aging; and prospective memory
Correia, Stephen
Associate Professor, Health Promotion & Behavior
website | scorreia@uga.edu
Research Interests: Aging and Gerontology, Cognition, Mental Health, Neuroscience
Dalton, Sarah Grace
Assistant Professor, Communication Sciences & Special Education
Research Interests: Aging and Gerontology, Assessment and Evaluation, Cognition, Communication, Experimental Methods, Neuroscience
Ellis, Amy
Professor, Mathematics, Science, and Social Studies Education
website | amyellis@uga.edu
Research Interests include: Cognition, Education and Learning, Youth, Adolescence, and Emerging Adulthood
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
Fiorella, Logan
Associate Professor, Educational Psychology
Distinguished Scholar, Owens Institute for Behavioral Research
2020 OIBR Rising Star Award Recipient
2016 GDP Graduate
website | lfiorella@uga.edu
Research Interests include Cognitive science, instructional design, learning strategies, and multimedia learning
Geier, Charles
Professor, Human Development and Family Science
website | Charles.Geier@uga.edu
Research Interests include: Cognition, Computational Methods, Diversity, Emotion, Experimental Methods, Food & Nutrition, Mental Health, Mental Illness and Disorders, Networks, Neuroscience, Obesity, Physical Health and Well-being, Psychophysiology, Risk Behaviors, Substance Use and Addiction, Youth, Adolescence, and Emerging Adulthood
Goodie, Adam
Professor, Psychology and Associate Dean Franklin College of Arts & Sciences
Distinguished Scholar, Owens Institute for Behavioral Research
website | goodie@uga.edu
Research Interests include decision-making, gambling, personality, and cognition
Han, Jeong-Yeob
Associate Professor, Advertising
website | jeonghan@uga.edu
Research Interests include eHealth communication, social media, online communities, cancer communication, and media effects
Huang, Chao
Assistant Professor, Epidemiology and Biostatistics
website | chaohuang@uga.edu
Research Interests: Aging and Gerontology, Cognition, Computational Methods, Mental Health, Mental Illness and Disorders, Neuroscience
Kiselica, Andrew
Associate Professor, Institute of Gerontology
website | akiselica@uga.edu
Research Interests: Aging and Gerontology, Assessment and Evaluation, Cognition, Neuroscience
Kopcha, Theodore
Professor, Career & Information Studies
website | tjkopcha@uga.edu
Research Interests include embodied cognition, multimodal analysis, embodies interaction, and STEM education
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, Rongjie
Assistant Professor, Statistics
website | rjliu@uga.edu
Research Interests: Cognition, Mental Health, Mental Illness and Disorders, Neuroscience
Martella, Amedee
Assistant Professor, Educational Psychology
website | amedee.martella@uga.edu
Research Interests: Cognition, Education and Learning, STEM
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
Melcher, Katherine
Professor, College of Environment and Design
website | kmelcher@uga.edu
Research Interests include: Aging and Gerontology, Cognition, Culture, Environment and Ecosystems, Ethnography, Gender, Geographic Information Systems, Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, Identity, Mental Health, Obesity, Organizations, Physical Health and Well-being, Policy, Regulation, and Compliance, Prevention and Implementation Science, Youth, Adolescence, and Emerging Adulthood
Moore, Kevin
Professor, Mathematics, Science, and Social Studies Education
website | kvcmoore@uga.edu
Research Interests include: Cognition, Education and Learning
Noble, Emily
Associate Professor, Nutritional Sciences
website | emily.noble@uga.edu
Research Interests include: Cognition, Exercise, Food & Nutrition, Neuroscience, Obesity, Substance Use and Addiction, Youth, Adolescence, and Emerging Adulthood
Peng, Yilang
Associate Professor, Financial Planning, Housing, & Consumer Economics
website | yilang.peng@uga.edu
Research Interests: Social media; media effects; AI; computational social science; computer vision
Salmi, Roberta
Assistant Professor, Anthropology
website | rsalmi@uga.edu
Research Interests include: Cognition, Communication, Culture
Samples, Tim
Professor, Insurance, Legal Studies, and Real Estate
website | tsamples@uga.edu
Research Interests: Cognition, Computational Methods, International Relations, Policy, Regulation, and Compliance
Sanders, Ashley
Associate Professor, Psychology
website | ashley.sanders@uga.edu
Research Interests: Bias, Discrimination, and Inequality, Cognition, Diversity, Environment and Ecosystems, Gender, Genetics and Epigenetics, Infant and Child Development, Infant and Maternal Health, Maltreatment and Trauma, Mental Health, Mental Illness and Disorders, Neuroscience, Psychophysiology, Youth, Adolescence, and Emerging Adulthood
Schuster, Mike
Associate Professor, Legal Studies
website | mike.schuster@uga.edu
Research Interests: Bias, Discrimination, and Inequality, Cognition, Gender, 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
Stanton, Julie
Professor, Cellular Biology
Distinguished Scholar, Owens Institute for Behavioral Research
website | stantonj@uga.edu
Research Interests include metacognition, students of color, and participatory action research
Strauss, Gregory
Franklin Professor, Psychology
Distinguished Scholar, Owens Institute for Behavioral Research
website | gstrauss@uga.edu
Research Interests include schizophrenia, psychosis risk, emotion, reward, and social cognition
Tinkler, Justine
Professor, Sociology
website | jtinkler@uga.edu
Research Interests include gender and race policy intervention, sexual harassment, and discrimination
Xu, Jing
Associate Professor, Kinesiology
website | jing.xu@uga.edu
Research Interests include: Skill learning; Human dexterity; Cognition; Motor control; Neurorehabilitation.