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
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; Decisions
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
website | sgdalton@uga.edu
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

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
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

Salmi, Roberta
Assistant Professor, Anthropology
website | rsalmi@uga.edu
Research Interests include: Cognition, Communication, Culture
Sanders, Ashley
Assistant 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

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
Meigs Associate 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
Assistant Professor, Kinesiology
website | jing.xu@uga.edu
Research Interests include: Skill learning; Human dexterity; Cognition; Motor control; Neurorehabilitation