Environment and Ecosystems
Brosius, Peter
Professor, Anthropology
Distinguished Scholar, Owens Institute for Behavioral Research
website | pbrosius@uga.edu
Research Interests include environmental anthropology, cultural politics of conversation, political ecology, hunter-gatherers, transnational environmental movements and institutions, and human ecology in SE Asia
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
Caughy, Margaret
Georgia Athletic Association Professor, Family Health Disparities
Distinguished Scholar, Owens Institute for Behavioral Research
website | margaret.caughy@uga.edu
Research Interests include academic achievement, self-regulation, and minoritized populations
German, Laura
Professor, Anthropology
Director, Center for Integrative Conservation Research
website | lgerman@uga.edu
Research Interests include land and environmental governance, property rights, and sub-Saharan Africa
Han, Jeong-Yeob
Associate Professor, Advertising
website | jeonghan@uga.edu
Research Interests include eHealth communication, social media, online communities, cancer communication, and media effects
Kurtz, Hilda
Department Head and Professor, Geography
website | hkurtz@uga.edu
Research Interests include: Communication, Environment and Ecosystems
Mu, Lan
Professor, Geography
website | mulan@uga.edu
Research Interests include: Bias, Discrimination, and Inequality, Computational Methods, Environment and Ecosystems, Food & Nutrition, Geographic Information Systems, Mental Health, Physical Health and Well-being, STEM
Lapegna, Pablo
Associate Professor, Sociology
2023-2025 Grant Development Program Participant
website | plapegna@uga.edu
Research Interests include: Environmental and rural sociology; Social movements; Political sociology; Health
Lu, Peng
Assistant Professor, Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communication
website | penglu@uga.edu
Research Interests include: Communication, Education and Learning, Emotion, Environment and Ecosystems, Experimental Methods, Food & Nutrition, Higher Education, STEM
Matthew, Rebecca
Associate Professor, Social Work
website | rematthew@uga.edu
Research Interests include Community health and well-being ; Cooperatives and the solidarity economy; Community-based participatory research and practice; Environmental justice.
McNulty, Thomas
Associate Professor, Sociology
website | tmcnulty@uga.edu
Research Interests include race/ethnicity, communities & crime, and inequality
Melcher, Katherine
Associate 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
Mote, Thomas
Distinguished Research Professor, Geography
website | tmote@uga.edu
Research Interests include remote sensing in climatology, synoptic climatology/meteorology, climate change, and cryosphere
Nelson, Don
Professor, Anthropology
website | dnelson@uga.edu
Research Interests include climate change, environmental governance, poverty, food security, vulnerability, and adaptation
Suveg, Cynthia
Professor, Psychology
website | csuveg@uga.edu
Research Interests include child, family, and developmental psychopathology
Thompson, Jennifer Jo
Associate Research Scientist, Crop & Soil Sciences
website | jjthomp@uga.edu
Research Interests include food systems, social justice, policy outcomes, risk perception, and sustainable food
Vick, Alfred
Georgia Power Professor in Environmental Ethics, College of Environment and Design
website | ravick@uga.edu
Research Interests include: Environment and Ecosystems, Exercise, Geographic Information Systems, Obesity, Physical Health and Well-being
Weatherly, Christopher
Assistant Professor, Social Work
website | cweatherly@uga.edu
Research Interests include: Environment and Ecosystems, Ethnography, Mental Health, Mental Illness and Disorders
Xie, Lusi
Assistant Professor, Agricultural and Applied Economics
website | lusi.xie@uga.edu
Research Interests include: Behavioral economics; Agri-environmental policies; Ecosystem services
Yao, Xiaobai (Angela)
Professor, Geography
website | xyao@uga.edu
Research Interests include GIScience, urban growth and transportation, public health, data analysis and modeling, geocomputation, and qualitative GIS