Ethnography

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

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Forrest, Jon

Assistant Professor, Linguistics
website | jrforrest@uga.edu

Research Interests: Bias, Discrimination, and Inequality, Computational Methods, Culture, Ethnography, Networks, Work and Occupations

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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

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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

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Lapegna, Pablo

Associate Professor, Sociology
Distinguished Scholar, Owens Institute for Behavioral Research
2023-2025 Grant Development Program Participant
website | plapegna@uga.edu

Research Interests include: Environmental and rural sociology; Social movements; Political sociology; Health

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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

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Mihm, Stephen

Associate Dean, Franklin College
Professor, History
website | mihm@uga.edu

Research Interests include: Economic history; History of organizations

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Seock, Yoo-Kyoung

Professor, Textiles, Merchandising & Interiors
website | yseock@uga.edu

Research Interests include consumer psychology and behavior, cross-cultural study, and adolescents’ behavioral study

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Tanner, Susan

Associate Professor, Anthropology
website | stanner1@uga.edu

Research Interests include: Chronic Disease, Culture, Ethnography, Exercise, Food & Nutrition, Infectious Disease, Physical Health and Well-being, Prevention and Implementation Science, Risk Behaviors, Survey Methods

Thompson, Jennifer Jo

Senior Research Scientist, Crop & Soil Sciences
website | jjthomp@uga.edu

Research Interests include food systems, social justice, policy outcomes, risk perception, and sustainable food

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Weatherly, Christopher

Assistant Professor, Social Work
website | cweatherly@uga.edu

Research Interests include: Environment and Ecosystems, Ethnography, Mental Health, Mental Illness and Disorders