Gender

Arroyo, Analisa

Professor, Communication Studies
2015-17 GDP Participant, Owens Institute for Behavioral Research
website | arroyo@uga.edu

Research Interests include intergenerational transmission of body image issues and its relation to mental and physical health outcomes (e.g. depression, eating disorders, overweight/obesity, exercise, dieting, etc.) among grandmother-mother-daughter triads

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Burch, Elizabeth

Fuller E. Callaway Chair of Law, School of Law
website | eburch@uga.edu

Research Interests: Bias, Discrimination, and Inequality, Diversity, Gender, Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, Networks

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Clay-Warner, Jody

Director, Owens Institute for Behavioral Research
Meigs Professor, Sociology
Distinguished Scholar, Owens Institute for Behavioral Research
website | jclayw@uga.edu

Research Interests include justice, emotions, violence, and victimization

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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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Figard, Rache

Assistant Professor, Engineering Education Transformations Institute (EETI)
website | rachel.figard@uga.edu

Research Interests: Bias, Discrimination, and Inequality, Diversity, Education and Learning, Gender, Higher Education, Identity, Media, Mental Health, Mental Illness and Disorders, STEM

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Foohey, Pamela

Professor, School of Law
website | pamela.foohey@uga.edu

Research Interests: Aging and Gerontology, Bias, Discrimination, and Inequality, Emotion, Gender, Marriage, Family, and Close Relationships, Mental Health, Networks, Organizations, Physical Health and Well-being, Policy, Regulation, and Compliance, Sexuality and Sexual Identity, Substance Use and Addiction, Survey Methods, Work and Occupations

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Gonlin, Vanessa

Assistant Professor, Sociology
website | vgonlin@uga.edu

Research Interests include African Americans, couples, and families

Haire, Susan

Department Head and Professor, Political Science
website | cmshaire@uga.edu

Research Interests include: Judicial behavior; Gender; Race; Ethnicity

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Johnson, Tracey

Assistant Professor, History
website | tdjohnson@uga.edu

Research Interests include: Crime and Corrections, Culture, Diversity, Education and Learning, Gender, Youth, Adolescence, and Emerging Adulthood

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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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Russo-Tait, Tatiane

Assistant Professor, Cellular Biology
website | Tati@uga.edu

Research Interests include: Critical consciousness; Equity; Social justice in STEM

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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

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Schlesinger, Ari

Assistant Professor, School of Computing
website | ari.schlesinger@uga.edu

Research Interests include: Bias, Discrimination, and Inequality, Communication, Computational Methods, Culture, Diversity, Education and Learning, Ethnography, Gender, Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, Identity, Media, Organizations, Policy, Regulation, and Compliance, Sexuality and Sexual Identity, STEM, Work and Occupations

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Schuster, Mike

Associate Professor, Legal Studies
website | mike.schuster@uga.edu

Research Interests: Bias, Discrimination, and Inequality, Cognition, Gender, STEM

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Singh, Shane

Professor, International Affairs
website | singh@uga.edu

Research Interests include: Elections; Democracy; Political attitudes; Electoral behavior; Electoral rules

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Stauffer, Katelyn

Associate Professor, Political Science
website | kstauffer@uga.edu

Research Interests include: Bias, Discrimination, and Inequality, Diversity, Experimental Methods, Gender, Identity, Survey Methods

Tinkler, Justine

Professor, Sociology
website | jtinkler@uga.edu

Research Interests include gender and race policy intervention, sexual harassment, and discrimination

Watkins, Kimberly

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

Research Interests include: Bias, Discrimination, and Inequality, Culture, Diversity, Education and Learning, Emotion, Gender, Identity, Marriage, Family, and Close Relationships, Mental Health, Personality, Physical Health and Well-being, Sexuality and Sexual Identity, Social Psychology, Survey Methods

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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