Group Processes and Intergroup Relations

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Acheme, Doris

Assistant Professor, Communication Studies
website | doris.acheme@uga.edu

Research Interests include: Intergroup and intercultural communication; Social identity negotiation; Language attitudes; Racial ideologies

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

Bang-Jensen, Bree

Assistant Professor, International Affairs/ Health Policy and Management
website | bree.bangjensen@uga.edu

Research Interests: Computational Methods, Conflict, Emotion, Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, Infectious Disease, International Relations, Organizations, Policy, Regulation, and Compliance, Social Psychology

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Bruner, Christopher

Stembler Family Distinguished Professor in Business Law, School of Law
website | christopher.bruner@uga.edu

Research Interests: Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, International Relations, Organizations, Policy, Regulation, and Compliance

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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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Cooper, Alexandra

Post-doctoral Researcher, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
website | alexandra.cooper@uga.edu

Research Interests include motor control, decision-making, neuroimaging, and non-invasive brain stimulation

Haire, Susan

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

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

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Huang, Peng

Assistant Professor, Sociology
website |peng.huang@uga.edu

Research Interests: Aging and Gerontology, Bias, Discrimination, and Inequality, Computational Methods, Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, Immigration, Infectious Disease, International Relations, Networks, Survey Methods

Jaskyte Bahr, Kristina

Professor, Social Work
website | kjaskyte@uga.edu

Research Interests include innovation, design thinking, creativity, and teams

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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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Outland, Neal

Assistant Professor, Psychology
website | neal.outland@uga.edu

Research Interests include teams, artificial intelligence, networks, computational models, and agent-based modeling

Ovid, Dax

Assistant Professor, Physiology and Pharmacology
website | dax@uga.edu

Research Interests include: Curriculum studies; Higher education; Instructor talk; Study abroad

Read, Glenna

Associate Professor, Advertising & Public Relations
2022-2024 GDP Participant, Owens Institute for Behavioral Research
website | glenna.read@uga.edu

Research Interests include: Video surveillance; Video interpretation bias; Media effects; Social representation; Message processing; Decision-making

Robinson, Dawn

Professor, Sociology
Distinguished Scholar, Owens Institute for Behavioral Research
2021 OIBR Service Legacy Award Recipient
website | sodawn@uga.edu

Research Interests include emotion, culture, group processes, and social networks

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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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Singh, Shane

Professor, International Affairs
website | singh@uga.edu

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

Tinkler, Justine

Professor, Sociology
website | jtinkler@uga.edu

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

Young, Henry

Professor and Department Head, Clinical & Administrative Pharmacy
website | hnyoung@uga.edu

Research Interests include health services research, medication use, health communication, minority, and underserved populations