Group Processes and Intergroup Relations

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
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
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

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

Cooper, Alexandra
Post-doctoral Researcher, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
website | alexandra.cooper@uga.edu
Research Interests include: Instructor reasoning; Research teaching; Science practice instruction

Haire, Susan
Department Head and Professor, Political Science
website | cmshaire@uga.edu
Research Interests include: Judicial behavior; Gender; Race; Ethnicity

Halmo, Stephanie
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Cellular Biology
website | shalmo27@uga.edu
Research Interests include: Student thinking; Metacognition; Problem solving; Group work
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

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

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

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
Serviansky, Daniel
Faculty Director of the Program in Alternative Dispute Resolution, School of Law
website | dserv@uga.edu
Research Interests: Communication, Conflict, Education and Learning, Emotion, Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, Identity, Immigration, Marriage, Family, and Close Relationships, Mental Health, Neuroscience, Organizations, Personality, Social Psychology, Work and Occupations

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