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
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
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 motor control, decision-making, neuroimaging, and non-invasive brain stimulation
Fernandez, Jessica
Associate Professor, College of Environment + Design
website | jessica.fernandez@uga.edu
Research Interests include: Emotion, Environment and Ecosystems, Experimental Methods, Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, Identity, Mental Health, Physical Health and Well-being
Haire, Susan
Department Head and UGA Athletic Association Professor, Political Science
website | cmshaire@uga.edu
Research Interests include: Judicial behavior; Gender; Race; Ethnicity
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
Novak, Josh
Associate Professor, Human Development and Family Science
website | joshua.novak@uga.edu
Research Interests include: Aging and Gerontology; Assessment and Evaluation; Chronic Disease; Communication; Culture; Emotion; Exercise; Food & Nutrition; Group Processes and Intergroup Relations; Marriage, Family, and Close Relationships; Mental Health; Mental Illness and Disorders; Obesity; Physical Health and Well-being; Prevention and Implementation Science; Psychophysiology; Sexuality and Sexual Identity; Social Psychology; Substance Use and Addiction
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
Richards, Dylan
Assistant Professor, Psychology
website | dkrichards@uga.edu
Research Interests include: Assessment and Evaluation; Bias, Discrimination, and Inequality; Chronic Disease; Diversity; Emotion; Exercise; Experimental Methods; Food & Nutrition; Group Processes and Intergroup Relations; Identity; Mental Health; Mental Illness and Disorders; Obesity; Personality; Physical Health and Well-being; Prevention and Implementation Science; Risk Behaviors; Social Psychology; Substance Use and Addiction; Survey Methods
Robinson, Dawn
Director of Faculty Development, Owens Institute for Behavioral Research
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
Singh, Shane
Joshua W. Jones Professor, International Affairs
website | singh@uga.edu
Research Interests include: Elections; Democracy; Political attitudes; Electoral behavior; Electoral rules
Tinkler, Justine
Professor, Sociology
Distinguished Scholar, Owens Institute for Behavioral Research
website | jtinkler@uga.edu
Research Interests include gender and race policy intervention, sexual harassment, and discrimination
Young, Henry
Vice Provost for Academic and Community Engagement and Professor, Clinical & Administrative Pharmacy
website | hnyoung@uga.edu
Research Interests include health services research, medication use, health communication, minority, and underserved populations