Identity

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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

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Bankert, Alexa

Associate Professor, Political Science
website | alexa.bankert@uga.edu

Research Interests: Bias, Discrimination, and Inequality, Cognition, Conflict, Emotion, Experimental Methods, Identity, Social Psychology, Survey Methods

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Chapman-Hilliard, Collette

Associate Professor, Counseling and Human Development Services
website | collette.hilliard@uga.edu

Research Interests include: Bias, Discrimination, and Inequality, Culture, Diversity, Higher Education, Identity, Mental Health, Mental Illness and Disorders, Survey Methods, Youth, Adolescence, and Emerging Adulthood

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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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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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Fisher, Sycarah

Associate Professor, Educational Psychology
2020-22 GDP Participant, Owens Institute for Behavioral Research
website | sycarah.fisher@uga.edu

Research Interests include substance use, minorities, African Americans, school mental health, and implementation science

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Gonlin, Vanessa

Assistant Professor, Sociology
website | vgonlin@uga.edu

Research Interests include African Americans, couples, and families

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Goodwin, Emma

Assistant Professor, Microbiology
website | emma.goodwin@uga.edu

Research Interests: Assessment and Evaluation, Bias, Discrimination, and Inequality, Diversity, Education and Learning, Higher Education, Identity, Mental Health, Social Psychology, STEM

Haas, Brian

Associate Professor, Psychology
website | bhaas@uga.edu

Research Interests include social and affective functioning in humans, decision making, and individual differences

Haire, Susan

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

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

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Lewis, Racheida

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

Research Interests: Bias, Discrimination, and Inequality, Diversity, Education and Learning, Higher Education, Identity, STEM

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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

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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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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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

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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

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