International 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

Bang-Jensen, Bree

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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Chapman, Nathan

Associate Dean of Faculty Development, Professor, School of Law
website | nsc@uga.edu

Research Interests: Conflict, Crime and Corrections, Higher Education, International Relations

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Clay, Chad

Associate Professor, International Affairs
website | kcclay@uga.edu

Research Interests include international determinants of government respect for human rights, and effect of political processes surrounding human rights on other policy outcomes

Giovanni Dazzo

Dazzo, Giovanni

Assistant Professor, Lifelong Education, Administration & Policy
website | giovanni.dazzo@uga.edu

Research Interests include: Adolescents; Children and Youth; Culture; Education and Learning; LGBTQ; Methods Specialization

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Goulart, Pedro

Data Analyst, School of Social Work – CenHTRO
website | pedro.avila@uga.edu

Research Interests: Computational Methods, Conflict, Experimental Methods, Geographic Information Systems, International Relations, Networks, Organizations, Policy, Regulation, and Compliance, Survey Methods

Itai Himelboim

Himelboim, Itai

Professor, Advertising & Public Relations
Thomas C. Dowden Professor, Media Analytics
website | itai@uga.edu

Research Interests include social networks, social network analysis, political communication, and health communication

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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

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Owsiak, Andrew

Professor, International Affairs
website | aowsiak@uga.edu

Research Interests include countries fighting one another, peaceful relations, and ending conflict

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Samples, Tim

Professor, Insurance, Legal Studies, and Real Estate
website | tsamples@uga.edu

Research Interests: Cognition, Computational Methods, International Relations, Policy, Regulation, and Compliance