Policy, Regulation, and Compliance
Abraham, Amanda
Michael and Caroline Fierman Professor, Public and International Affairs
Distinguished Scholar, 2014 GDPP Graduate, Owens Institute for Behavioral Research
website | aabraham@uga.edu
Research Interests include health policy, substance use disorder treatment, accessibility/quality of SUD treatment, organizational change, and maternal health
Ager, Mary
Associate Professor, Social Work
website | ager@uga.edu
Research Interests: Poverty, social policy, consumer debt, and social media
Aletraris, Lydia
Associate Research Scientist, Social Work
Distinguished Scholar, Owens Institute for Behavioral Research
website | lydia@uga.edu
Research Interests: Substance use disorder treatment, cannabis legalization, opioid use disorder, health services research, human trafficking prevalence
Bagwell-Adams, Grace
Associate Professor, Health Policy and Management
website | gbagwell@uga.edu
Research Interests: food assistance policy, obesity policy, effect of health policy on vulnerable populations, program evaluation
Baker III, Thomas
Professor, Kinesiology
2013-15 GDP Participant, Owens Institute for Behavioral Research
website | tab3@uga.edu
Research Interests: how commercial laws influence sport marking, and on risk management in two specialized areas: (a) preventing sexual abuse in youth sports and (b) terrorism management at sports facilities
Bradford, W. David
Busbee Chair in Public Policy, Public Administration and Policy
website | bradfowd@uga.edu
Research Interests include health economics, health policy, substance use policy, and cannabis policy
Brosius, Peter
Professor, Anthropology
Distinguished Scholar, Owens Institute for Behavioral Research
website | pbrosius@uga.edu
Research Interests include environmental anthropology, cultural politics of conversation, political ecology, hunter-gatherers, transnational environmental movements and institutions, and human ecology in SE Asia
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
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
Coverdill, James
Meigs Professor, Sociology
website | jimcov@uga.edu
Research Interests include sociology of work and organizations, work-hour reforms and surgical work
Dunnigan, Allison
Associate Professor, Social Work
website | allison.dunnigan@uga.edu
Research Interests include child welfare policy and services, foster care, and system responses to human trafficking
Fazlul, Ishtiaque
Assistant Professor, Health Policy & Management and International Affairs (Jointly)
website | ifazlul@uga.edu
Research Interests include: Health economics; Education economics
Foohey, Pamela
Professor, School of Law
website | pamela.foohey@uga.edu
Research Interests: Aging and Gerontology, Bias, Discrimination, and Inequality, Emotion, Gender, Marriage, Family, and Close Relationships, Mental Health, Networks, Organizations, Physical Health and Well-being, Policy, Regulation, and Compliance, Sexuality and Sexual Identity, Substance Use and Addiction, Survey Methods, Work and Occupations
Gibbs, Daniel
Assistant Professor, School of Social Work
website | dangibbs@uga.edu
Research Interests include: Child well-being; Professional decision-making; Foster care; Data science; Social work and the law
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
Graizbord, Diana
Assistant Professor, Sociology
website | dgraizbord@uga.edu
Research Interests include sociology of science, political sociology, globalization, and development and social change
Hetherington, Emma
Clinical Associate Professor, School of Law
website | ehether@uga.edu
Research Interests: Policy, Regulation, and Compliance, Prevention and Implementation Science, Survey Methods, Youth, Adolescence, and Emerging Adulthood
Holloway, Steven
Professor, Geography
website | holloway@uga.edu
Research Interests include the geography of youth labor markets, the impact of public housing on the geographies of poverty and crime, and the geographically contingent nature of discrimination in mortgage lending
Jung, Daniel
Assistant Professor, Health Policy & Management
2021-23 GDP Participant, Owens Institute for Behavioral Research
website | daniel.jung1@uga.edu
Research Interests include quality of care, long-term care/post-acute care, Medicare/Medicaid policy, unnecessary health care utilization, health disparities, and machine learning methods
Lapegna, Pablo
Associate Professor, Sociology
2023-2025 Grant Development Program Participant
website | plapegna@uga.edu
Research Interests include: Environmental and rural sociology; Social movements; Political sociology; Health
Li, Niying
Assistant Professor, Clinical & Administrative Pharmacy
website | niying.li@uga.edu
Research Interests include: Aging and Gerontology, Immigration, Policy, Regulation, and Compliance, Survey Methods
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
Porumbescu, Gregory
Associate Professor, Public Administration and Policy
website | greg.porumbescu@uga.edu
Research Interests: Assessment and Evaluation, Bias, Discrimination, and Inequality, Communication, Computational Methods, Experimental Methods, Geographic Information Systems, Policy, Regulation, and Compliance, Work and Occupations
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
Sheagley, Geoffrey
Associate Professor, Political Science
website | geoff.sheagley@uga.edu
Research Interests include political psychology, political polarization, decision-making, and political knowledge
Singh, Shane
Professor, International Affairs
website | singh@uga.edu
Research Interests include: Elections; Democracy; Political attitudes; Electoral behavior; Electoral rules
Song, Suhang
Assistant Professor, Health Policy & Management
website | suhang.song@uga.edu
Research Interests include: Health disparities; Health policy; Health economics; Non-communicable diseases; Cognitive aging
Thapa, Janani
Associate Professor, Health Policy & Management
website | jrthapa@uga.edu
Research Interests include policy oriented research primarily field and community based research, program planning and evaluation, and application of behavioral economics in addressing childhood obesity and food behavior
Xie, Lusi
Assistant Professor, Agricultural and Applied Economics
website | lusi.xie@uga.edu
Research Interests include: Behavioral economics; Agri-environmental policies; Ecosystem services
Zeng, Yingying
Assistant Professor, Social Work
website | yzeng@uga.edu
Research Interests include: Assessment and Evaluation, Bias, Discrimination, and Inequality, Gender, Immigration, Mental Health, Policy, Regulation, and Compliance, Youth, Adolescence, and Emerging Adulthood