Social Psychology

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Abney, Drew

Associate Professor, Psychology
Distinguished Scholar, Owens Institute for Behavioral Research
2023 OIBR Rising Star Award Recipient
2020-22 GDP Participant, Owens Institute for Behavioral Research
website | drew.abney@uga.edu

Research Interests include sensorimotor development, human interaction, emotion regulation, time series analysis, and language development

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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

Ahn, Sun Joo (Grace)

Professor, Advertising
website | sjahn@uga.edu

Research Interests include Interactive digital media; communications; social interactions; virtual experiences; STEM

Arroyo, Analisa

Professor, Communication Studies
2015-17 GDP Participant, Owens Institute for Behavioral Research
website | arroyo@uga.edu

Research Interests include intergenerational transmission of body image issues and its relation to mental and physical health outcomes (e.g. depression, eating disorders, overweight/obesity, exercise, dieting, etc.) among grandmother-mother-daughter triads

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Azevedo, Renato Ferreira Leitao

Assistant Professor, Institute of Gerontology / EPIBIO
website | renato.azevedo@uga.edu

Research Interests: Aging and Gerontology, Assessment and Evaluation, Bias, Discrimination, and Inequality, Chronic Disease, Cognition, Communication, Computational Methods, Education and Learning, Emotion, Exercise, Experimental Methods, Media, Mental Health, Mental Illness and Disorders, Physical Health and Well-being, Risk Behaviors, Social Psychology, STEM, Survey Methods

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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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

Bub, Kristen

Professor, Educational Psychology
website | kristen.bub@uga.edu

Research Interests include social competence, self-regulation, executive function, early childhood, and research methods

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Cacciatore, Michael

Associate Professor and Assistant Department Head, Advertising & Public Relations
website | mcacciat@uga.edu

Research Interests include science communication, risk communication, and framing

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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

Dolan, Erin

Meigs Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Distinguished Scholar, Owens Institute for Behavioral Research
2023 OIBR Lillian Eby Mentoring Award Recipient
website | eldolan@uga.edu

Research Interests include research training, mentorship, and career development

Emerson, Kerstin Gerst

Clinical Professor, Health Policy & Management
website | emerson@uga.edu

Research Interests include aging, social isolation, loneliness among older adults, social engagement for seniors, and minority aging

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Fan, Lu

Associate Professor, Financial Planning, Housing and Consumer Economics
website | lufan@uga.edu

Research Interests include: Aging and Gerontology, Assessment and Evaluation, Cognition, Education and Learning, Emotion, Gender, Mental Health, Personality, Social Psychology, Survey Methods, Youth, Adolescence, and Emerging Adulthood

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Gay, Jennifer

Associate Professor, Health Promotion & Behavior
website | jlgay@uga.edu

Research Interests include physical activity, social environment, physical environment, and coastal resilience

Goodie, Adam

Professor, Psychology and Associate Dean Franklin College of Arts & Sciences
Distinguished Scholar, Owens Institute for Behavioral Research
website | goodie@uga.edu

Research Interests include decision-making, gambling, personality, and cognition

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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

Han, Jeong-Yeob

Associate Professor, Advertising
website | jeonghan@uga.edu

Research Interests include eHealth communication, social media, online communities, cancer communication, and media effects

Han, Seung-hyun (Caleb)

Associate Professor, Lifelong Education, Administration, & Policy
website | calebhan@uga.edu

Research Interests include knowledge sharing, organization learning, quantitative research, social capital, and social network analysis

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Howe, Chad

Professor, Linguistics/Romance Languages/Latin American and Caribbean Studies
website | chowe@uga.edu

Research Interests: Communication, Computational Methods, Diversity, Immigration, Social Psychology

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Murphy, Patricia

Instructor, School of Law
website | trish.murphy@uga.edu

Research Interests: Conflict, Emotion, Maltreatment and Trauma, Marriage, Family, and Close Relationships, Mental Health, Social Psychology

Nowak, Glen

Professor, Advertising Public Relations
Co-director, Grady College Center for Health & Risk Communications
website | gnowak@uga.edu

Research Interests include health communication, infectious and vaccine preventable disease communication

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Robertson, Melissa

Assistant Professor, Psychology
website | mrobertson@uga.edu

Research Interests include: Social relationships; Mentoring and supervision; Diversity and inclusion; Health and well-being; Measurement and methodology

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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Slatcher, Richard

Gail M. Williamson Distinguished Professor, Psychology
website | richard.slatcher@uga.edu

Research Interests include social relationships, health and well-being, asthma, and psychoneuroimmunology

Tinkler, Justine

Professor, Sociology
website | jtinkler@uga.edu

Research Interests include gender and race policy intervention, sexual harassment, and discrimination

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