Youth, Adolescence, and Emerging Adulthood
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
Abraham, Anna
E. Paul Torrance Professor, Educational Psychology
website | anna.abraham@uga.edu
Research Interests include creativity, imagination, neuroscience, neuropsychology, and cognition
Adah Miller, Emily
Assistant Professor, Mathematics, Science, and Social Studies Education
website | emily.adahmiller@uga.edu
Research Interests include: Culture, Diversity, Education and Learning, Environment and Ecosystems, STEM
Bagdy, Lauren
Assistant Professor, Workforce Education and Instructional Technology
website | lauren.bagdy@uga.edu
Research Interests include: Assessment and Evaluation, Education and Learning, Higher Education, Youth, Adolescence, and Emerging Adulthood
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
Banks, Leon
Assistant Professor, Social Work
website | banks03@uga.edu
Research Interests include: Bias, Discrimination, and Inequality, Culture, Diversity, Mental Health, Youth, Adolescence, and Emerging Adulthood
Bub, Kristen
Professor, Educational Psychology
website | kristen.bub@uga.edu
Research Interests include social competence, self-regulation, executive function, early childhood, and research methods
Chacon, Dustin
Assistant Professor, Linguistics
website | dustin.chacon@uga.edu
Research Interests include: Cognition, Experimental Methods, Infant and Child Development, Neuroscience
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
Ehrlich, Katie
Associate Professor, Psychology
Distinguished Scholar, Owens Institute for Behavioral Research
website | kehrlich@uga.edu
Research Interests include social determinants of health, inflammation, stress, and resilience
Elkins, Jennifer
Associate Professor, Social Work
website | jelkins@uga.edu
Research Interests include sexual abuse and child maltreatment, interpersonal and multigenerational trauma, violence and loss, PTSD and trauma related disorders, ecological/transactional and risk/resilience processes across the lifespan, and culturally congruent research and practice
Ellis, Amy
Professor, Mathematics, Science, and Social Studies Education
website | amyellis@uga.edu
Research Interests include: Cognition, Education and Learning, Youth, Adolescence, and Emerging Adulthood
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
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
Fusco, Rachel
Associate Professor, Social Work
website | rachel.fusco@uga.edu
Research Interests include substance use, child maltreatment, and domestic violence
Galvan, Thania
Assistant Professor, Psychology
website | thania.galvan@uga.edu
Research Interests include: Mental health disparities; Latinx youth & families; Latinx immigrants; Traumatic stress; Risk & Resilience pathways
Geier, Charles
Professor, Human Development and Family Science
website | Charles.Geier@uga.edu
Research Interests include: Cognition, Computational Methods, Diversity, Emotion, Experimental Methods, Food & Nutrition, Mental Health, Mental Illness and Disorders, Networks, Neuroscience, Obesity, Physical Health and Well-being, Psychophysiology, Risk Behaviors, Substance Use and Addiction, Youth, Adolescence, and Emerging Adulthood
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
Gibbs, Jeremy
Associate Professor, Social Work
website | jeremy.gibbs@uga.edu
Research Interests include sexual minority youth, behavioral health, and technology informed methodology
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
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
Johnson, Tracey
Assistant Professor, History
website | tdjohnson@uga.edu
Research Interests include: Crime and Corrections, Culture, Diversity, Education and Learning, Gender, Youth, Adolescence, and Emerging Adulthood
Kogan, Steve
Professor, Human Development and Family Science
Distinguished Scholar, Owens Institute for Behavioral Research
2021 OIBR Mentoring Legacy Award Recipient
website | smkogan@uga.edu
Research Interests include Black youth, adolescent development, mental health, and racial discrimination
Koss, Kalsea
Assistant Professor, Human Development & Family Science
website | kalsea.koss@uga.edu
Research Interests include stress, adversity, puberty, developmental psychopathology, epigenetics, and resilience
Lavner, Justin
Professor, Psychology
Distinguished Scholar, Owens Institute for Behavioral Research
2022 OIBR Rising Star Award Recipient
2015-17 GDP Participant
website | lavner@uga.edu
Research Interests include couples, families, prevention, health disparities and LGBTQ
Lieberman-Betz, Rebecca
Professor, Communication Sciences & Special Education
website | rglb@uga.edu
Research Interests include special needs, parent responsibility, communication development, autism spectrum disorder, developmental disabilities, early childhood, and special education
Liu, Liu
Assistant Research Scientist, Social Work
website | liuuil@uga.edu
Research Interests: Assessment and Evaluation, Computational Methods, Education and Learning, Experimental Methods, Marriage, Family, and Close Relationships, STEM, Survey Methods, Youth, Adolescence, and Emerging Adulthood
Mammadov, Sakhavat
Associate Professor, Educational Psychology
website | smammadov@uga.edu
Research Interests include: Education and Learning, Emotion, Experimental Methods, Personality, Physical Health and Well-being, STEM, Youth, Adolescence, and Emerging Adulthood
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
Muilenburg, Jessica
Professor and Interim Department Head, Health Promotion & Behavior
website | jlm@uga.edu
Research Interests include risky behaviors, adolescents, young adults, and tobacco use
Neuharth-Pritchett, Stacey
Senior Associate Dean for Academic Programs, College of Education
Professor, Educational Psychology
Distinguished Scholar, Owens Institute for Behavioral Research
website | sneuhart@uga.edu
Research Interests include young children, poverty, health, Head Start, and ACEs
Noble, Emily
Associate Professor, Nutritional Sciences
website | emily.noble@uga.edu
Research Interests include: Cognition, Exercise, Food & Nutrition, Neuroscience, Obesity, Substance Use and Addiction, Youth, Adolescence, and Emerging Adulthood
Orpinas, Pamela
Professor, Health Promotion and Behavior
Distinguished Fellow, Owens Institute for Behavioral Research
website | porpinas@uga.edu
Research Interests include preventing family violence, dating aggression, and bullying; improving the lives of immigrant and underserved populations; identifying developmental trajectories of children and youth.
Oshri, Assaf
Professor, Human Development & Family Science
Distinguished Scholar, Owens Institute for Behavioral Research
website | oshri@uga.edu
Research Interests include early adversity and youth resilience
Robinson, Michael
Associate Professor, Social Work
website | marobi01@uga.edu
Research Interests include social problems, juvenile delinquency, urban communities, young adults, women in recovery, nutrition, self care, and health disparities
Rosenzweig, Emily
Associate Professor, Educational Psychology
2021-23 GDP Participant, Owens Institute for Behavioral Research
website | emily.rosenzweig@uga.edu
Research Interests include motivation, education, motivational interventions, STEM learning, and youth
Sanders, Ashley
Assistant Professor, Psychology
website | ashley.sanders@uga.edu
Research Interests: Bias, Discrimination, and Inequality, Cognition, Diversity, Environment and Ecosystems, Gender, Genetics and Epigenetics, Infant and Child Development, Infant and Maternal Health, Maltreatment and Trauma, Mental Health, Mental Illness and Disorders, Neuroscience, Psychophysiology, Youth, Adolescence, and Emerging Adulthood
Seock, Yoo-Kyoung
Professor, Textiles, Merchandising & Interiors
website | yseock@uga.edu
Research Interests include consumer psychology and behavior, cross-cultural study, and adolescents’ behavioral study
Shaffer, Anne
Professor, Psychology
Distinguished Scholar, Owens Institute for Behavioral Research
website | ashaffer@uga.edu
Research Interests include parenting, emotion regulation, measurement, and emotion socialization
Shannon, Sarah
Meigs Professor, Sociology
Director, Criminal Justice Studies
website | sshannon@uga.edu
Research Interests include criminal justice, punishment, monetary sanctions, and rural jails
Simons, Leslie Gordon
Meigs Professor, Sociology
Distinguished Scholar, Owens Institute for Behavioral Research
website | lgsimons@uga.edu
Research Interests include family, crime, and intimate partner violence
Suveg, Cynthia
Professor, Psychology
website | csuveg@uga.edu
Research Interests include child, family, and developmental psychopathology
Tate, Allan
Associate Professor, Epidemiology & Biostatistics
website | allan.tate@uga.edu
Research Interests: Bias, Discrimination, and Inequality, Chronic Disease, Computational Methods, Diversity, Environment and Ecosystems, Exercise, Food & Nutrition, Immigration, Infant and Child Development, Infant and Maternal Health, Maltreatment and Trauma, Mental Health, Physical Health and Well-being, Prevention and Implementation Science, Risk Behaviors, Survey Methods, Youth, Adolescence, and Emerging Adulthood
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