Robinson selected as New Director of Faculty Development

Dawn Robinson, Director of Faculty Development

Owens Institute for Behavioral Research appoints Dawn T. Robinson as the new Director of Faculty Development.

Dr. Robinson, Professor of Sociology, is an OIBR distinguished scholar and has been a vital member of the institute since 2004. She founded and co-directs the Laboratory for the Study of Social Interaction and the Computational Social Science Work Group. She has been actively involved at the Institute for many years and was recently honored with the “OIBR Service Legacy Award”.

The faculty development director leads the 2-year Grant Development Program within the institute preparing UGA faculty participants to compete successfully for extramural funding.

Dawn has tremendous expertise to bring to the GDP, including a longstanding history of funding from NSF, US Department of the Interior, Office of Naval Research, and Army Research Office.

Dr. Robinson will be replacing Steven M. Kogan, Athletic Association Professor of Human Development, who has held the position for the last eleven years.

Read more about the OIBR Grant Development Program.

For more info. about Dr. Robinson, go here.