IBR
Institute for Behavioral Research Directory

Administration | Fellows | Associate Fellows | Staff

The Institute for Behavioral Research currently has 65 Faculty Fellows and 6 Staff Members. The collaborative nature of research at the Institute is reflected in the make-up of IBR’s personnel who come from 21 Departments and Schools across campus.


Administration

Steven R. H. Beach, Ph.D. (Director)
Ph: (706) 542-1806
srhbeach@uga.edu

Steve Beach assumed the position of Director of the Institute in 2003. He also holds the academic rank of Distinguished Research Professor of Psychology.

James MacKillop, Ph.D. (Associate Director)
Ph: (706) 542-3033
jmackill@uga.edu

The Institute operates under the leadership of a Director (Steven Beach) in consultation with an Executive Committee:

Executive Committee:

Gene Brody, Ph.D. (Human Development and Family Science)
Lillian Eby, Ph.D. (Psychology)
James MacKillop, Ph.D. (Psychology)
Paul Roman, Ph.D. (Sociology)
Ron Simons, Ph.D. (Sociology)


Faculty Fellows

Members of the Institute attend seminars, exchang ideas, conduct their own research, write grant proposals and participate in one or more of 6 centers or study groups.

Donna Alvermann, Ph.D.
Language and Literacy Education
Ph: (706) 542-2718
dalverma@uga.edu

Scott Ardoin, Ph.D.
School Psychology
Ph: (706) 542-4110
spardoin@uga.edu

Jim Bason, Ph.D.
Survey Research Center
Ph: (706) 542-9082
Jbason@uga.edu

Steven Beach, Ph.D.
Psychology
Ph: (706) 542-1806
srhbeach@uga.edu

Ron Blount, Ph.D.
Psychology
Ph: (706) 542-3012
rlblount@uga.edu

Anne K. Bothe, Ph.D.
Com. Sciences & Disorders
Ph: (706) 542-0436
abothe@uga.edu

Barry Bozeman, Ph.D.
Public Administration & Policy
Ph: (706) 583-5570
bbozeman@uga.edu

Brian Bride, Ph.D.
Social Work
Ph: (706) 542-5425
bbride@uga.edu

Gene Brody, Ph.D.
Human Development and Family Science
Ph: (706) 425-2982
gbrody@uga.edu

Peter Brosius, Ph.D.
Center for Integrative
Conservation Research
Ph: (706) 542-1743
pbrosius@uga.edu

Anita Brown, Ph.D.
Center for Family Research
Ph: (706) 425-2996
anitab@uga.edu

Chalandra Bryant, Ph.D
Human Development and Family Science
Ph: (706) 542-4164
cmb84@uga.edu

Karen Calhoun, Ph.D.
Psychology
Ph: (706) 542-1173
kcalhoun@uga.edu

Keith Campbell, Ph.D.
Psychology
Ph: (706) 542-1429
wkc@uga.edu

Martha Carr, Ph.D.
Educational Psychology
Ph: (706) 542-4504
mmcarr@uga.edu

Jody Clay-Warner, Ph.D.
Sociology
Ph: (706) 542-3217
jclayw@uga.edu

Brett Clementz, Ph.D.
Psychology
Ph: (706) 542-4376
clementz@uga.edu

Celeste M. Condit, Ph.D.
Communication Studies
Ph: (706) 542-3262
ccondit@uga.edu

Phaedra Corso , Ph.D.
Health Policy and Management
Ph: (706) 583-8926
pcorso@uga.edu

Lillian Eby, Ph.D.
Psychology
Ph: (706) 542-0378
leby@uga.edu

Rex Forehand, Ph.D.
Regents Professor Emeritus
Ph: (802) 656-8674 [University of Vermont]
rex.forehand@uvm.uga.edu

Adam Goodie, Ph.D.
Psychology
Ph: (706) 542-6624
goodie@uga.edu

Steven Holloway, Ph.D.
Geography
Ph: (706) 542-4109
holloway@uga.edu

Phil Holmes, Ph.D.
Psychology
Ph: (706) 542-3105
pvholmes@uga.edu

Andy Horne, Ph.D.
College of Education - Dean Emeritus/Professor Emeritus
Ph: (706) 542-4107
Ahorne@uga.edu

Hui-Chin Hsu, Ph.D.
Human Development and Family Science
Ph: (706) 542-2636
hchin@fcs.uga.edu

Maureen Killeen, Ph.D.
SONAT - Emeritus
Ph: (706) 549-4421
mkilleen@mail.mcg.edu

Steve Kogan, Ph.D.
Center for Family Research
Ph: (706) 425-2979
smkogan@uga.edu

Chuck Lance, Ph.D.
Psychology
Ph: (706) 542-3053
clance@uga.edu

James MacKillop, Ph.D.
Clinical Psychology
Ph: (706) 542-3033
jmackill@uga.edu

Jay Mancini, Ph.D.
Human Development and Family Science
Ph: (706) 542-4844
mancini@fcs.uga.edu

Thomas McNulty, Ph.D.
Sociology
Ph: (706) 542-3194
tmcnulty@uga.edu

Jennifer Monahan, Ph.D.
Communication Studies
Ph: (706) 542-3257
jmonahan@uga.edu

Jerome Morris, Ph.D.
Social Foundations of Education
Ph: (706) 542-8117
jemorris@uga.edu

Jessica Muilenburg, Ph.D.
Health Promotion & Behavior
Ph: (706) 542-4365
jlm@uga.edu

Virginia Nazarea, Ph.D.
Anthropology
Ph: (706) 542-3852
vnazarea@uga.edu

Stacey M. Neuharth-Pritchett, Ph.D.
Educational Psychology & Instrucational Technology
Ph: (706) 542-4247
sneuhart@uga.edu

Pamela Orpinas, Ph.D.
Health Promotion & Behavior
Ph: (706) 542-4372
porpinas@uga.edu

Linda Renzullli, Ph.D.
Sociology
Ph: (706) 542-3213
renzulli@uga.edu

Dawn T. Robinson, Ph.D.
Sociology
Ph: (706) 542-8948
sodawn@uga.edu

Paul Roman, Ph.D.
Sociology
Ph: (706) 542-6090
Proman@uga.edu

Jennifer Samp, Ph.D.
Communication Studies
Ph: (706) 542-3246
jasamp@uga.edu

Leslie Simons, Ph.D.
Human Development and Family Science
Ph: (706) 542-4855
lgsimons@uga.edu

Ron Simons, Ph.D.
Sociology
Ph: (706) 542-3232
rsimons@uga.edu

Abraham Tesser, Ph.D.
Research Professor of
Psychology, Emeritus
Ph: (706) 542-6287
Atesser@uga.edu

Kecia Thomas, Ph.D.
Psychology
Ph: (706) 542-0057
kthomas@uga.edu

Robert Vandenberg, Ph.D.
Terry College
Ph: (706) 542-3720
rvandenb@uga.edu

Kandauda (K.A.S.) Wickrama, Ph.D.
Human Development and Family Science
Ph: (706) 542-4844
wickrama@uga.edu

Gail M. Williamson, Ph.D.
Psychology
Ph:v(706) 542-3069
Lgmw@uga.edu


Mentoring Fellows

Faculty members who have not previously engaged or been successful in research grant writing. Applicants selected are "ready" to submit RO1 proposals as the principal investigator.

Sun Joo (Grace) Ahn, Ph.D.
Advertising - Grady College
Ph: (706) 542-0976
sjahn@uga.edu

Nathan Carter, Ph.D.
Psychology
Ph: (270) 993-9887
ntcarter@uga.edu

Brian Haas, Ph.D.
Psychology
Ph: (706)
bhaas@uga.edu

Kristina Jaskyte, Ph.D.
Social Work
(706) 583-0533
kjaskyte@uga.edu

Angela Fertig, Ph.D.
Public Administration and Policy
Ph: (706) 583-5571
afertig@uga.edu

LiJiang Shen, Ph.D.
Communication Studies
Ph: (706) 542-7257
lshen@uga.edu

Cheryl-Fields Smith, Ph.D.
Elementary & Social Studies Education
Ph: (706) 542-4244
cfields@uga.edu


Associate Fellows

Cliff Baile, Ph.D.
Animal & Dairy Science & Foods & Nutrition
Ph: (706) 542-4094
cbaile@uga.edu

Donna Bliss, Ph.D.
Social Work
Ph: (706) 542-2585
dlbliss@uga.edu

W. David Bradford, Ph.D.
Ph: (706) 542-2731
bradford@uga.edu

Duska Franic, Ph.D.
Clinical & Administrative Pharmacy
Ph: (706) 542-1132
dfranic@mail.rx.uga.edu

Kelly Happe , Ph.D.
Speech Communication
Ph: (706) 542-4893
phappe@uga.edu

Schanavia Hatcher, Ph.D.
Social Work
Ph: (706) 542-2254
shatcher@uga.edu

Ming-Jun Lai, Ph.D.
Ph: (706) 542-2065
mjlai@math.uga.edu

Tanja Laschober, Ph.D.
Ph: (706) 542-4554
tanja@uga.edu

Joshua Miller , Ph.D.
Psychology
Ph: (706) 542-3026
jdmiller@uga.edu

David Mustard, Ph.D.
Ph: (706) 542-3624
mustard@uga.edu

Suneeti Nathani, Ph.D.
Communication Sciences & Disorders
Phone: (706) 542-4602

snathani@uga.edu

Dean Sabatinelli, Ph.D.
Psychology
Ph: (706) 542- 3094
sabat@uga.edu

Anne Shaffer, Ph.D.
Psychology
Ph: (706) 542-5982
ashaffer@uga.edu

Cindy Suveg, Ph.D.
Psychology
Ph: (705) 583-5544
csuveg@uga.edu

Affiliate Fellows

Nader Amir (U C San Diego)

Frank Fincham (FSU)

Tera Hurt, Ph.D.

Hannah Knudsen (U of Kentucky)

Lilly McNair (Emory)

Staff

Georganne Gonzalez - Main Office
Ph: (706) 542-1806
georgann@uga.edu

Jinn-Jonp (JJ) Bau, Ph.D.
Program Specialist
Ph: (706) 542-6094
jjbau@uga.edu

Phyliss Ball
Sr. Accountant
Ph: (706) 542-3493
prball@uga.edu

Sandra (Sandy) Gary
Assistant Director
Ph: (706) 542-6100
sgary@uga.edu

Diane Salum
Sr. Accountant
Ph: (706) 542-6027
dsalum@uga.edu

Kim Silvis
Grant Coordinator II
Ph: (706) 542-6078
ksilvis@uga.edu

 

 

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