Address: Family Science Center II (House D), 405 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: jatiles@fcs.uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-4164
Fax: 706-542-4843

Research: Evaluating the effect of different training curricula and strategies on early childhood educators' teaching practices

Outreach: Early brain development; developmentally appropriate early childhood education; teaching basic health and safety to young children; activities to teach young children about nutrition and physical activity; grandparents raising grandchildren

Teaching: Introduction to child development, creative activities for young children

Address: 222 Hoke Smith Annex, 300 Carlton St, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: dbales@uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-7566
Fax: 706-542-1799

Interests: Conflict resolution among Latino couples and families, culturally responsive therapy, the relationship between race, class and gender, and qualitative research.

Address: 101 Family Science Center (House A), 403 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: mbermude@uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-3296
Fax: 706-542-4843

Outreach: Parenting education, adolescent development and risk-taking, childhood injury prevention, sexuality education, gerontology.

Address: 329 Hoke Smith Annex, 300 Carlton St, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: dbower@uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-7566
Fax: 706-542-1799

Address: Center for Family Research, 1095 College Station Rd., Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: gbrody@uga.edu
Phone: 706-425-2985
Fax: 706-425-2992

Interests: Cancers effecting women, family support and health communication, cancer prevention among rural African American women.

Address: 205 Family Science Center (House A), 403 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: sburwell@uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-4897
Fax: 706-542-4843

Research: Family-School Relations; Early Childhood Health and Safety

Teaching: Family-School-Community; Family Policy; Parent Education and Child Guidance; Classroom Behavior Managaement; Student Teaching Supervision; Internship Coordination

Address: 203 Family Science Center II (House D), 405 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: mcoleman@fcs.uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-4899
Fax: 706-542-4843

Research: Military Family & Youth Resilience, Ethics, Relational Ethics,Aging & Well Being, Veterans Care, Marriage and Family Therapy, Substance Abuse

Teaching: Have taught courses in Human Resources Management, Public Relations, Communication, Public Speaking, and Human Development

Address: 261 Dawson Hall, 305 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: jlford@uga.edu
Phone: 540-257-5511
Fax: 706-542-0032

Research: Applied research related to understanding healthy couple/marital relationships and positive parenting practices across various contexts in order to inform program development, and evaluating the efficacy of family life programs.

Outreach: Relationship and marriage enrichment education, parenting education, stepfamily relationships, supporting community collaborations to cultivate healthy families, and children and families at risk.

Address: 227 Hoke Smith Annex, 300 Carlton St, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: tfutris@uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-7566
Fax: 706-542-1799

Research: Developing and testing an interdisciplinary financial and relational counseling intervention. Meditation and family therapy.

Interests: Qualitative research methods, discourse analysis of therapeutic discourse, hypnosis.

Address: 107 Family Science Center 1 (House A), 403 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: jgale@fcs.uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-8435
Fax: 706-542-4843

Address: 231 Hoke Smith Annex, 300 Carlton St, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: smsgibs@uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-8879
Fax: 706-542-1799

Address: 103 Dawson Hall, 305 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: jlgonyea@uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-4830

Address: 115 Dawson Hall, 305 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: nhollett@uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-4844
Fax: 706-542-4389

Research: Parent-child communication; cognition and emotion in parenting; culture and socio-emotional development; premature infants.

Teaching: Prenatal and infant development; theories and issues in human development; statistical analysis.

Address: 206 Family Science Center (House A), 403 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: hchin@uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-2636
Fax: 706-542-4489

Interests: Home-based therapy with low income families, the therapeutic alliance, process research, quantitative research methods, and methods of engaging families in treatment who traditionally do not benefit from family therapy.

Address: 207 Family Science Center 1 (House A), 403 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: ljohnson@fcs.uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-4821
Fax: 706-542-4843

Research: Parent relationships, redefining parent involvement

Outreach: Serves on Childcare Resource and Referral Agency of Northeast Georgia Advisory Committee, member of Partners for a Prosperous Athens' Early Childhood Implementation Team, serves on Athens Technical College Advisory Board

Teaching: Positive Guidance in the Classroom Setting

Address: 209 Child Development Lab, 202 Carlton St, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: amykay@fcs.uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-4921

Research: Family-centered prevention programming for rural African Americans; gene-environment interaction; African American men's HIV related behavior

Interests: Cycling

Address: 106 Family Science Center II (House D), 405 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: smkogan@uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-1297

Research: How socioeconomic status and education levels impact human development and family processes

Teaching: Sociology of the Family, Family Development, Lifespan Development, Black Families, Adolescence, Social Problems, Introduction to Sociology

Interests: Running and Cycling

Address: 117 Dawson Hall, 305 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: mlpotts@uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-4859
Fax: 706-542-4389

Research: My research focus is on aging, culture, and intergenerational relations.

Teaching: Students in my gerontology classes learn about aging and they learn how to apply their knowledge to real life situations through engaging in service-learning or oral history projects.

Address: 112A Dawson Hall, 305 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: deniseclewis@gmail.com
Phone: 706-542-0254

Address: 123 Dawson Hall, 305 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: mancini@fcs.uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-4844

Research: My research focuses on the predictors and consequences of various parenting behaviors. Specifically, I am interested in the ways in which parenting is associated with adolescent delinquency, risky sexual behavior, and dating violence.

Teaching: Each fall and spring I teach a large section of CHFD 2100: Intro to Family Development. In the fall I teach CHFD 6640: Family Issues, a graduate seminar.

Interests: parenting styles, intergenerational transmission of violence and other problem behaviors, contextual factors that mediate/moderate the relationship between parenting and developmental outcomes for adolescents/emerging adults.

Address: 208 Family Science Center (House A), 403 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: lgsimons@uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-4855
Fax: 706-542-4389

Research: Early childhood education, family involvement, families and hospitalized children

Teaching: Child development, early childhood education, and hospitalized child and the family, professional development and community activities

Interests: My interests include research in the areas of early childhood issues and hospitalized children and their families along with training early childhood teachers and child life specialists.

Address: 201 Family Science Center II (House D), 405 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: cwallinga@fcs.uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-4930
Fax: 706-542-4843

Address: 202 Family Science Center II (House D), 405 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: dwright@fcs.uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-4825
Fax: 706-542-4389

Interests: The hospital experience for children and their families, the effects of a child

Advisory Committee: Dr. Charlotte Wallinga, Dr. David Wright

Address: 1010 Dawson Hall, 305 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: Hillary.bauer@gmail.com

Interests: Religion in families and children with cancer

Advisory Committee: Charlie Wallinga

Address: 024 Institute for Human Development and Disability, 850 College Station Rd., Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: daburch@uga.edu
Phone: 706-389-6166

Interests: Infancy Literacy and Language Development

Address: 204 Family Science Center II (House D), 405 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: mkdawgg@uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-4087

Interests: Child, maternal and family health issues

Address: 261 Dawson Hall, 305 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: neila@uga.edu
Phone: 770-402-6060

Address: 373 Dawson Hall, 305 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: cmlewis1@uga.edu
Phone: 706-206-0400

Address: 123 Dawson Hall, 305 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: brantm@uga.edu
Phone: 478-318-9278

Interests: Aggression in adolescent males, intimate partner violence

Advisory Committee: Dr. Leslie Gordon Simons, Dr. David Wright, and Dr. Ron Simons

E-Mail: tsasser@uga.edu

Interests: coping skills for children with chronic illnesses

Advisory Committee: Dr. Wallinga

Address: 101 Family Science Center II (House D), 405 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: lshinn08@uga.edu
Phone: 806-789-1128

Address: 373 Dawson Hall, 305 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: astewa22@uga.edu
Phone: 404-401-6392

Interests: End of Life care and Hospice programs for children

Advisory Committee: Dr. Charlie Wallinga

E-Mail: kdwagner@uga.edu

Interests: Marriage Preparation with African American couples; African American couples & sexual health communication; Clergy & HIV prevention

Advisory Committee: Jerry E. Gale, Ph.

E-Mail: tmaholou@gmail.com

Interests: Parenting; Adolescence; Affluent Families

Address: 103A Dawson Hall, 305 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: alarnold@uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-6873

Interests: Applied research for marriage and relationship strengthening; premarital education; commitment and sacrifice in couple relationships

Address: 225 Hoke Smith Annex, 300 Carlton St, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: awbarton@uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-8413

Interests: Developmental sensitization of traditional family therapy models; effectiveness of play in family therapy; linking child development theory/research to practice of child therapy

Advisory Committee: Dr. Lynda Walters, Dr. Maria Bermudez, and Dr. David Wright

E-Mail: ambr@uga.edu

Interests: diversity

Address: 112 Dawson Hall, 305 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: hmchen@uga.edu
Phone: 706-461-4324

Interests: Caregiving in old age; men's construction of aging self as a caregiver

Advisory Committee: Dr. Denise C. Lewis, Dr. Lynda Walters and Dr. Velma Mcbride Murry

E-Mail: wonjee@uga.edu

Address: 123 Dawson Hall, 305 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: cdesandre@comcast.net
Phone: 770-664-2859

Interests: Late Adolescent / Early Adult intimacy, sexuality, and post-relationship coping styles

Advisory Committee: Dr. David Wright, Dr. Leslie Simons, Dr. Keith Campbell (Psychology)

Address: 103 Dawson Hall, 305 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: jflahive@uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-4939

Interests: Volatile Relationships of emerging adults

Address: 103A Dawson Hall, 305 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: msgordon@uga.edu
Phone: 561-512-2432

Interests: Guidance in Early Childhood; Inclusion; Family involvement for children with disabilities; Strengths-Based Guidance/Approaches; Deinstitutionalization

Advisory Committee: Dr. Zolinda Stoneman, Dr. Mariana Souto-Manning, Dr. Cindy Vail, and Dr. Jo Beth Allen

Address: G40 Institute for Human Development and Disability, 850 College Station Rd., Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: kgregg@ihdd.uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-4824

Interests: Policy, Adolescent Development, Brain Development, International work, particularly in developing countries.

Address: J.W. Fanning Building, 1240 S. Lumpkin, UGA, Athens, GA, 30602
E-Mail: hagues@cviog.uga.edu
Phone: 706-248-5996
Fax: 706-542-7007

Interests: The influences of parenting practices on problem behaviors among adolescents and college students & Dating preferences among college students

Address: 103 Dawson Hall, 305 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: dlhanc2@uga.edu
Phone: 606-219-8155

Interests: Sibling relationships, human sexuality, psychological androgyny, and eating disorders and the implications for family systems.

Advisory Committee: Dr. J. Maria Bermudez (Major Professor), Dr. David Wright

Address: 304 Child Development Lab, 202 Carlton St, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: lhjelm@uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-4486

Interests: International adoptees

Advisory Committee: Dr. Jerry Gale, Dr. Maria Bermudez, and Dr. David Wright

Address: 100 Child Development Lab, 202 Carlton St, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: jihyunk@uga.edu
Phone: 706-224-5664

Interests: Young children's ecological literacy; awareness of local and sustainable ways of living

Advisory Committee: Dr. Charlie Wallinga, Dr. Jo Beth Allen

Address: 101 Child Development Lab, 202 Carlton St, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: melli@uga.edu
Phone: 832-482-5771

Interests: Parent-adolescent relationships and family processes; ethnic and sociocultural influences on youth socialization and development

Advisory Committee: Dr. Leslie Simons, Major Professor

Address: 000 Dawson Hall, 305 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: antoinettelandor@yahoo.com
Phone: 337-802-2296

Interests: Early language and literacy development,

Advisory Committee: Dr. Mariana Souto-Manning, Dr. Stacey Neuharth-Pritchett, Dr. Charlotte Wallinga, and Dr. Mick Coleman

Address: 204 Family Science Center II (House D), 405 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: bo0302@uga.edu
Phone: 706-819-0226

Address: 373 Dawson Hall, 305 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: yenlin@uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-4939

Interests: Working with Cross-culture couples

Advisory Committee: Dr. Jerry Gale

Address: 101B Child Development Lab, 202 Carlton St, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: ffg2008@hotmail.com
Phone: 678-687-9627

Interests: Infant/Toddler Nutrition and Development

Advisory Committee: Dr. David Wright, Dr. Charlotte Wallinga, Dr. Diane Bales

Address: 2 Family Science Center II (House D), 405 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: mzlinz@uga.edu
Phone: 404-434-8363

Address: 000 Child Development Lab, 202 Carlton St, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: mam@uga.edu
Phone: 704-877-9631

Interests: Identity formation, Intergenerational transmissions of ethnic identity development among Black women, Residual effects of slavery on positive EID

Advisory Committee: Dr. Lee Johnson (Major Professor), Dr. J. Maria Bermudez, and Dr. David Wright

Address: 203 Child Development Lab, 202 Carlton St, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: cpn@uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-4486

Interests: Curriculum Development for Non-Traditional Students

Advisory Committee: Thomas Coleman, Ron Cervero, Charlotte Wallinga

Address: Family Science Center II (House D), 405 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: pnodine@uga.edu
Phone: 678-717-3819
Fax: 678-717-3923

Address: 208 Dawson Hall, 305 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: aobrien@uga.edu
Phone: 678-938-8862

Interests: Adolescent development and family therapy

Advisory Committee: Dr. Simons, Dr. Wright, Dr. Bermudez

E-Mail: 1Lparker@uga.edu

Interests: Grandmother-granddaughter relationships, intergenerational theory, marital enrichment, postmodern therapy models, and qualitative research

Advisory Committee: Dr. Denise C. Lewis (Major Professor), Dr.J. Maria Bermudez, Dr. David W. Wright

Address: 112B Dawson Hall, 305 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: dmpaulin@uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-4331

Interests: Medical Family Therapy; cancer research; infidelity

Advisory Committee: Dr. Stephanie Burwell, Dr. David Wright, and Dr. Charlie Wallinga

E-Mail: kstidham@uga.edu

Address: 116 Dawson Hall, 305 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: stinsonm@uga.edu
Phone: 706-461-9997

Interests: The transition to parenthood, parental knowledge acquisition, parental self-efficacy, infant social and emotional development, early brain development and cultural differences in parenting practices

Advisory Committee: Dr. Ted Futris, Dr. David Wright and Dr. Mick Coleman

Address: 306 Hoke Smith Annex, 300 Carlton St, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: hmstone@uga.edu
Phone: 706-583-0564
Fax: 770-662-8089

Address: A Family Science Center II (House D), 405 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: cwalker1@uga.edu
Phone: 706-319-1594

Interests: Adult eating disorders and their impact on the couple and parent-child relationship, the impact of illness and disability on couple and family relationships

Advisory Committee: Dr. Stephanie Burwell, Dr. Maria Bermudez, and Dr. David Wright

Address: Family Science Center (House A), 403 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: lzak@uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-2222

Address: 123 Dawson Hall, 305 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: dsadams@uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-4844

Address: 100 Family Science Center II (House D), 405 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: joallen@uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-4899
Fax: 706-542-4843

Address: 119 Dawson Hall, 305 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: sdcarte@uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-5394

Address: 123 Dawson Hall, 305 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: lswade@uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-4831
Fax: 706-542-4389

Address: 210 Child Development Lab, 202 Carlton St, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: tamberg@uga.edu
Phone: 706-583-0761

Address: 123 Child Development Lab, 202 Carlton St, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: phillipb@fcs.uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-4927

Address: 226 Child Development Lab, 202 Carlton St, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: cori@uga.edu
Phone: 706-583-0761

Address: 242 Child Development Lab, 202 Carlton St, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: dbyler@fcs.uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-4929

Address: 242 Child Development Lab, 202 Carlton St, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: dmcosta@fcs.uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-4920

Address: 24 Institute for Human Development and Disability, 850 College Station Rd., Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: mmariecov@yahoo.com
Phone: 706-542-7273
Fax: 706-583-0460

Address: 224 Child Development Lab, 202 Carlton St, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: vcown@fcs.uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-4927
Fax: 706-542-4843

Address: 243 Child Development Lab, 202 Carlton St, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: kathalen@uga.edu
Phone: 706-583-0760

Address: 133 Child Development Lab, 202 Carlton St, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: chenara@uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-1225
Fax: 706-542-5096

Address: 227 Child Development Lab, 202 Carlton St, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: amyevans@uga.edu
Phone: 706-583-0760
Fax: 706-542-5096

Address: 228 Child Development Lab, 202 Carlton St, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: sgabriel97@yahoo.com
Phone: 706-542-4931
Fax: 706-542-5096

Address: Child Development Lab, 202 Carlton St, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: courtk@uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-4929

Address: Child Development Lab, 202 Carlton St, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: rmlopez@fcs.uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-4929

Address: 210 Child Development Lab, 202 Carlton St, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: ldmaerz@uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-4929
Fax: 706-542-5096

Address: 227 Child Development Lab, 202 Carlton St, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: heather@fcs.uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-4929
Fax: 706-542-5096

Address: 231 Child Development Lab, 202 Carlton St, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: mcdavid@fcs.uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-4929

Address: 221 Child Development Lab, 202 Carlton St, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: siobian@fcs.uga.edu
Phone: 706-583-0761

Address: YT Child Development Lab, 202 Carlton St, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: cmitchel@uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-4929

Address: 228 Child Development Lab, 202 Carlton St, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: jpeacock@fcs.uga.edu
Phone: 706-583-0761

Address: 23 Child Development Lab, 202 Carlton St, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: elpit@uga.edu
Phone: 706-583-0460

Address: 220 Child Development Lab, 202 Carlton St, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: adsmith@uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-4929
Fax: 706-542-5096

Address: 231 Child Development Lab, 202 Carlton St, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: psmith@fcs.uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-4933