Research:
Workforce housing, Latino issues, indoor air quality, energy conservation and literacy, community and housing development, housing finance.

Outreach:
Affordable housing education programs, Natural Gas education for consumers, Radon Gas education, water quality and energy conservation.

Teaching:
Housing and Environment courses for county extension agents.

Interests:
Dr. Jorge H. Atiles is the Associate Dean for Outreach and Extension in the College of Family and Consumer Sciences at the University of Georgia. In addition, he serves as the Family and Consumer Sciences State Program Leader for Cooperative Extension and also provides leadership in Latino outreach for UGA Extension. Dr. Atiles' areas of extension work include cross cultural seminars in Latin America for UGA Extension Agents, educational programs on Radon Gas, Natural Gas, Energy, and Water quality. Aside from his research record in housing issues, some of Dr. Atiles’ most noted work has included securing external funding from state and federal agencies, developing networks for extension and conducting applied research on the needs of Georgia’s burgeoning Latino population. A recipient of the 2005 Walter Barnard Hill Award presented by UGA's Office of the Vice President for Public Service and Outreach, Dr. Atiles' work has been recognized with national awards from the US Environmental Protection Agency and several professional organizations. Prior to his tenure at UGA, Dr. Atiles worked as an architect and a planner with the National Housing Bank of the Dominican Republic, as a Housing Manager of federal housing programs in Athens-Clarke County and as adjunct faculty in the College of Architecture at the UNPHU, Dominican Republic.

Education:

Selected Publications/Presentations:

James III, R., & Atiles, J.H. (2008). The transitioning nature of Hispanic renters. Housing Policy Debate, 19(1), 177-206.

Bohon, S., Atiles, J.H., & Stamps, K. (2008). Transportation and migrant adjustment in Georgia. Population Research and Policy Review, 27(3), 273-291.

Opoku, A., Mauldin, T., Sweaney, A., Bachtel, D., Atiles, J.H., & Eaves, C. (2006). Predisposing, enabling, and needs predictors of community versus institutional long-term care. Journal of Housing for the Elderly, 20(1/2), 133-154.

Marlowe, J., & Atiles, J.H. (2005). Consumer fraud associated with driver's license policy regarding Latino immigrants. Journal of Latin American Urban Studies, 7(1), 1-21.

Marlowe, J., & Atiles, J.H. (2005). Consumer fraud and Latino immigrant consumers in the United States. International Journal of Consumer Studies, 29(5), 391-400.

 Bohon, S.A., Macpherson, H., & Atiles, J.H. (2005). Education Barriers for New Latinos in Georgia. Journal of Latinos and Education, 4(1), 43-58.

Sweaney, A.L., Manley, K.S., Atiles, J.H., Bachtel, D.C., Cude, B.J., Ragsdale, M.G., Rodgers, T.F., Tinsley, K.L., Valente, J.S. and Shelton, G.G. (2004). Rural Workforce Housing: Perceived Barriers and Incentives for Development. Housing and Society, 31(1).

Atiles, J.H., & Bohon, S.A. (2003). Camas Calientes: Housing adjustments and barriers to social and economic adaptation among Georgia�s rural Latinos. In R. Saenz & C. Torres (Guest Eds.), Special Issue: Latinos in the South, Southern Rural Sociology, v.19(1).

Atiles, J.H., Wysocki, J.L., & Tremblay, K.R. (2003). Energy Star�: Introducing a new cooperative extension partnership. Housing & Society, 30(1), 59-68.

Parrott, K., Atiles, J.H., & Vogel, M. (2005). Home Environments and Health (Chapter 3). In Housing and Education Research Association (Ed.), Introduction to Housing. Prentice-Hall.

 Atiles, J.H. (2003). Cultural influences on housing (a section in Chapter 2, Influences on housing). In E. Lewis & C. Turner (Eds.), Housing Decisions (8th ed.). Tinley Park, IL: The Goodheart-Wilcox Company, Inc. pp. 51-53.

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