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

Research: My research focuses on evaluating the effectiveness of intervention programs and strategies on parents’ and early childhood educators' practices with young children. Specific projects include Better Brains for Babies and Eat Healthy, Be Active

Outreach: Educating parents and professionals about early brain development; childhood obesity prevention in early childhood education programs; using technology to educate adults about child develop

Teaching: CHFD 2950: Introduction to Child Development (online); CHFD 5130: 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: Strength-based approaches to couple and family therapy, conflict resolution, feminist informed and culturally responsive therapy, supervision, and pedagogy,

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

Research: Family Processes, Marital Relationships

Address: 203 Family Science Center II (House D), 405 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: cmb84@uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-4164
Fax: 706-542-4843

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

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: 706-542-2305
Fax: 706-583-0032

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.

Teaching: Family Life Education Methodology

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 (House A), 403 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: jgale@uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-8435
Fax: 706-542-4843

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

Teaching: Parent and child guidance, Adolescent development, Introduction to child development, Introduction to family development, Family Issues, Sociology of the family, Adult Development and Aging

Interests: Neuroscience as a basis for understanding human development, Conflict resolution skills training with parents and children, children's social skills & Adolescent Public Service and leadership development.

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 (House A), 403 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: lnj@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: Environmental Literacy; Pedagogy

Outreach: Farm to School, Community Garden Network

Teaching: Introduction to the Family; Diversity; Child Development; Issues in Family Systems

Research Interest: Early childhood; environmental issues

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

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 takes place both in the US and abroad. I focus primarily on elders within the family context. Current research includes grandparent/grandchild relations, family caregiving, and cross-cultural issues in aging.

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: 204 Family Science Center II (House D), 405 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: dlewis@fcs.uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-0254

Research: military families and family support programs

Address: Center for Family Research, 1095 College Station Road, Athens, GA, 30605
E-Mail: mancinid@uga.edu
Phone: 706-425-2977
Fax: 706-425-2985

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

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: CHFD 2100: Intro to Family Development. CHFD 6640: Family Issues. CHFD 8910 Professional Seminar. GRSC 7770: Teaching 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

Address: 101 Dawson Hall, 305 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: gdsteven@uga.edu
Phone: 706-296-8934

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: 123 Dawson Hall, 305 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: lwalters@fcs.uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-4844
Fax: 706-542-4389

Research: Social determinants of health and health inequality across the life course

Teaching: Multilevel and Longitudinal Data Analysis for Behavioral, Health & Social Sciences

Interests: Social and Life course Epidemiology

Address: 103 Family Science Center (House A), 403 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: wickrama@uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-4926

Research: Young adult intimate relationships and sexual and gender identity

Teaching: Undergraduate and graduate courses

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

Address: 261 Dawson Hall, 305 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: alarnold@uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-2305
Fax: 706-542-4331

Address: 107 Family Science Center II (House D), 405 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: cwalker1@uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-4922

Address: 110B Dawson Hall, 305 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: jpatt@uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-4896

Interests: Acculturation, International Families, Family Violence, Poverty, Caribbean Families

Address: 101 Child Development Lab, 202 Carlton St, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: Abramsba@uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-4905

Interests: African American Men in Emerging Adulthood

Advisory Committee: Dr. Steve Kogan, Dr. Chalandra Bryant, and Dr. Leslie Simons

Address: 101 Child Development Lab, 202 Carlton St, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: kallen@uga.edu
Phone: 706-369-5787

Address: 101 Child Development Lab, 202 Carlton St, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: dbae@uga.edu
Phone: 706-389-6567

Interests: Hospitalized Children

Address: 375 Dawson Hall, 305 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: mbrady@uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-4905

Interests: Adolescent risky behaviors

Advisory Committee: Dr. Steve Kogan, Dr. K.A.S. Wickrama, Dr. Leslie Gordon Simons

Address: Center for Family Research, 1095 College Station Road, Athens, GA, 30602
E-Mail: jcho@uga.edu
Phone: 706-299-8281

Address: 123 Dawson Hall, 305 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: cadesandre@gmail.com
Phone: 770-664-2859

Interests: Early Childhood Development

Advisory Committee: Dr. David Wright, Dr. Charlie Wallinga, Dr. Stacey Neuharth-Pritchett

Address: 261 Dawson Hall, 305 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: mkdove@uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-2305

Interests: African American Families, Marriage/Relationship Education, Low-Income Families, Dating Relationships

Address: 225 Hoke Smith Annex, 300 Carlton St, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: jcduncan@uga.edu
Phone: 773-886-0522

Address: 101 Child Development Lab, 202 Carlton St, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: allisone@uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-4905

Address: 224 Dawson Hall, 305 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: afarnham@uga.edu
Phone: 716-450-3950

Address: 101 Child Development Lab, 202 Carlton St, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: freehill@uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-4929

Address: 375 Dawson Hall, 305 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: jgoff@uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-4874

Interests: Parent-Child Relationships, Cohabitation, Substance Abuse, Marital Relationships

Address: 373 Dawson Hall, 305 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: hicks303@uga.edu
Phone: 614-427-3032

Interests: The use of neurocardiology techniques in couple therapy, sibling relationships, couple attachment

Advisory Committee: Dr. David Wright (major professor); Dr. Lee Johnson; Dr. Maria Bermudez

Address: 101 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: Parent-child relations, Role of social contexts in early childhood development

Advisory Committee: Dr. K.A.S. Wickrama, Dr. Hiu-Chin Hsu, and Dr. Leslie Gordon Simons

Address: 101 Child Development Lab, 202 Carlton St, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: jhkim013@uga.edu
Phone: 706-338-8904

Interests: Parent-child communication, immigrant children development, role of culture in parenting

Address: 101 Child Development Lab, 202 Carlton St, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: josiekwon@gmail.com
Phone: 678-779-5451

Interests: Family caregiving in older age

Advisory Committee: Dr. Denise Lewis, Dr. Kandauda As Wickrama, and Dr. Kerstin Gerst

Address: Center for Family Research, 1095 College Station Rd., Athens, GA, 30605
E-Mail: yenlin@uga.edu
Phone: 706-369-5775

Interests: Medical Family Therapy, health and psychosocial factors

Address: 101 Child Development Lab, 202 Carlton St, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: shl@uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-4486

Interests: Adolescents

Advisory Committee: Dr. Wickrama, K.A.S., Major Professor

Address: 261 Dawson Hall, 305 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: ltk501@uga.edu
Phone: 515-520-2306

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

Address: 261 Dawson Hall, 305 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: brit3232@uga.edu
Phone: 404-987-3588

Address: 114 Dawson Hall, 305 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: jkm0612@uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-9004

Interests: Infant/Toddler Nutrition and Development

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

Address: 225 Hoke Smith Annex, 300 Carlton St, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: mzlinz@uga.edu
Phone: 404-434-8363

Interests: Military Families, Gender Studies, and Family Therapy

Advisory Committee: Jerry Gale

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

Interests: Hospitalized Children and Families

Advisory Committee: Dr. Charlotte Wallinga

Address: 101 Child Development Lab, 202 Carlton St, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: katie89@uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-4905

Interests: Effects of Exercise on Couple Outcomes in Therapy

Advisory Committee: Dr. Lee Johnson (Major); Dr. Jerry Gale, Dr. Chalandra Bryant

Address: 101 Child Development Lab, 202 Carlton St, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: km2010@uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-4905

Address: 200 Child Development Lab, 202 Carlton St, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: cmitchel@uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-4929

Interests: Income Security for older people in developing nations, Economic Policies for older individuals, Ageing Families, Intergenerational Exchanges

Advisory Committee: Dr. Denise Lewis

Address: 101 Child Development Lab, 202 Carlton St, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: muruthjr@uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-4905

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

Interests: Hospitalized Children and Families

Advisory Committee: Dr. Charlotte Wallinga

Address: 375 Dawson Hall, 305 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: dnrhodes@uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-4874

Interests: Parenting, Marriage Education, Child Outcomes

Advisory Committee: Leslie Gordon Simons (major professor); Ted Futris

Address: 114 Dawson Hall, 305 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: evinwrichardson@gmail.com
Phone: 706-983-1839

Interests: Financial Counseling, Premarital, Divorce, Domestic Violence and Abuse, and Infidelity

Address: 101 Child Development Lab, 202 Carlton St, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: dbross@uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-4486

Interests: Hospitalized Children and Families

Advisory Committee: Dr. Charlotte Wallinga

Address: 375 Dawson Hall, 305 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: jkscott5@uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-4905

Interests: Refugee populations and families; global health; policy; intergenerational relationships; cultural identity

Advisory Committee: Dr. Denise Lewis

Address: 375 Dawson Hall, 305 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: sespivey@uga.edu
Phone: 478-795-0268

Interests: Peacebuilding and Conflict Resolution, Latino family and resiliency

Advisory Committee: Maria Bermudez (Major Professor) Jerry Gale, Denise Lewis

Address: 101 Child Development Lab, 202 Carlton St, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: stinsonm@uga.edu
Phone: 706-461-9997

Interests: Intergenerational Transmission of Family Issues, Adolescent & Young Adult Outcomes, Intrapersonal Linking Mechanisms of Continuity

Address: 225 Hoke Smith Annex, 300 Carlton St, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: tesutton@uga.edu
Phone: 770-757-8393

Interests: Fatherhood; Parent-child interactions; Parental attitudes; Quality of marital relationships and its impact on child development

Address: 216 Hoke Smith Annex, 300 Carlton St, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: finnis21@uga.edu
Phone: 706-248-7799

Interests: mother-child relationships and attention regulation in preschoolers

Address: 101 Child Development Lab, 202 Carlton St, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: dtol@uga.edu
Phone: 706-380-4729

Address: 225 Hoke Smith Annex, 300 Carlton St, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: svangeld@uga.edu
Phone: 480-242-9717

Interests: Influence of community on health outcomes, social integration theory and health outcomes, social organizational theory of community capacity

Advisory Committee: Dr. Jay A. Mancini (Chair,), Dr. Lee Johnson, and Dr. K. A. S. Wickrama

Address: 261 Dawson Hall, 305 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: georgedv@uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-2305

Address: 375 Dawson Hall, 305 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: kwari113@uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-4874

Address: 101 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: molliej@uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-5394

Address: 123 Dawson Hall, 305 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: mrod67@uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-4844
Fax: 7065424389

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: pbaumgar@uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-4931

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: 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: 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: 200 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