Leadership
Director
Tessa Andrews, PhD
Josiah Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor
Department of Genetics
Franklin College of Arts and Sciences
Departmental Profile
Areas of educational research: Professional Development; Conceptual and Skills Development; Teacher Knowledge and Practice; Sociocultural and Psychosocial Development
Levels of educational research: Undergraduate; Faculty
Executive Committee
Molly Bolger, PhD
Co-Chair, Events & Workshops Committee
Associate Professor, Department of Cellular Biology
Franklin College of Arts and Sciences
Departmental Profile
Areas of educational research: Mechanisms that underly the learning processes of science; Science-Practice Based Curriculum and Instruction
Levels of educational research: Undergraduate
Julie Grainy, PhD
Co-Chair, Events & Workshops Committee
Lecturer, Department of Microbiology
Franklin College of Arts and Sciences
Departmental Profile
Areas of educational research: Active learning
Levels of educational research: Undergraduate
Lexie Cooper, PhD
Co-Chair, Events & Workshops Committee
Teaching and Research Post-Doctoral Associate
Division of Biological Sciences | Franklin College of Arts and Sciences
Departmental Profile
Areas of educational research: Pedagogical Content Knowledge (PCK) in Course-based Undergraduate Research Experiences (CUREs)
Levels of educational research: Undergraduate
V. Thom Gaddy, PhD
Co-Chair, Contributions Committee
Associate Professor of Cellular Biology
AU/UGA Medical Partnership
Departmental Profile
Areas of educational research: Assessment; Curriculum and Instruction
Levels of educational research: Medical Education
Logan Fiorella, PhD
Co-Chair, Contributions Committee
Associate Professor, Department of Educational Psychology
College of Education
Departmental Profile
Areas of educational research: Cognitive Science; Instructional design; Learning strategies; Multi-media learning; Psychology of habit
Dax Ovid, PhD
Co-Chair, Membership & By-Laws Committee
Assistant Professor, Physiology & Pharmacology | Institute for Women’s Studies Affiliate
College of Veterinary Medicine
Departmental Profile
Areas of educational research: Non-content instructor language, Pre-health and professional student experiences, Science communication
Levels of educational research: Undergraduate; Graduate; Faculty
Julie Stanton, PhD
Co-Chair, Membership & By-Laws Committee
Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor, Department of Cellular Biology
Franklin College of Arts and Sciences
Departmental Profile
Areas of educational research: Sociocultural and Psychosocial Development; Metacognition
Levels of educational research: Undergraduate
Ash Tea
Co-Chair, Graduate Student and Post-doc Committee
PhD Student, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology
College of Veterinary Medicine
LinkedIn Profile
Areas of educational research: Emotional Intelligence, Feeling Rules, Socioemotional Justice
Levels of educational research: Undergraduate
C.J. Zajic
Co-Chair, Graduate Student and Post-doc Committee
Graduate Research Associate, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Franklin College of Arts and Sciences
Departmental Profile
Areas of educational research: Undergraduate Research Experiences (UREs), Lab Talk
Levels of educational research: Undergraduates, Graduate Students
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Direct questions about OIBR assistance to:
Andrea Horsman
Owens Institute for Behavioral Research
Outreach and Communications Manager
706-542-6074
ahorsman@uga.edu