Leadership

Director

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

The SEER Center is part of Owens Institute for Behavioral Research.

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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