Leadership
Director
![Tessa Andrews](https://seercenter.uga.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/41/2024/03/Tessa-Andrews-1-150x150.png)
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
![Lexie Cooper](https://seercenter.uga.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/41/2024/03/Lexie-Cooper-150x150.png)
Lexie Cooper
Co-Chair, Seminar & Workshops Committee
Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
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
![Rosenzweig1](https://seercenter.uga.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/41/2020/11/Rosenzweig1-150x150.jpg)
Emily Rosenweig, PhD
Co-Chair, Seminar & Workshops Committee
Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Psychology
Mary Frances Early College of Education
Departmental Profile
Areas of educational research: Engagement; Motivation
Levels of educational research: K-12;Undergraduate
![Gaddy](https://seercenter.uga.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/41/2018/12/Gaddy-150x150.jpeg)
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
![Dax Ovid](https://seercenter.uga.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/41/2024/03/Dax-Ovid-150x150.png)
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](https://seercenter.uga.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/41/2018/12/Julie-Stanton-150x150.jpg)
Julie Stanton, PhD
Co-Chair, Membership & By-Laws Committee
Associate 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
![Alex Waugh](https://seercenter.uga.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/41/2024/03/Alex-Waugh-150x150.png)
Alex Waugh
Co-Chair, Graduate Student and Post-doc Committee
PhD Candidate, Department of Genetics
Franklin College of Arts and Sciences
Departmental Profile
Areas of educational research: fire ant “social supergene,” early-career biology instructor knowledge development
Levels of educational research: Faculty
![C.J. Zajic](https://seercenter.uga.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/41/2024/03/C.J.-Zajic-150x150.png)
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