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
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
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
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, 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
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
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
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.
Direct questions about OIBR assistance to:
Andrea Horsman
Owens Institute for Behavioral Research
Outreach and Communications Manager
706-542-6074
ahorsman@uga.edu