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Department Head: Jay A. Mancini
Office Manager: Livia Wade
Address: 123 Dawson Hall · University of Georgia · 305 Sanford Dr · Athens, GA 30602-3622 ( Map)

Anne Montgomery Haltiwanger Distinguished Professor, Department Head 
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Address: 123 Dawson Hall, 305 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: mancini@fcs.uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-4844

Associate Professor and Human Development Specialist 
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Research: Evaluating the effect of different training curricula and strategies on early childhood educators' teaching practices

Outreach: Early brain development; developmentally appropriate early childhood education; teaching basic health and safety to young children; activities to teach young children about nutrition and physical activity; grandparents raising grandchildren

Teaching: Introduction to child development, 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

Assistant Professor 
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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

Professor Emeritus and Extension Specialist 
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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

Regent's Professor Emeritus 
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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

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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

Professor 
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Research: Family-School-Community Relations; Early Childhood Health and Safety

Teaching: Family-School-Community; Family Policy; Parent Education and Child Guidance; Classroom Behavior Managaement; Student Teaching Supervision; Internship Coordination

Address: 203 Family Science Center II (House D), 405 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: mcoleman@fcs.uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-4899
Fax: 706-542-4843

Assistant Research Scientist 
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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

Associate Professor and Family Life Specialist 
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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.

Address: 227 Hoke Smith Annex, 300 Carlton St, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: tfutris@uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-7566
Fax: 706-542-1799

Associate Professor & Director of Clinical Training 
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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 1 (House A), 403 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: jgale@fcs.uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-8435
Fax: 706-542-4843

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

Nancy Hollett-Wright
Temporary Lecturer 
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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

Associate Professor 
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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

Associate Professor & Director, Marriage & Family Therapy Program 
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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: 204 Family Science Center (House A), 403 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: ljohnson@fcs.uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-4821
Fax: 706-542-4843

Academic Professional & Director, Child Development Lab 
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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

Assistant Professor 
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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

Melissa Scott Kozak
Lecturer 
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Outreach: Academic Honesty, Farm to School, Whatever it Takes, Community Garden Network

Teaching: Introduction to the Family; Diversity

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

Melissa Ann Landers-Potts
Lecturer 
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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

Assistant Professor 
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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

Deborah Carolyn Mancini
Asst. Research Scientist 
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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

Associate Professor and Graduate Coordinator 
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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

Associate Professor 
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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

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

Professor 
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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

Associate Professor 
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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

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

Catherine Walker O'Neal
Postdoctoral Research Associate 
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Address: 107 Family Science Center II (House D), 405 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: cwalker1@uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-4922

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

Bertranna Alero Abrams
PHD Student 
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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

Tiffiany Cummings Aholou
Ph.D. Student 
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Interests: Marriage Preparation with African American couples; African American couples & sexual health communication; Clergy & HIV prevention

Advisory Committee: Jerry E. Gale, Ph.

E-Mail: tmaholou@gmail.com

Ph.D Student 
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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

Allen Barton
Ph.D Student 
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Interests: Applied research for marriage and relationship strengthening; protective processes in couple relationships and associated contextual variability

Advisory Committee: Dr. Ted Futris, Dr. Chalandra Bryant, Dr. Steven Beach

Address: 225 Hoke Smith Annex, 300 Carlton St, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: awbarton@uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-8413

Hillary Bauer
M.S. Student 
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Interests: The hospital experience for children and their families, the effects of a child

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

Address: 1010 Dawson Hall, 305 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: Hillary.bauer@gmail.com

Mallory Brady
M.S. Student 
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Interests: Hospitalized Children

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

Amber L. Brewer
Ph.D. Student 
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Interests: Developmental sensitization of traditional family therapy models; effectiveness of play in family therapy; linking child development theory/research to practice of child therapy

Advisory Committee: Dr. Lynda Walters, Dr. Maria Bermudez, and Dr. David Wright

E-Mail: ambr@uga.edu

Hao-Min Chen
PhD. Student 
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Address: 261 Dawson Hall, 305 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: hmchen@uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-4486

WonJee Cho
Ph.D. Student 
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Interests: Caregiving in old age; men's construction of aging self as a caregiver

Advisory Committee: Dr. Denise C. Lewis, Dr. Lynda Walters and Dr. Velma Mcbride Murry

E-Mail: wonjee@uga.edu

Junhan Cho
Ph.D. Student 
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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

Carolynn DeSandre
PhD student 
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Address: 123 Dawson Hall, 305 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: cdesandre@comcast.net
Phone: 770-664-2859

PhD Student 
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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

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

Graduate Research Assistant 
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Interests: Military families; prevention, intervention, and evaluation research

Advisory Committee: Dr. J. Mancini (chair), Dr. C. Bryant, & Dr. D. Wright

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

Nai-Rui Guo
Ph.D Student 
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Address: 101 Child Development Lab, 202 Carlton St, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: nairui.guo@gmail.com
Phone: 706-207-2681

Rachel Joy Hagues
Ph.D student 
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Interests: Policy, Adolescent Development, International work, particularly in developing countries.

Address: , PO BOX , Athens, GA, 30603
E-Mail: rachjoy@gmail.com
Phone: 706-248-5996

Ph.D. Student 
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Interests: The influences of parenting practices on problem behaviors among adolescents and college students & Dating preferences among college students

Advisory Committee: Leslie Gordon Simons, Ron Simons (Sociology), Jay Mancini

Address: 103 Dawson Hall, 305 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: dlhanc2@uga.edu
Phone: 606-219-8155

Ph.D. Student 
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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

Jisoo Hong
M.S Student 
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Interests: Parenting, Family involvement in young children

Advisory Committee: Dr. Diane Bales, Dr. Charlie Wallinga, Dr. Mick Coleman, and Dr. Rebecca M. Mullis

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

Ji-Hyun Kim
Ph.D. Student 
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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

Jihyoung Kim
Ph.D. Student 
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Interests: Early childhood development, Role of social contexts, Research methods

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

Heather L Kofoed
GRA 
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Address: 114 Dawson Hall, 305 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: hkofoed1@uga.edu
Phone: 706-543-1803

Ph.D Student 
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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

Antoinette Marie Landor
Ph.D. Student 
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Interests: Parent-adolescent relationships and family processes; ethnic and sociocultural influences on youth socialization and development

Advisory Committee: Dr. Leslie Simons, Major Professor

Address: 000 Dawson Hall, 305 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: antoinettelandor@yahoo.com
Phone: 337-802-2296

Boh-Young Lee
Ph.D. Student 
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Interests: Early language and literacy development,

Advisory Committee: Dr. Jerry Gale, Dr. Stacey Neuharth-Pritchett, Dr. Charlotte Wallinga, and Dr. Mick Coleman

Address: 101 Child Development Lab, 202 Carlton St, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: bo0302@uga.edu
Phone: 706-819-0226

Yen-Lin Lee
Ph.D Student 
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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

Seonhwa Lee
Ph. D. Student 
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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

Ph.D Student 
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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

Christina Lewis
M.S. Student 
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Interests: Intergenerational Transmission of Trauma

Address: 373 Dawson Hall, 305 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: cmlewis1@uga.edu
Phone: 706-206-0400

Pei-Fen Li
Ph.D. Student 
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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

Brittany Linde
Research Assistant 
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Address: 261 Dawson Hall, 305 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: brit3232@uga.edu
Phone: 678-468-4280

Lindsay Elizabeth Marshall
Ph.D. Student 
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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

PhD Student 
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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

Katherine McMichael
M.S. Student 
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Interests: Hospitalized Children and Families

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

Kayla- Mennenga
Ph.D Student 
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Interests: Effects of Exercise on Couple Outcomes in Therapy

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

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

Ph.D Student 
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Interests: Identity formation, Intergenerational transmissions of ethnic identity development among Black women, Residual effects of slavery on positive EID

Advisory Committee: Dr. Lee Johnson (Major Professor), Dr. J. Maria Bermudez, and Dr. David Wright

Address: 203 Child Development Lab, 202 Carlton St, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: cpn@uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-4486

Pat Nodine
Ph.D. Student 
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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

Alexandra Marie Pocock
M.S. Student 
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Interests: Adolescent problem behavior

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

Danielle Rhodes
M.S. Student 
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Interests: Hospitalized Children and Families

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

Evin Winkelman Richardson
M.S. Student 
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Interests: Parenting, Marriage Education, Child Outcomes

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

Address: 049 Institute for Human Development and Disability, 850 College Station Rd., Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: evinwrichardson@gmail.com
Phone: 706-983-1839

Tyler Sasser-Cook
M.S. Student 
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Interests: Aggression in adolescent males, intimate partner violence

Advisory Committee: Dr. Leslie Gordon Simons, Dr. David Wright, and Dr. Ron Simons

E-Mail: tsasser@uga.edu

Emily L Smith
Ph.D Student 
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Interests: Romantic Relationships

Address: 101 Child Development Lab, 202 Carlton St, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: smithel@uga.edu
Phone: 317-413-7904

Alexandra Steward
M.S. Student 
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Address: 373 Dawson Hall, 305 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: astewa22@uga.edu
Phone: 404-401-6392

Morgan A Stinson
Ph.D Student 
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Interests: Peacebuilding and Conflict Resolution, Latino family and resiliency

Advisory Committee: Maria Bermudez (Major Professor)

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

Xiaoli Su
GRA 
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Address: 114 Dawson Hall, 305 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: xlyisu@uga.edu
Phone: 706-247-6850

M.S. Student 
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Interests: Intergenerational Transmission of Family Issues

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

Brantley Swymer
M.S. Student 
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Interests: Hospitalized Children

Address: 123 Dawson Hall, 305 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: brantm@uga.edu
Phone: 478-318-9278

M.S. Student 
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Interests: Hospitalized Children

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

Deepu Varughese-George
Research Assistant 
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Interests: Community development and capacity building, Role of social networks, Resiliency, Systems

Advisory Committee: Dr. Jay A. Mancini

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

Lisa Zak-Hunter
Ph.D. Student 
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Interests: Adult eating disorders and their impact on the couple and parent-child relationship, the impact of illness and disability on couple and family relationships

Advisory Committee: Dr. Stephanie Burwell, Dr. Maria Bermudez, and Dr. David Wright

Address: Family Science Center (House A), 403 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: lzak@uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-2222

Diane Adams
Administrative Associate 
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Address: 123 Dawson Hall, 305 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: dsadams@uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-4844

Joanne Allen
Administrative Associate 
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Address: 100 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

Denise Cartee
Accountant 
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Address: 119 Dawson Hall, 305 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: sdcarte@uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-5394

Livia Wade
Office Manager 
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Address: 123 Dawson Hall, 305 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: lswade@uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-4831
Fax: 706-542-4389

Mary Ann Morrow
Administrative Assistant II 

Address: 225 Hoke Smith Annex, 300 Carlton St, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: mamorrow@uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-7566
Fax: 706-542-1799

Diane Bowman
Administrative Associate 

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

Anita Carol Brown
Associate Director 

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

Tracey Daniels Hickey
Research & Evaluation Coordinator 

Address: 212 Center for Family Research,1095 College Station Rd., Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: tdaniels@uga.edu
Phone: 706-425-2992
Fax: 706-425-2985

Aida I. Quinones

Address: Center for Family Research, 1095 College Station Rd., Athens, GA 30602
Phone: 706-583-0402
Fax: 706-542-5982

Myoungjin Tollett
Development Manager 

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

Patricia Amberg
Lead Teacher 
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Address: 210 Child Development Lab, 202 Carlton St, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: tamberg@uga.edu
Phone: 706-583-0761

Phillip Baumgarner
Lead Teacher 
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Address: 123 Child Development Lab, 202 Carlton St, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: phillipb@fcs.uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-4927

Cori Brinson
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Address: 226 Child Development Lab, 202 Carlton St, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: cori@uga.edu
Phone: 706-583-0761

Daphne Byler
Assistant Teacher 
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Address: 242 Child Development Lab, 202 Carlton St, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: dbyler@fcs.uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-4929

Dina Costa
Assistant Teacher 
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Address: 242 Child Development Lab, 202 Carlton St, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: dmcosta@fcs.uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-4920

Marie Covington
Assistant Teacher 
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Address: 24 Institute for Human Development and Disability, 850 College Station Rd., Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: mmariecov@yahoo.com
Phone: 706-542-7273
Fax: 706-583-0460

Valerie W Cown
Birth through 5 Program Coordinator 
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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

Kathy Dean
Assistant Teacher 
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Address: 243 Child Development Lab, 202 Carlton St, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: kathalen@uga.edu
Phone: 706-583-0760

Shirley Elder
Assistant Teacher 
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Address: 133 Child Development Lab, 202 Carlton St, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: chenara@uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-1225
Fax: 706-542-5096

Amy Evans
Lead Teacher 
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Address: 227 Child Development Lab, 202 Carlton St, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: amyevans@uga.edu
Phone: 706-583-0760
Fax: 706-542-5096

Saundra Elizabeth Gabriel
Assistant Teacher 
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Address: 228 Child Development Lab, 202 Carlton St, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: sgabriel97@yahoo.com
Phone: 706-542-4931
Fax: 706-542-5096

Rosa Lopez
Administrative Assistant 2 
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Address: Child Development Lab, 202 Carlton St, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: rmlopez@fcs.uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-4929

Lori Maerz
Program Coordinator 
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Address: 210 Child Development Lab, 202 Carlton St, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: ldmaerz@uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-4929
Fax: 706-542-5096

Heather McCannon
Assistant Teacher 
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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

Austin McDavid
Kitchen Assistant 
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Address: 231 Child Development Lab, 202 Carlton St, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: mcdavid@fcs.uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-4929

Siobian Minish
Assistant Teacher 
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Address: 221 Child Development Lab, 202 Carlton St, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: siobian@fcs.uga.edu
Phone: 706-583-0761

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

Julee Peacock
Assistant Teacher 
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Address: 228 Child Development Lab, 202 Carlton St, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: jpeacock@fcs.uga.edu
Phone: 706-583-0761

Elaine Sasser Pittman
Lead Teacher 
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Address: 23 Child Development Lab, 202 Carlton St, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: elpit@uga.edu
Phone: 706-583-0460

Anjanette Russell
Lead Teacher 
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Address: 220 Child Development Lab, 202 Carlton St, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: adsmith@uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-4929
Fax: 706-542-5096

Patricia Ann Smith
Cook 
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Address: 231 Child Development Lab, 202 Carlton St, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: psmith@fcs.uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-4933

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