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UGA Centers and Institutes 

Following is the list of Centers and Institutes approved within the scope of Academic Affairs Policy Statement #7 regarding the establishment and administration of Centers and Institutes at UGA.

This list does not include many units and places on campus that are correctly called "centers" (e.g., the Miller Learning Center) and may play vital roles in support of the University's mission but do not fall within the scope of the policy.   

Name/Link    Director    Reporting Line   
African American Studies, Institute for    Valerie Babb    African Studies Institute    Akinloye Ojo    Agribusiness & Economic Development, Center for    John McKissick    Applied Isotope Studies, Center for    John E. Noakes    Archaeological Sciences, Center for    Elizabeth Reitz    Artificial Intelligence, Institute for    Walter D. Potter    Asian Studies, Center for    Farley Richmond    Behavioral Research, William A. and Barbara R. Owens Institute for    Steve Beach    Bioenergy Systems Research Institute    Robert A. Scott, Interim    Bioinformatics, Institute of    Jessica Kissinger    Biomedical & Health Science Institute    Harry A. Dailey    Bonbright Utilities Center    Albert L. Danielsen    C-GSET(Collaborative Study of Gene-Social Environment Transactions, Center for)    Steven Beach    Cancer Center, UGA    J. Michael Pierce    Carl Vinson Institute of Government    Laura Meadows    Coca Cola Center for Marketing Studies    Charlotte H. Mason    Complex Carbohydrate Research Center    Alan Darvill    Computational Chemistry, Center for    Henry F. Schaefer III    Continuing Judicial Education, Institute for    Richard D. Reaves    Continuing Legal Education, Institute for    Lawrence F. Jones    Counseling & Personal Evaluation, Center for    Linda F. Campbell    Cox Center for International Mass Communication Training & Research (James M. Cox, Jr)    Lee B. Becker    Cox Institute for Newspaper Management Studies    Conrad C. Fink    Dean Rusk Center for International & Comparative Law    C. Donald Johnson    Drug Discovery, Center for    Vasu Nair    Economic Education, Center for (with College of Family & Consumer Sciences)    Cheryl Fields Smith, Greg Trandel    Evidence-Based Health Professions Education, Institute for    Ron Cervero, Mark Ebell, Co-Directors    Faculty of Engineering, Institute of    E. Dale Threadgill    Family Research, Center for    Gene Brody    Fanning Institute     Joseph W. Whorton
Fitness Center, UGA    Ellen Evans    Food Product Innovation & Commercialization Center    Dick Phillips    Food Safety, Center for    Michael P. Doyle    Forest Business, Center for    Robert Lee Izlar    Gambling Research, Center for    Adam Goodie    Georgia Center for Urban Agriculture & Environmental Sciences    Kris Braman    Gerontology, Institute of    Toni Miles    Global Health, Center for     Richard Schuster    GLOBIS    Han Park    Health & Risk Communication, Center for    Vicki Freimuth    Health Management and Mass Destruction Defense, Institute for    Cham Dallas    Higher Education, Institute of    Libby V. Morris    Housing & Demographics Research Center    Anne Sweaney    Human Development & Disability, Institute for    Zolinda Stoneman    Information Systems Leadership, Center for    Richard Watson    Insurance Education & Research, Center for    Robert E. Hoyt    Integrative Conservation Research, Center for    J. Peter Brosius    Interdisciplinary Research on Education and Human Development, Institute for    Allan Cohen    International Center    L. Ray Brooks, Jr.    International Trade & Security, Center for    Gary K. Bertsch    Invasive Species & Ecosystem Health, Center for    G. Keith Douce/David J. Moorehead     Latin American & Caribbean Studies Institute    Robert Moser    Latino Achievement & Success in Education, Center for    Pedro Portes    Leadership Advancement in Business Organizations, Institute for    Dale Gauthreaux    Learning Disorders, Regents Center for    William Lindstrom    Marine Institute at Sapelo Island    William L. Miller, Jr.    McPhaul Child & Family Development Center    Amy Kay    Metalloenzyme Studies, Center for    Michael K. Johnson    Molecular Medicine, Center for    Stephen Dalton    Nanoscale Science & Engineering Center    Yiping Zhao    Native American Studies, Institute of    Jace Weaver    New Media Institute    Scott A. Shamp    Nonprofit Organizations, Institute for    Michelle Carney     Peabody Center for Media & Society    Horace Newcomb    Plant Breeding, Genetics & Genomics, Institute for    Joseph Bouton    Plant Center    Kelly Dawe    Poultry Diagnostic & Research Center    Holly Sellers    Ramsey Center for Private Enterprise    Cristopher M. Cornwell    Regenerative Bioscience, Center for    Steve Stice    Remote Sensing & Mapping Science, Center for    Marguerite Madden    Research on Behavioral Health & Human Services Delivery, Center for    Paul Roman    River Basin Center    C. Ronald Carroll    Selig Center for Economic Growth    Jeffrey M. Humphreys    Simulational Physics, Center for    David P. Landau    Soybean Improvement (CSI), Center for    Roger Boerma    Strategic Risk Management, Center for    Robert E. Hoyt    Torrance Center for Creativity & Talent Development    Mark Runco    Tropical & Emerging Global Diseases, Center for    Daniel G. Colley    Ultrastructural Research, Center for    Paul Schroeder    Undergraduate Research Opportunities, Center for    David Williams    Virtual History, Center for    Steve Berry, Claudio Saunt    Willson Center for Humanities & Arts, Jane & Harry    Nicholas Allen    Women’s Studies, Institute for    Juanita Johnson-Bailey   

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