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Siew Chan
Professor
Gainesville Campus

Research Interests

I use psychological theories as theoretical frameworks to design experiments to examine behaviors in various business contexts.

Current Projects

I am currently working on several multi-study research projects on cultural and technological implications for judgment and decision-making. I am willing to train undergraduate students to conduct a comprehensive literature review, develop hypotheses with empirical tensions, design experiments and surveys, use appropriate statistical techniques to analyze data, and interpret the findings.

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Dawn Drumtra
Principal Lecturer
Gainesville Campus

Research Interests

Avian nesting ecology, population/community dynamics, anatomy, environmental pollution, & infectious diseases. Also, natural History Museum management.

Current Projects

Avian Environmental Stressor – examining deceased birds for diseases, heavy metal contaminants, & plastic contaminants. Birds of Tumbling Creek Woods – investigating populations and communities of forest birds. ¹ú²ú×ÔÅÄ Flight Strike – tracking bird collisions with windows. ¹ú²ú×ÔÅÄ Gainesville Natural History Museum – managing the avian teaching collection. ¹ú²ú×ÔÅÄ Project Nest-Box Watch – monitoring avian nesting ecology.

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Natalie Hyslop
Professor
Gainesville Campus

Research Interests

My research interests predominantly center on problems in wildlife conservation, particularly those concerning herpetofaunal (reptile and amphibian) species in the eastern United States.

Current Projects

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Evan Lampert
Professor
Gainesville Campus

Research Interests

Entomology, including insect ecology, med-vet entomology, and forensic entomology.

Current Projects

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Jeanelle Morgan
Professor and Associate Department Head
Gainesville Campus

Research Interests

Genetics, Microbiology, Cell Biology, and Bioinformatics.

Current Projects

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Amanda Reynolds
Assistant Professor
Dahlonega Campus

Research Interests

Animal Physiology, Ecophysiology, Metabolism, Animal Performance, and Muscle Physiology.

Current Projects

1. Diversity, Distribution, and Fitness of Native Crayfish Species (field and lab based experiments).
2. Emerging Metabolic Function of Parasitoid Wasps (lab based experiments only).

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Levi Zane Miller
Assistant Professor
Dahlonega Campus

Research Interests

Flow chemistry, synthesis of metal-organic frameworks (porous hybrid materials), adsorption and release of chemical payloads from MOFs.

Current Projects

I am always interested in recruiting new students who have completed at least one semester of chemistry. My projects involve using flow-based techniques to synthesize and apply porous materials to the adsorption/removal of pollutants from water sources, adsorption and release of chemicals that are beneficial to crops and animals, etc.,

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Toluwani Oloke
Assistant Professor
Gainesville Campus

Research Interests

Message Framing in Health Communication.

Current Projects

1. Effects of Celebrity Use and/or Endorsement on the Use of Skin Bleaching Products.
2. Vaccine Hesitancy Among Nigerians, Post-Covid.

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Doris Wesley
Assistant Professor of Communication
Gainesville Campus

Research Interests

Organizational Leadership and Communication; Peace and Conflict Resolution; Community Engagement; International & Intercultural Communication; Qualitative Research Methods.

Current Projects

A project on digital peace building and another on conflict transformation.

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Ahmad Ghafarian
Professor
Dahlonega Campus

Research Interests

Various aspects of Cybersecurity, Network Security, and Digital Forensics

Current Projects

Ransomware Detection using Machine Learning Techniques.

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Khushi Gupta
Assistant Professor
Dahlonega Campus

Research Interests

Cybersecurity and digital forensics.

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Kamilah Williams
Assistant Professor
Gainesville Campus

Research Interests

Financial markets, financial inclusion, banking and macroeconomics.

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Ruohan Wu
Professor
Dahlonega Campus

Research Interests

International Trade, Economic Development, Data Analytics.

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Michael Rifenburg
Professor
Dahlonega Campus

Research Interests

Writing centers; teaching writing; qualitative research; workplace writing; designing new courses; study abroad; Christianity; the Bible; rhetoric.

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Heath Harllee
Assistant Professor
Dahlonega Campus

Research interests

Public Health, Epidemiology, Information Communication Technology.

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Erin Bush 
Associate Professor
Dahlonega Campus

Research Interests

I can help students looking to use data from historical sources in their work.

Current Projects

N/A

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Ann Tucker
Associate Professor
Gainesville Campus

Research Interests

History of the US Civil War and Reconstruction, including history of nationalism and history of the US South.

Current Projects

Currently researching international influences on Reconstruction.

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Balea Schumacher
Assistant Professor
Gainesville Campus

Research Interests

Female physiology, neuromuscular physiology sex differences, fatiguability, exercise behavior.

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Lu Xu
Associate Professor of Business Analytics
Gainesville Campus

Research Interests

My research area of interest is the application of data analytics in various business areas, including consumer behavior, quality management, sustainability, digitalizational transformation (e.g., emerging technologies of AI, augmented/virtual reality), and sustainable supply chain management.

Current Projects

No. It's up to students' interest. But I have projects and data for students to do if they want.

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Thinh Kieu
Professor of Mathematics
Gainesville Campus

Research Interests

Partial differential equations, fluid dynamics, numerical methods for partial differential equations, Bernstein-based finite elements, spectra of Bernstein-based FEM operators.

Current Projects

Yes.

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Alvaro Torres Calderon
Associate Department Head/Associate Professor of Spanish
Dahlonega Campus

Research Interests

Latin American and Spanish cultures and literatures; Women Writers of Latin America and Spain; Building of the nations; Law and Integration; Women and society; Women, Cuisine and politics.

Current Projects

I am currently working on articles related to literature, women and nation. I don't have a current project specifically for recruiting students.

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Francisco Guzmán
Assistant Professor
Dahlonega Campus

Research Interests

Astrophysics, plasma physics, computational astrophysics, spectroscopy.

Current Projects

1. Modeling of abundances of heavy elements in Planetary Nebulae.
2. Primordial Helium abundances in early galaxies and dwarf Compact Galaxies.
3. Influence of low temperature dielectronic recombination in the emission from high metalicity knots in astrophysical nebulae.

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Seth Mallett
Assistant Professor
Dahlonega Campus

Research Interests

Engineering-related projects. My specialty is Civil Engineering, but I am also interested in mechanical and electrical engineering-related projects.

Current Projects

Improving heat transfer in shallow geothermal energy applications (e.g., ground source heat pumps) via bio-inspired engineering approaches.

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Bibek Chand 
Associate Professor
Gainesville Campus

Research Interests

International Relations (broadly defined), Security Studies, Foreign Policy, Indo-Pacific Affairs, International Relations of Asia, small states in international politics.

Current Projects

I am happy to help students develop individualized research projects within the scope of International Relations/Affairs. These can be in the form of a full research paper, a short policy paper, or a short opinion piece.

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Jing He
Assistant Professor
Dahlonega Campus

Research Interests

Policy diffusion, educational policy, risk management, big data, human resource management  

Current Projects

I am currently seeking a research assistant to be my co-author. The topic can be one of my research interests or we can find a topic that both of us are interested in.

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Scott McDonald
Assistant Professor
Dahlonega Campus

Research Interests

I research foreign policy of the People’s Republic of China and the ideational factors, such as philosophy, that underlie decision-making. From a theoretical perspective, I am very interested in the incorporation of individual philosophy into international relations through a Neoclassical lens. I also research national security more broadly, specifically focusing on the intersection of US and other states within the Indo-Pacific region.

Current Projects

I am currently beginning a project on the role of objectivity in international relations theory. In this regard, I would be interested in working with students who have an interest in international relations theory or the philosophical study of epistemology.

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Raluca Viman Miller
Associate Professor & Associate Department Head
Dahlonega Campus

Research Interests

Comparative politics (migration, democratization, electoral behavior, extremist political parties, developing nations); International relations (security studies, conflict management, international institutions); European Politics (post-communist societies, Eastern Europe, migration, voting behavior, extremist parties).

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Diane Cook
Professor
Gainesville Campus

Research Interests

Personality (Five Factor Model), religiosity, close relationships

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Bryan L. Dawson
Associate Department Head and Professor
Dahlonega Campus

Research Interests

Diversity, Gaming, Leadership, Experimental Psychology! Industrial Organizational Psychology.

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John Dewey
Associate Professor
Dahlonega Campus

Research Interests 

Social cognition; cognitive psychology; experimental psychology (general)

Current Projects

I am more than happy to assist a student in developing their own proposal.

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Ralph Hale
Associate Professor
Gainesville Campus

Research Interests  

Cognitive psychology

Current Projects

N/A; open to new student McNair projects and could help students develop their own project ideas.

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Abby Meyer
Associate Professor
Dahlonega Campus

Research Interests

Neuroscience, psychology, mechanisms of learning, memory systems, motivated behaviors, development throughout the lifespan.

Current Project

Neurodevelopment and neurodegeneration as they relate to diet and exercise; developing a new model for human memory.

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Troy Smith
Associate Professor
Gainesville Campus

Research Interests

Cognitive neuroscience, cognitive psychology, and quantitative research methods. Memory for events (episodic memory), memory for facts and meanings (semantic memory), and how these two memory systems work together.

Current Projects

I'm looking for students to help with my EEG study of cognitive dissonance. This could include running participants in an EEG experiment, processing data, and analyzing a reporting results.

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Efren Velazquez
Associate Professor
Gainesville Campus

Research Interests

Latinx emerging adult health.

Current Projects

Latinx Emerging Adult Culture and Health Study: This study examines cultural values and their association with Latino/a emerging adult sexual and mental health outcomes.

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MC Whitlock
Associate Professor
Dahlonega Campus

Research Interests

Gender, sexual behavior, health, queer identity, social change, qualitative research.