Tag: Faculty Profile
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Librarian bookends her career by teaching history and playing music
Nan McMurry fashioned a way to combine two things she enjoys, working in a library…
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Prof researches ways to protect ‘lesser-known’ threatened wildlife
While evening bats and wood rats do not have the same sex appeal to Georgia’s…
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McBee Professor examines universities’ ties to marketplace
After almost two decades at the University of Arizona, Sheila Slaughter was lured to UGA’s…
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Coordinator of urban gardening program helps grow communities
It is often said that gardening is good for the soul. Gardeners in Bobby Wilson’s…
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Veterinary professor’s research may rid horses of ‘lame’ excuses
As a member of the faculty of the College of Veterinary Medicine, Randy Eggleston is…
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Professor studies multicultural, ethnic dynamics in counseling
“The demographics of the U.S. are changing, areas are changing with the influx of new…
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Social work prof spends time in jail to keep repeat offenders out
Schnavia Smith Hatcher has never been arrested and yet she’s spent years in jails. She…
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School of Law professor takes part in ‘supreme’ legal research project
When Supreme Court justices speak, people listen. And when Supreme Court justices disagree, people listen…
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Ecology administrator’s career merges interests from two worlds
When Dorset Trapnell was 17, she knew “beyond a shadow of a doubt” that she…
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Advertising professor studies ‘beefcake’ and ‘cheesecake’
When Tom Reichert picks up a magazine or sits in front of the TV, the…
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Close to home: Career of Rusk Center director comes full circle
Why would a successful politician and lawyer leave the high-powered world of Washington, D.C.? To…
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Public administration professor researches ‘Lipstick and Logarithms’
The Department of Public Administration and Policy’s graduate program in public administration is considered the…
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Family and consumer sciences professor is a woman of the cloth
Has the North American Free Trade Act created a “giant sucking sound” of jobs escaping…
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School of Music professor conducts successful revival of choral program
Mitos Andaya’s fingers are like long blades of grass swaying in a soft breeze, her…
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Professor immerses himself in college life both in, out of classroom
Doug Toma is so enthusiastic about the University of Georgia that he would probably make…
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Public service associate provides legal advice to local governments
Betty Hudson likes a job with variety; most days, that is not a problem.
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Education prof devotes her career to helping ‘overlooked’ children
Few professors on the UGA campus have the opportunity to impact children’s lives as much…
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Librarian’s work keeps her on cutting edge of information sharing
Carla Wilson Buss’s first library job was in a microfilm department, then considered “cutting edge”…
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Research scientist investigates cure for ‘common cold’ in chickens
“The job of infectious bronchitis virus is to continue to change so that it can…
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Social work professor helps her students answer age-old questions
Stacey Kolomer treats her “Social Services for an Aging Population” class as a study-abroad course…
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Foods and nutrition professor is passionate about solving ‘weighty’ issues
Ruth Harris is passionate about her research, but unless you’re a fellow scientist you might…
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UGA entomologist puts a bug in people’s ear about pesticide risks
You wake up in the middle of the night and head to the kitchen for…
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Pathology professor makes a career out of studying the ‘wild’ life
Debra Miller was earning a master’s in wildlife biology when she discovered veterinary medicine. She…
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Education prof focuses on helping teachers connect science, students
Growing up in south Louisiana as the youngest of 10 children, Malcolm Butler was encouraged not…
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