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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
Franklin
African Studies Institute Akinloye Ojo
Franklin
Agribusiness & Economic Development, Center for John McKissick
CAES
Applied Isotope Studies, Center for John E. Noakes
OVPR
Archaeological Sciences, Center for Elizabeth Reitz
Franklin
Artificial Intelligence, Institute for Walter D. Potter
Franklin
Asian Studies, Center for Farley Richmond
Franklin
Behavioral Research, William A. and Barbara R. Owens Institute for Steve Beach
OVPR
Bioenergy Systems Research Institute Robert A. Scott, Interim
OVPR
Bioinformatics, Institute of Jessica Kissinger
OVPR
Biomedical  & Health Science Institute Harry A. Dailey
OVPR
Bonbright Utilities Center Albert L. Danielsen
Terry
C-GSET(Collaborative Study of Gene-Social Environment Transactions, Center for) Steven Beach
OVPR
Cancer Center, UGA J. Michael Pierce
OVPR
Carl Vinson Institute of Government Laura Meadows
OVPPSO
Coca Cola Center for Marketing Studies Charlotte H. Mason
Terry
Complex Carbohydrate Research Center Alan Darvill
OVPR
Computational Chemistry, Center for Henry F. Schaefer III
Franklin
Continuing Judicial Education, Institute for Richard D. Reaves
LAW
Continuing Legal Education, Institute for Lawrence F. Jones
LAW
Counseling & Personal Evaluation, Center for Linda F. Campbell
COE
Cox Center for International Mass Communication
Training & Research (James M. Cox, Jr)
Lee B. Becker
Grady
Cox Institute for Newspaper Management Studies Conrad C. Fink
Grady
Dean Rusk Center for International &  Comparative Law C. Donald Johnson
LAW
Drug Discovery, Center for Vasu Nair
COP
Economic Education, Center for (with College of Family & Consumer Sciences) Cheryl Fields Smith, Greg Trandel
COE/FACS
Evidence-Based Health Professions Education, Institute for Ron Cervero, Mark Ebell, Co-Directors
COE/CPH
Faculty of Engineering, Institute of E. Dale Threadgill
OVPAA
Family Research, Center for Gene Brody
OVPR
Fanning Institute Joseph W. Whorton
OVPPSO
Fitness Center, UGA Ellen Evans
COE
Food Product Innovation & Commercialization Center Dick Phillips
CAES
Food Safety, Center for Michael P. Doyle
CAES
Forest Business, Center for Robert Lee Izlar
WSFR
Gambling Research, Center for Adam Goodie
OVPR
Georgia Center for Urban Agriculture & Environmental Sciences Kris Braman
CAES
Gerontology, Institute of Toni Miles
CPH
Global Health, Center for Richard Schuster
CPH
GLOBIS Han Park
SPIA
Health & Risk Communication, Center for Vicki Freimuth
Grady
Health Management and Mass Destruction Defense, Institute for Cham Dallas
CPH
Higher Education, Institute of Libby V. Morris
OVPAA
Housing & Demographics Research Center Anne Sweaney
FACS
Human Development & Disability,  Institute for Zolinda Stoneman
FACS
Information Systems Leadership, Center for Richard Watson
Terry
Insurance Education & Research, Center for Robert E. Hoyt
Terry
Integrative Conservation Research, Center for J. Peter Brosius
Franklin
Interdisciplinary Research on Education and Human Development, Institute for Allan Cohen
COE
International Center L. Ray Brooks, Jr.
OVPPSO
International Trade & Security, Center for Gary K. Bertsch
SPIA
Invasive Species & Ecosystem Health, Center for G. Keith Douce/David J. Moorehead
CAES/Warnell
Latin American & Caribbean Studies Institute Robert Moser
Franklin
Latino Achievement & Success in Education, Center for Pedro Portes
COE
Leadership Advancement in Business Organizations, Institute for Dale Gauthreaux
Terry
Learning Disorders, Regents Center for William Lindstrom
Franklin
Marine Institute at Sapelo Island William L. Miller, Jr.
OVPR
McPhaul Child & Family Development Center Amy Kay
FACS
Metalloenzyme Studies, Center for Michael K. Johnson
Franklin
Molecular Medicine, Center for Stephen Dalton
OVPR
Nanoscale Science & Engineering Center Yiping Zhao
OVPR
Native American Studies, Institute of Jace Weaver
Franklin
New Media Institute Scott A. Shamp
Grady
Nonprofit Organizations, Institute for Michelle Carney
SW
Peabody Center for Media & Society Horace Newcomb
Grady
Plant Breeding, Genetics & Genomics, Institute for Joseph Bouton
CAES
Plant Center Kelly Dawe
OVPR
Poultry Diagnostic & Research Center Holly Sellers
VET
Ramsey Center for Private Enterprise Cristopher M. Cornwell
Terry
Regenerative Bioscience, Center for Steve Stice
OVPR
Remote Sensing & Mapping Science, Center for Marguerite Madden
Franklin
Research on Behavioral Health & Human Services Delivery, Center for Paul Roman
OVPR
River Basin Center C. Ronald Carroll
Odum
Selig Center for Economic Growth Jeffrey M. Humphreys
Terry
Simulational Physics, Center for David P. Landau
Franklin
Soybean Improvement (CSI), Center for Roger Boerma
CAES
Strategic Risk Management, Center for Robert E. Hoyt
Terry
Torrance Center for Creativity & Talent Development Mark Runco
COE
Tropical & Emerging Global Diseases, Center for Daniel G. Colley
OVPR
Ultrastructural Research, Center for Paul Schroeder
Franklin
Undergraduate Research Opportunities, Center for David Williams
OVPAA
Virtual History, Center for Steve Berry, Claudio Saunt
Franklin
Willson Center for  Humanities & Arts, Jane & Harry Nicholas Allen
OVPR
Women’s Studies, Institute for Juanita Johnson-Bailey
Franklin
Contact: Mandi Herrin Albanese .Phone 706-542-2558 . Fax 706-583-8227 .
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