Meet the Team

• On This Page:
• Current Team Members
• Collaborators
• Former Student Team Members

Current Team Members

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  Ted Futris

  Georgia Athletic Association Professor in Family and Consumer Sciences
  Extension Family Life Specialist
  Graduate Coordinator

   tfutris@uga.edu

   706-542-9004

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  Evin Winkelman Richardson

  Assistant Research Scientist

   evinr@uga.edu

   706-542-9004

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  Catherine Walker O’Neal

  Assistant Professor

   cwalker1@uga.edu

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  Lance Palmer

  Janette McGarity Barber Professor

   lpalmer@uga.edu

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  Shuangyue Cui

  Graduate research assistant

   sc29287@uga.edu

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  Rachel Brown

  Graduate Research Assistant

   rab32840@uga.edu

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  Rachel Okamoto

  PhD Student, Graduate Research Assistant

   rachel.okamoto@uga.edu

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  Aspen Thompson

  M.S. Child Life Student, Graduate Research Assistant

   at94893@uga.edu

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  Malia Epps

  M.S. Child Life Student, Graduate Teaching Assistant

   me10776@uga.edu

Collaborators

The CARE Lab team has worked collaboratively with several colleagues to advance the research on couples and relationship education.

Francesca Adler Baeder

Auburn University, Human Development and Family Studies

Project: Dr. Adler Baeder is a co-author on manuscripts evaluating the couple's education curriculum, ELEVATE: Taking your Relationship to the Next Level, which she and Dr. Futris co-authored.

Analisa Arroyo, PhD

University of Georgia, Department of Communication Studies

Project: Dr. Arroyo is co-authoring manuscripts examining the association between health, interpersonal communication, and relational quality.

Chalandra Bryant, PhD

University of Minnesota, College of Education and Human Development

Project: Dr. Bryant is a co-author on manuscripts examining the influence of social connections, emotional expressions of gratitude, and couple interactions on marital quality.

Jenee Duncan, PhD

University of Florida, Department of Family, Youth and Community Science

Project: Dr. Duncan is co-authoring manuscripts examining coupe and coparenting dynamics and the impact of relationship education on parents who are parenting apart.

Tara Jordan, PhD

Iowa State University, Human Development and Family Studies

Project: Dr. Hurt is a co-author on manuscripts examining the romantic relationship experiences of low-income African American youth and the influence of youth-focused relationship education on their attitudes and beliefs about relationships.

Jacquelyn Mallette

East Carolina University, Human Development and Family Science

Project: Dr. Mallette is a co-author on manuscripts examining the couple and coparenting relationships of teen parents, unmarried at-risk parents, and foster parent couples.

Robert Nielsen, PhD

University of Alabama, Department of Consumer Sciences

Project: Dr. Nielsen was the Co-PI (while at UGA) on the Healthy Families, Healthy Finances(HFHF) study that examined the association between relationship functioning and financial management practices among a random statewide sample of married individuals across Georgia.

David Schramm, PhD

Utah State University, Department of Family, Consumer, and Human Development.

Project: Dr. Schramm was the Co-PI (while at the University of Missouri) on the Healthy Relationship and Marriage Education Training (HRMET) project where, along with our collaborators in North Carolina, Iowa, and Arkansas, we developed and evaluated the efficacy of a training that prepared child welfare professionals to integrate relationship education into their services.

Former Student Team Members (Select)

 * Center for Undergraduate Research Opportunity (CURO) Assistantship