Council Representatives

Undergraduate Research Council for 2021:

• African American Studies, Dr. Tom Aiello: taiello@valdosta.edu
• Art, Dr. Glenda Swan: gmswan@valdosta.edu
• Biology, Dr. Timothy Fort: tjfort@valdosta.edu
• Chemistry/GeoSciences, Dr. Gopeekrishnan Sreenilayam: gsreenilayam@valdosta.edu
• Communication Arts, Dr. Chia-Ling Ho: cho@valdosta.edu
• Communication Sciences/Disorders/Special Education, Dr. Kathrine Lamb: kalamb@valdosta.edu
• Computer Science/Engineering, Dr. Ahana Roy Choudhury: aroychoudhury@valdosta.edu
• English, Dr. Ubaraj Katawal: ukatawal@valdosta.edu
• Education, Dr. Gayle Ramirez: mgvaldez@valdosta.edu
• Educational Psychology, Dr. Ophelie Desmet: odesmet@valdosta.edu 
• History/Philosophy/Religious Studies Dr. Sarah FitzGerald: safitzgerald@valdosta.edu
• Honors College, Dr. Michael Savoie: mpsavoie@valdosta.edu
• Interdisciplinary Studies, Dr. Lavonna Lovern: llovern@valdosta.edu
• Langdale College of Business, Dr. Zulal Denaux: zsdenaux@valdosta.edu
• Library, Samantha Paul MA: sepaul@valdosta.edu
• Mathematics/Physics/Astronomy, Dr. Billy Quarles: biquarles@valdosta.edu 
• Modern and Classical Languages, Dr. Karen Acosta: karacosta@valdosta.edu
• Native American/Indigenous Studies, Dr. Lavonna Lovern: llovern@valdosta.edu
• Nursing/Health Sciences, Kelley Parker MSN RN: kvphelps@valdosta.edu
• Political Science, Dr. Marc Pufong: mpufong@valdosta.edu
• Psychology, Dr. Charles Talor: crtalor@valdosta.edu
• Sociology/Anthropology/Criminal Justice, Dr. Anne Price: annprice@valdosta.edu
• Women’s and Gender Studies, Dr. A.J. Ramirez: ajramirez@valdosta.edu
• Graduate Assistant, Ashton Jones-Obikpo: ajonesobikpo@valdosta.edu 
• Tech. Team Leader, Robert Taylor: rngriggs@valdosta.edu 
• Ex officio Team Leader, James Laplant: jlaplant@valdosta.edu 

Don’t see your department or program listed? Please contact Dr. Lavonna Lovern about opportunities to present at the symposium llovern@valdosta.edu.