About GURC

The Georgia Undergraduate Research Conference (GURC) itself strives to serve students and faculty in the Southeastern United States as the region’s premiere undergraduate research and creative endeavors conference. The once-yearly conference promotes the dissemination of original student scholarship conducted in partnership with a faculty/staff mentor. Further, GURC serves as a networking conference providing undergraduates with connections to career and graduate school opportunities.

GURC is hosted each year by a member of the Georgia Undergraduate Research Collective, an organization dedicated to promoting high-quality undergraduate student-faculty collaborative research and scholarship across the state of Georgia and the surrounding region. The Collective is pleased to be in its 7^th year.

Previous Conferences

2013, 2014 – Columbus State University
2014, 2015 – Georgia Southern University
2016, 2017 – Georgia College & State University
2018, 2019 – University of North Georgia
2020, 2021 – University of West Georgia

Next Conference

2022, 2023 – Valdosta State University

Executive Board, Georgia Undergraduate Research Collective

President, Kate Theobold, University of West Georgia
Immediate Past-President, Anastasia Lin, University of North Georgia
President-Elect, Kate Theobold, University of West Georgia
Secretary, Kymberly Harris, Georgia Southern University

General Council, Georgia Undergraduate Research Collective

Name	Department/Program	Institution
Samuel Abegaz	Associate Professor; Chemistry	Columbus State University
Amy Buddie	Director of Undergraduate Research and Professor of Psychology; Psychology	Kennesaw State University
Kevin Bucholtz	Undergraduate Research Director, Associate Professor, & Chemical Commerce Director; Chemistry	Mercer University
Diane Byrd	Assistant Professor; Psychology	Fort Valley State University
Lavonna Lovern	Co-coordinator Undergraduate Research; Philosophy and Religious Studies	Valdosta State University
Steven Engel	Associate Professor and Director of the University Honors Program; Political Science	Georgia Southern University
Monica Frazier	Associate Professor of Biology	Columbus State University
Kymberly Harris	Associate Professor; Elementary & Special Education	Georgia Southern University
Shamin Khan	Professor of Computer Science	Columbus State University
Anastasia Lin	Assistant Vice President, Research & Engagement; English	University of North Georgia
Christopher McCollough	Associate Professor of Communication	Columbus State University
Hussein Mohamed	Associate Professor for the School of Science, Technology, and Mathematics; Biology	Dalton State University
Maria Navarro	Associate Director of the Honors Program and Center for Undegraduate Research Opportunities & Professor of Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communication	University of Georgia
Quentin Davis	Director, Center for Undergraduate Research and Scholarship	Augusta University
Doreen Sams	Faculty Coordinator MURACE, Professor of Marketing, Course Lead, Georgia WebMBA International Business	Georgia College & State University
Marina G. Smitherman	Director of the Center for Academic Excellence & Professor; Biology	Dalton State College
Sairam Tangirala	Associate Professor of Physics	Georgia Gwinnett College
Kate Theobald	Manager of the Office of Undergraduate Research and National Scholarships and Fellowships Advisor; Honors College	University of West Georgia
Cindy Ticknor	Dean of the Honors College & Professor; Mathematics Education	Columbus State University
Daniel Walter	Visiting Assistant Professor of German and Linguistics	Emory University
Dinah McClintock	Associate Professor of Visual Arts	Kennesaw State University
Darby Sewell	Assistant Vice President for Academic Affairs, Engaged Learning & SACSCOC Liaison	Abraham Baldwin Agriculture College