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 7th 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
Next Conference
- 2020, 2021 – University of West Georgia
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 |
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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 |