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Office of Research

Main Telephone: (912) 478-5465

Dr. David C. Weindorf
Vice Provost for Research and Economic Development
Email: dweindorf@georgiasouthern.edu

Dr. Laura Regassa
Associate Provost for Research
Email: lregassa@georgiasouthern.edu

Dominique Halaby, DPA
Associate Provost for Innovation & Commercialization
Email: dhalaby@georgiasouthern.edu

Belinda Classens
Director of Operations
Email: bclassens@georgiasouthern.edu

Shawn Taylor
Administrative Assistant
Email: staylor@georgiasouthern.edu

Communications Team

Mary Kate Allen
Communications Manager
Phone: 912-478-1044
Email: mallen@georgiasouthern.edu

Amber Houston
Communications Coordinator
Phone: 912-478-1027
Email: ahouston@georgiasouthern.edu

Research Services – PreAward

General Inquiries: research@georgiasouthern.edu or 912-478-5465

Tina Leggett
Director/Grant Coordinator
Phone: 912-344-2666
Email: tleggett@georgiasouthern.edu

Timiesha James
Grant Coordinator
Phone: 912-344-3617
Email: tljames@georgiasouthern.edu

Jessica McLaughlin
Grant Coordinator
Phone: 912-478-5618
Email: jmclaughlin@georgiasouthern.edu

Melissa Gast-Goodman
Grant Coordinator
Phone: 912-478-7073
Email: mgoodman@georgiasouthern.edu

Janee Cardell
Contract Coordinator
Phone: 912-478-2340
Email: jcardell@georgiasouthern.edu

Research Services – PostAward (Research Accountants)

General Inquiries: researchaccounting@georgiasouthern.edu or 912-478-5465

Christy Yother
Associate Director of Research Accounting
Phone: 912-478-5319
Email: cyother@georgiasouthern.edu

Jennifer Dippolito
Accountant II
Phone: 912-478-8530
Email: jdippolito@georgiasouthern.edu

Geri Kilmer
Accountant II
Phone: 912-344-3335
Email: gkilmer@georgiasouthern.edu

Research Integrity

General Inquiries: irb@georgiasouthern.edu or 912-478-5465

Eleanor Haynes
Director
Phone: 912-478-0843
Email: ehaynes@georgiasouthern.edu

Shelley Salter
Research Compliance Manager
Phone: 912-478-3022
Email: ssalter@georgiasouthern.edu

Rudy Norton
Research Compliance Specialist
Phone: 912-478-8549
Email: jnorton@georgiasouthern.edu

Research Development

General Inquiries: resdev@georgiasouthern.edu or 912-478-5465

Dr. Laura Regassa
Associate Provost for Research
lregassa@georgiasouthern.edu

Dr. Tilicia Mayo-Gamble
Provost Faculty Research Fellow
resdev@georgiasouthern.edu

Dr. Shainaz Lange
Faculty Research Fellow
slandge@georgiasouthern.edu

Dr. Stephen Greiman
Faculty Research Fellow
sgreiman@georgiasouthern.edu

Georgia Southern University Research and Service Foundation

Krista Briel
Associate Director
Phone: 912-478-5121
Email: kmbrinson@georgiasouthern.edu

Josh Sheffield
Accountant II
Phone: 912-478-5076
Email: jsheffield@georgiasouthern.edu

Susan Hutchins
Accountant I
Phone: 912-478-2459
Email: shutchins@georgiasouthern.edu

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