Associate Dean for Research, Technology & External Affairs

Mission

The Office of the Associate Dean for Research and External Affairs in the College of Education includes three interrelated units: the Office of Research, the Office of Off-Campus Instruction, and the Office of Communications and Publications.

The Office of Research serves to promote and support the research mission of the College of Education. This office assists individual faculty members and collaborators in their pursuit of external funding for research, instruction, and service activities. Assistance in identifying possible funding sources, notification of requests for proposals, assistance with budget development, facilitation of grant and contract approval through the Office of the Vice President for Research and electronic grant submission are provided. Some faculty grants and contracts are administered directly through this office, which provides a range of services aimed at improving grant management and administration for principal investigators. During the past two fiscal years, faculty in the College of Education received totals of $15,097,506 (2003-04) and $18,059,691 (2004-05) in external research, instruction, and service funds.

The mission of the Office of Off-Campus Instruction is to facilitate faculty efforts in designing projects that provide service to our public constituents while carrying out the instructional and research goals of departments. A variety of activities conducted by faculty each year for state, national and international agencies and educational groups. Direct services to individuals also are provided by clinics, laboratories, and centers.

The Office of Communications and Publications plans, organizes, and implements the day-to-day flow of public information, striving to create and maintain a positive public image for the College of Education. Led by the Director of Public Information, the office is responsible for writing press releases and feature stories for various COE and UGA publications about the activities of the College and achievements of its faculty, students and alumni; developing contacts and relationships with media representatives to promote awareness of new initiatives within the College; managing public and media inquiries; producing award-winning publications such as the College's annual magazine, Education (CASE awards in 2002, 2003, and 2004); and editing and producing the College’s award-winning online newspaper (CASE awards in 2003, 2004, and 2005).

The Office of Communications and Publications has helped achieve a higher profile for the College with faculty gaining national and international attention by ABC News, NBC News, CNN, the BBC, Reuters, the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Seattle Times, the Kansas City Star, the St. Paul Pioneer Press, the Chicago Tribune, the Chicago Sun-Times, the Lincoln (Neb.) Journal Star, Converge magazine, the Arizona Republic, Newsweek, the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, the Detroit News, the St. Petersburg Times, WebMD, Parent magazine, NPR, the Chronicle of Higher Education, Black Issues in Higher Education, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, the Palm Beach Post, Time magazine, the Christian Science Monitor and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution in recent years.

The Office of Research, Technology, and External Affairs also offers support and development in the pre- and post-award process. An overview of the organizational structure of the Office of Research, Technology, and External Affairs may be helpful in developing an understanding as to how each of the associated faculty and staff members might best serve the needs of the College faculty.

Mission