Andy Horne, who has gained an international reputation as one of  the top experts in bullying and behavior problems in children, has received the College’s 2002 Russell H. Yeany, Jr. Research Award.
 Horne, a professor of counseling, is director of a multi-discipline research project that is helping to design  and test a national model for the prevention of aggression in middle
schools. The Multisite Violence Prevention Project, funded by a $12.8 million grant from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), involves collaborative work with researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago, Virginia Commonwealth and Duke universities.
 Horne is also director of Project A.C.T. Early: Advancing the Competencies of Teachers for Early Behavorial Interventions of At-Risk Children, which has won national attention over the last several years.
 He has been principal investigator for several National Institute of Health grants exploring developmental aspects of behavior problems in children and was director of the Family Research Program, a project that examined the collaborative methods of helping families, schools and juvenile justice systems address problems of conduct and oppositional defiant-disordered.
 Horne came to UGA in 1989 as professor, department head and director of training in counseling psychology. He held previous positions at Indiana State University, Boston University, and Montana State University. He received his Ph.D. in counseling and educational psychology from Southern Illinois University.
 The Russell H. Yeany, Jr. Research Award was established in 1998 to recognize outstanding cumulative research and is made possible by a gift from Russell H. Yeany, Jr., dean emeritus of the College. The recipient of the award receives a plaque, a one-time cash award of $1,000, and a $2,000 grant for professional development.

Monday, April 2, 2002
Writer: Michael Childs, 706/542-5889, mchilds@coe.uga.edu
Contact: Andy Horne, 706/542-4107, ahorne@coe.uga.edu