Research Institution

Georgia State University is classified by the Carnegie Foundation as a Research University with High Research Activity. This classification is based on research and development spending, the level of research activity, the number of staff with doctorates involved with research, and the number of doctorate degrees awarded.  

Georgia State is committed to providing our students with a challenging intellectual environment and a wide array of undergraduate degree programs and majors to choose from. Our undergraduate students have exciting opportunities university-wide for innovative research and present their findings at our annual Undergraduate Research Day.

Here are some examples of the research projects our undergraduate students have presented over the past few years:

Psychology:

Correlates of coping strategies and trauma symptoms in juvenile offenders
Family Functioning at diagnosis as a predictor of later adaptive functioning in pediatric brain tumor survivors
The effects of environmental music conditions

Biology:

Attenuated escalation of morphine self-administration in periadolescent male rats
Fasting-induced changes in white adipose tissue mass after neonatal monosodium glutamate treatment
Comparative study of the enzyme kinetics of yeast catalase
The Effects of microgravity on the human cardiovascular system

Chemistry:

 Homology Models for the SiaA binding protein from streptococcus pyogenes
The expression and purification of designed metal binding proteins for magnetic imaging
 From sunlight to DNA damage

History:

The politics of commemoration in Shiite Islam
The Georgia Civil War Centennial 1960-1965: White supremacy, national unity, and the Andrews Raid.

Religious Studies:
Assimilation of Chinese-Christian young-adults in American society
Perennialism and the study of mysticism: Out of bounds?

Our research institutes, centers, and initiatives include:

College of Arts and Sciences:

Neuroscience Institute
The CHARA-Array: Center for High Angular Resolution Astronomy
The Center for Behavioral Neuroscience
Gerontology Institute
Center for International Media Education
Center for Neighborhood and Metropolitan Studies
Language Research Center

Andrew Young School of Policy Studies:

Experimental Economics Center
Fiscal Research Center
Georgia Health Policy Center
International Studies Program (fiscal policy research center

College of Education:

Alonzo A. Crim Center for Educational Excellence
Center for Research on School Safety, School Climate and Classroom Management
Speech-Language-Hearing Clinic
Bureau for Students with Multiple and Severe Disabilities

J.Mack Robinson College of Business:

Institute of International Business
Decision Sciences Institute
Institute of Health Administration
Center for Business and Industrial Marketing
CRIS: Center for Research in Information Systems
Center for Mature Consumer Studies