Research Opportunities
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
