Faculty and Board

Faculty and Staff

  • Dr. Jermaine Durham, Director

    My research interests include housing and community development, residential inequality, and housing policy. I am an Assistant Professor of Housing and Community Development and the director of the Georgia Initiative for Community Housing, which is the primary outreach of the Center for Housing and Community Research.  

  • Dr. Sharon Kane, Associate Director

    Dr. Kane has performed a variety of economic research in both the private and public sectors, with areas of expertise including research design and project development, creation and implementation of customized statistical/data tools, economic impact analysis, and community research projects. Prior to joining the University of Georgia, she was an economist for a Fortune 500 corporation, focusing on econometric analysis and economic education. She also has over a decade of experience in the mortgage banking industry, focusing on federally insured and special bond issue loans.

Associated Faculty

Affiliated Faculty

  • Ted Baggett, Carl Vinson Institute of Government
  • Sharon Liggett, Archway Partnership
  • Malik Watkins, Carl Vinson Institute of Government

Board of Directors

  • Susan C. Bogardus, Bank South
  • ShaDonte Butler, Federal Home Loan Bank Atlanta
  • Carmen Chubb, Columbia Residential
  • Bobby Cleveland, Jr., Fickling & Co.,Inc.
  • Matt Foreshee, Georgia Power Company
  • Spencer Frye, Athens Area Habitat for Humanity
  • Philip Gilman, Department of Community Affairs
  • Mitch Hardeman, Hardman-Hobson Waste Services, LLC
  • Bambie Hayes-Brown, Georgia ACT
  • Chris Higdon, Georgia Municipal Association
  • Will Johnston, MicroLife Institute
  • Margaret Lacy, Georgia Association of Realtors
  • Karen Leone de Nie, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
  • Kate Little, Georgia ACT (retired)
  • Donna Lusk, Habitat for Humanity Georgia
  • Rick Parker, Athens Housing Authority (retired)
  • Bithia Ratnasamy, Atlanta Housing Authority
  • Thomas Rodgers, UGA (Emeritus faculty)
  • Courtney Smith, The PNC Bank Financial Services Group
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