Research and Computational Data Management Team

Beth Woods is the Director of the Department of Research and Computational Data Management (RCDM) in the UGA Libraries. She is responsible for leading the RCDM team and its service offerings, including the Data Studio @ Main. 

Beth works in close partnership with the Research Data Management Advisory Council (RDM-AC) and campus stakeholders including the Office of Research and EITS to strengthen and enhance the university’s support for research and innovation. 

Beth holds a Ph.D. in Learning, Design, and Technology. 

Meagan Duever is the Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Librarian for the Department of Research and Computational Data Management in the UGA Libraries.

Meagan leads workshops focused on GIS, geospatial data and concepts, and maps in addition to providing consultation support for students, faculty, and staff.

Katie Ireland is the Interim Lab Coordinator for the Department of Research and Computational Data Management in the UGA Libraries. She is responsible for coordinating RCDM outreach programming offered in the Data Studio @ Main, including workshops and colloquia. She also oversees the lab’s graduate assistants and coordinates the lab's walk-in data consultations.

Katie holds a Ph.D. in Linguistics from UGA, and her research is focused on using digital tools in text analysis, corpus linguistics, and language variation. 

Kellie Templeman is the Research Data Management Coordinator for the Department of Research and Computational Data Management in the UGA Libraries. She is responsible for supporting UGA researchers with research management planning, which includes providing guidance related to policies, best practices, open data sharing and reuse, as well as planning for appropriate preservation and storage solutions. She also leads workshops and seminars on research data management topics and offers data consultations by appointment to students, faculty, and staff.

Kellie holds a Ph.D. in Educational Psychology from UGA, and her research is focused on digital learning strategies, educational engagement, and the perceptions, impact, and effectiveness of online learning.

Keiko Bridwell is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Linguistics. She works as a research assistant at the Data Studio @ Main, where she leads workshops on various digital tools, including Excel and R, and is available for consultation about digital projects. Keiko’s research in linguistics focuses on sociophonetic variation in Southern American English. 

Brent Peterson is a Ph.D. student in the Linguistics Department and holds a dual appointment as a Research Assistant for the Data Studio @ Main and the Linguistic Atlas Project. He leads workshops on selected topics and is available to help students, faculty, and staff with digital projects in the Data Studio @ Main. He aims to work at the intersection of comparative-historical linguistics, digital humanities, corpus linguistics, and natural language processing (NLP). 

Larissa is a Ph.D. student in the Sociology Department. She is a research assistant at the Data Studio @ Main, leading workshops on R, Python, and Data Visualization and Processing. She is available for consultation about research methods, data science processes, and questions on R and Python programming for research. Larissa's research focuses on political sociology, social studies of science and technology, data studies, and Latin America's context.

Abigail is pursuing a bachelor's degree in English, with a minor in American Sign Language. She is a Coca Cola First Generation Scholar and has a passion for literature and the arts.

As a student assistant, Abigail supports marketing and communications for RCDM and the UGA Libraries, creating flyers and social media content for upcoming events.