Andrea Silletti is the program coordinator for the Center for Undergraduate Research Opportunities. In addition to managing the awards, classes, and other opportunities available through CURO, she enjoys meeting with people across the UGA campus and talking about the benefits of undergraduate research.

Andrea has a BS in environmental studies, biology concentration from Bradley University, and a master’s in biology from Kansas State University. She has been at UGA since 2006. Prior to joining the Honors College in 2022, Andrea was a lab manager in the Odum School of Ecology. She has also held positions with the U.S. Forest Service, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and Clemson University.

James Warnock is associate dean of the Morehead Honors College and oversees Honors academic advising and the Center for Undergraduate Research Opportunities. He is responsible for representing Honors and CURO regionally and nationally, coordinating Honors curricular offerings, supervising several staff members, and working on future Honors initiatives.

Dr. Warnock was chair of the School of Chemical, Materials and Biomedical Engineering and is a professor in the UGA College of Engineering. An active researcher in biomanufacturing workforce development, he has earned international attention for his work in advancing the field of engineering education.

In addition to his role at UGA, Dr. Warnock serves as adjunct director of professional offerings for ABET, the engineering college accreditation board. Before coming to UGA in 2017, he was a professor and associate dean for academic affairs at Mississippi State University’s Bagley College of Engineering.

Dr. Warnock holds a bachelor’s degree in biological science from the University of Wolverhampton, United Kingdom. He earned a master’s in biochemical engineering and a doctorate in chemical engineering from the University of Birmingham. He was a postdoctoral research fellow for the Georgia Institute of Technology/Emory University Center for the Engineering of Living Tissues.

Stephanie Schupska directs the communications and marketing efforts for the Morehead Honors College and Center for Undergraduate Research Opportunities (CURO). She enjoys designing Honors publications, managing its social media accounts and website, writing stories about its amazing students, and taking photos.

She has worked in communications for the University of Georgia since 2005, first in the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences and then in the Division of Marketing and Communications, finishing her time there as research news editor for the university. She joined the Morehead Honors College in 2016.

Stephanie has a bachelor’s degree in English with a minor in journalism from Valdosta State University and a master’s degree in health and medical journalism from UGA. Prior to coming to UGA, she was lead editor for the Cordele Dispatch.

Amanda Pruitt is the business manager and assistant to the dean of the Morehead Honors College. Prior to coming to the Morehead Honors College in 2012, she worked for the UGA Procurement Office, a position she started in 2006.

Amanda was born and raised in Athens, where she went to school. When she isn’t working, she enjoys spending time outside with her husband, two boys, and three dogs.