Research:
Demographics, statistics, substance use, and program evaluation

Interests:
Doug Bachtel is editor of The Georgia County Guide, The Georgia Municipal Guide, The Georgia Housing Guide. These publications are comprehensive statistical fact books about all 159 of the state's counties and 534 municipalities. They are used on a daily basis across the state by governmental, business, health, and educational decision makers as well as interested citizens to improve the quality of life in their communities. He was the former editor of two academic publications, The Journal of The Community Development Society and The Southern Journal of Rural Sociology. These journals focus on community and economic development issues. He also was a contributing editor to The Georgia Journal, a popular magazine about Georgia.

Education:

Selected Publications/Presentations:
Boatright, S. R. & Bachtel, D. C. (2003). The 2003 Georgia County Guide. College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Cooperative Extension Service, College of Family and Consumer Sciences. Athens, GA: The University of Georgia.

Bachtel, D.C., Porter, D., & Tinsley, K. (2002). Georgia Specialty Mushroom Feasibility Study. Housing & Consumer Economics Department, and Botany Department, The University of Georgia, Athens, GA.

Atiles, J., Bachtel, D.C., Cude, B.J., Fleming, W., Ragsdale, M., Rodgers, T., Shelton, G., Sweaney, A.L., Tinsley, K., & Valente, J. (2001). Workforce Housing in Georgia. Athens, GA: University of Georgia Housing and Demographics Research Center. Available online: http://www.fcs.uga.edu/hace/docs/Workforce%20Housing%20in%20Georgia.pdf