 danns to chair international editorial board of ug press danns to chair international editorial board of ug press danns to chair international editorial board of ug press webmaster fri 4212017 1947 dr george k danns professor of sociology at the university of north georgia ung was selected to chair the international editorial board of the university of guyana press ugp a panel of researchers and scholars with expertise in the social sciences humanities and the environment from guyana and the caribbean region the university of guyana and ian randle publishers of jamaica signed a cohort agreement to establish the ugp as a way for faculty and students conducting research to publish their works as well as building scholarship at the country s only university the ugp is a major institutional advancement and a significant component of the university s renaissance of development it is an affirmation and celebration of scholarship and an accessible conduit for the publication of quality research from its faculty scholars from the diaspora scientists and creative others danns said danns has more than 20 publications in areas such as race and ethnic minorities community development political leadership military police and national security social movements environmental and natural disasters homicide youth women and child labor he holds a bachelor s degree in social sciences from the university of guyana and a master s degree and a phd in sociology from the state university of new york at stony brook  ug press university of north georgia ian randle publishers 