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Phillip Griffeth

Director of Academic Honesty

Phillip Griffeth is the head of the Office of Academic Honesty and Integrity, a unit of the Office of Instruction, which supports and educates faculty, staff and students in maintaining academic integrity, as well as mediation between faculty and students in cases of academic dishonesty.

Griffeth is most widely known in the community as a private attorney in his own law firm for 11 years. Prior to that he served as a Senior Assistant District Attorney in Georgia’s Western Judicial Circuit, as well as the Chief Assistant Solicitor-General in Athens-Clarke County. Griffeth most recently was associate director of the Institute of Continuing Legal Education for the State Bar of Georgia.

Griffeth earned a juris doctor degree from the Walter F. George School of Law at Mercer University, and a bachelor of arts degree in economics at Davidson College (NC). In addition to an extensive legal career, Griffeth also has been involved with several educational opportunities for students, including as instructor of the Daniel Mock Trial Team for the UGA School of Law, as assistant coach of the Clarke Central High School Mock Trial Team, and as an adjunct faculty member in criminal law and procedure at Athens Technical College. He has made several presentations at the state level and has co-authored several articles for Mercer Law Review.

Henry Siebentritt

Henry Siebentritt

Research Assistant, Academic Honesty

Henry Siebentritt is the research assistant in the Office of Academic Honesty. In his role, he facilitates academic misconduct meetings, creates educational resources for students and faculty, conducts user experience research, analyzes academic misconduct and feedback data, and creates training workshops for students and faculty who work with the Office of Academic Honesty.  Henry served as a math teacher in Clarke County for four years, and is currently working towards a Master's degree in Educational Administration and Policy.

 

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Sebastian Burkholdt

Collaborator, Academic Honesty

Sebastian Burkholdt is the former research assistant in the Office of Academic Honesty. Now, he collaborates with the office on academic integrity initiatives and program development. In addition, he leads academic misconduct meetings, Restorative Justice Conferences in the Remediation Program, and training workshops for students and faculty who work with the Office of Academic Honesty. In 2022, Sebastian spearheaded the development of the Remediation Program for undergraduate students who violated UGA’s academic honesty policy.

Sebastian received his Ph.D. in Educational Theory and Practice with an emphasis in Social Studies Education from UGA's Mary Frances Early College of Education in December 2022. For his dissertation, he conducted research with ambitious high school history teachers about the influence of transformative learning and identity on the development of the teachers’ goals, purposes, and teaching approaches.