Professor stacym@uab.edu
Heritage Hall 429
(205) 923-2339

Research and Teaching Interests: Constitutional Law, Juvenile Justice and Law, Neighborhood Characteristics and structural disadvantage, offender re-entry, and international social justice

Office Hours: By appointment only

Education:

• BS, University of Southern Mississippi, Criminal Justice
• JD, Loyola University New Orleans
• PhD, University of New Orleans, Urban Studies

Dr. Stacy Moak is originally from Brookhaven, Mississippi. She recently joined the Political Science and Public Administration faculty after being a faculty member in the Social Work department for the past 4 years. Dr. Moak was a faculty member in the Department of Criminal Justice at the University of Arkansas Little Rock for 10 years prior to moving to Alabama in 2016.

Dr. Moak is a Sparkman Fellow and mentors students who engage in global solutions to complex issues. She is also a faculty associate with the Institute for Human Rights. Additionally, she has developed and leads a faculty-led study abroad program to Kenya. She works closely with the Offender Alumni Association in Birmingham and conducts service-learning projects with her students and the OAA program. Dr. Moak has an interdisciplinary approach to her scholarship and her teaching and students experience topics from a variety of viewpoints.

In addition to leading programs to Kenya, Dr. Moak teaches as a member of the Law Faculty at Karl Franz University in Graz Austria alternating summer. She enjoys international travel and has traveled to Australia, China, Africa, Austria, Japan, Norway, Whales, Brazil, Croatia, Italy, Hungary, and Germany. Dr. Moak believes that experiencing cultures and customs that are different from those of Americans encourages worldwide understanding and promotes peace.