Directory
Family, Community & Health Systems


Instructor; Co-Coordinator, Pediatric Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Specialty
Alexandra Armstrong
MSN, CRNP, CPNP‐AC
(205) 996-7627

Instructor
Melanie Baucom
DNP, CRNP, FNP‐BC
(205) 428-2810

Associate Professor; Interim Chair, Department of Family, Community and Health Systems
Curry Bordelon
DNP, MBA, CRNP, NNP‐BC, CPNP‐AC, CNE, ANEF, FNAP
(205) 934-0479

Assistant Professor; Interim Assistant Dean, Graduate Clinical Education – MSN; Co-Coordinator, Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner
Kelley Borella
DNP, CRNP, WHNP‐BC
(205) 975-9035

Assistant Professor
Deborah Bowers
DNP, DMin, MDiv, CRNP, FNP‐C
(205) 975-4124


Instructor; Student Retention Coordinator
Rachael Bruce
DNP, MPH, CRNP, FNP‐C, CNE
(205) 996-4339

Assistant Professor
Pamela Bryant
DNP, CRNP, CPNP‐AC, CPNP‐PC
(205) 934-2640

Instructor; Student Retention Coordinator
Jessica Bumpus
PhD
(205) 996-0372

Assistant Professor
Katie Buys
DNP, MPH, CRNP, FNP‐BC, PMHNP‐BC
(662) 769-9831

Instructor; Co-Coordinator, Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Specialty
Jennifer Carpenter
MSN, CRNP, PMHNP‐BC, RN‐BC
(205) 975-5674

Associate Professor; Interim Assistant Director, PhD Program; Interim Director, Dual DNP-PhD Pathway
Crystal Chapman Lambert
PhD, CRNP, NP‐C, FNP‐BC, AAHIVS, ACRN, FAAN
(205) 934-3481

Associate Professor;
Gwendolyn Childs Sims
PhD, RN, FAAN
(205) 996-4687

Instructor
Cassandra Cobb
MSN, CRNP, FNP
(205) 934-3989



Instructor
Elizabeth Coleman
MSN, CRNP (FO), CPNP‐PC
(205) 996-0359

Assistant Professor
Karen Coles
DNP, RN
(205) 934-9328

Assistant Professor; Co-Director, Nursing Honors Program
Jessica Corcoran
PhD, RN, CPNP‐PC
(205) 996-8101

Assistant Professor; Director, UABSON Blazer Core
Elizabeth Crooks
DNP, RN, CNE
(205) 996-7622

Professor
Martha Dawson
DNP, RN, FACHE, FAAN
(205) 934-6586

Haley Duncan
DNP, CRNP, PMHNP-BC
(205) 934-4403

Associate Professor; Coordinator, Nursing Health Systems Administration Specialty Track
Gregory Eagerton
DNP, RN, NEA‐BC
(205) 975-9101

Instructor
Holly Earnest
DNP, RN, NI‐BC
(205) 996-4445

Instructor; Interim Co-Director, BSN Pathway - Senior Level
Tiffany Ervin
DNP, CRNP, ANP‐C
(205) 996-1737

Instructor; Co-Coordinator, Pediatric Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Specialty
Sherita Etheridge
DNP, CRNP, CPNP‐PC, CNE
(205) 996-4075

Assistant Professor
Benjamin Galatzan
PhD, RN
(205) 934-4403

Assistant Professor; Co-Director, Nursing Honors Program
Sarah Gallups
PhD, MPH, RN
(205) 934-4857

Assistant Professor; Mixed Methods Consultant
Shena Gazaway
PhD, RN
(205) 975-5304


Associate Professor; Co-Coordinator, Emergency Nurse Practitioner Subspecialty
Melanie Hallman
DNP, CRNP, FNP‐BC, ACNP‐BC, ENP‐C, CEN, TCRN, FAEN, FAAN, FAANP
(205) 934-6552

Associate Professor
Stephanie Hammond
DNP, CRNP, ANP‐BC, COHN‐S, FAAOHN
(205) 934-6296

Assistant Professor
Lindsey Harris
DNP, CRNP, FNP‐BC
(205) 934-5428

Professor; Associate Dean, Graduate Clinical Education
Aimee Holland
DNP, CRNP, WHNP‐BC, FNP‐C, FAANP, FAAN
(205) 996-9824

Associate Professor; Co-Coordinator, Emergency Nurse Practitioner Subspecialty
David House
DNP, CRNP, FNP‐BC, ENP‐C, CEN, CNE, FAANP
(205) 934-4403

Instructor
Laketa Huddleston-Pettiway
PhD, M.Ed
(205) 934-5428

Instructor; Co-Coordinator, Pediatric Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Specialty
Heather Hyde
DNP, CRNP, CPNP‐PC
(205) 996-0092

Instructor; Assistant Director, RN to BSN Pathway
Michael Hyde
MSN, RN
(205) 975-3957

Professor
Nataliya Ivankova
PhD, MPH
(205) 996-2422

Assistant Professor; Coordinator, Paul D. Coverdell Peace Corps Initiative; Coordinator, UAB Student Nurses Association
Karmie Johnson
DNP, CRNP, PMHNP‐BC, CNE
(205) 975-4295

Assistant Professor; Co-Coordinator, Pediatric Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Specialty Track
Jeremy Jordan
PhD, CRNP, CCRN, CPNP‐AC, CNE
(205) 975-3651

Instructor
Steven Julaka
DNP, CRNP, PMHNP‐BC
(205) 934-0145

University Professor; Director, Faculty Mentoring
Mirjam-Colette Kempf
PhD, MPH
(205) 934-9333

Associate Professor; Director, Nurse Family Partnership of Central Alabama
Candace Knight
PhD, RN, FAAN
(205) 996-7625

Associate Professor
Shannon Layton
DNP, MSW, RN, LICSW, PIP, NEA‐BC, CNL, CWCN, CNE
(205) 975-7988


Professor; Director, Global Partnerships; Co-Director, PAHO/WHO Collaborating Center for International Nursing
Ada Markaki
PhD, RN, CNS, PHCNS‐BC, FAAN
(205) 996-6136

Assistant Professor; Co-Coordinator, Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Specialty
Brenda Mayfield
DNP, CRNP, PMHNP‐BC
(205) 996-4569


Associate Professor
Lauren Mays
DNP, CRNP, FNP‐BC
(205) 996-0852


Professor; Senior Associate Dean, Academic Affairs
Linda Moneyham
PhD, RN, FAAN
(205) 934-0610

Associate Professor; Director, DNP Nurse Executive Pathway; Director, MSN Nursing Health Systems Leadership Pathway
Heather Nelson-Brantley
PhD, RN, NEA‐BC
(205) 934-6835

Assistant Professor
Erica Newfield
DNP, RN, PHNA‐BC
(205) 975-7776

Assistant Professor
Emily Patton
DNP, CRNP, FNP‐C
(205) 996-4058

Instructor; Co-Coordinator, Women's Health Nurse Practitioner Specialty
Elisabeth Pelt
DNP, CRNP‐Faculty, WHNP‐BC
(205) 996-4115

Professor; Assistant Dean, Clinical Innovation
Shea Polancich
PhD, RN, FAAN
(205) 996-9825

Associate Professor
Erica Ramey
DNP, CRNP, PMHNP‐BC
(205) 996-1505

Assistant Professor; Director, Nursing Informatics
Kelly Resco-Summers
DNP, MS, MADM, RN
(205) 934-5428

Instructor
LaQuadria Robinson
DNP, CRNP, PMHNP‐BC
(205) 934-5111

Instructor; Director, Administrative and Strategic Projects
Nevette Sample
MSHA, BA
(205) 975-9412

Instructor
Rachel Sasser
DNP, CRNP, PMHNP‐BC
(205) 975-2493

Assistant Professor
Julie Schexnayder
PhD, DNP, MPH, RN, ACNP‐BC
(205) 975-3421

Dean; Professor; Fay B. Ireland Endowed Chair in Nursing; Director, PAHO/WHO Collaborating Centre for International Nursing
Maria Shirey
PhD, MBA, RN, NEA‐BC, ANEF, FACHE, FNAP, FAAN
(205) 934-5360

Professor; Chair, Department of Acute, Chronic and Continuing Care; Director, UAB Office of Interprofessional Curriculum
Allison Shorten
PhD, RN, FACM, FNAP, FAAN
(205) 996-6110

Instructor
Jessica Skarda
MSN, CRNP, PMHNP‐BC, CARN‐AP
(205) 934-5428

Associate Professor; Interim Assistant Dean, Graduate Clinical Education - DNP
Tedra Smith
DNP, CRNP, CPNP‐PC, CNE, CHSE
(205) 996-4193

Instructor
Tina Smith
MSN, CRNP, FNP‐BC
(205) 934-0965


Professor; Associate Dean, Clinical & Global Partnerships; Director, PATH Clinic
Michele Talley
PhD, CRNP, ACNP‐BC, FAANP, FAAN, FNAP
(205) 934-6569

Instructor; Director, Research Operations
Cathy Tarver
MBA, BS
(205) 934-3485


Instructor
Taryn Temples
MSN, RN, RNC‐NIC, CNE
(205) 975-6888

Instructor; Director, Care Delivery
Anne Thompson
MHA
(205) 975-9074

Instructor; Assistant Dean, Student Success
Peter Tofani
EdD, LTC®
(205) 975-1964

Instructor; Director, Office of Clinical and Global Partnerships Operations and Finance; SON HIPAA Privacy Officer
Rebecca Wakefield
MBA, CRA
(205) 975-2481

Professor
Hsiao-Lan Wang
PhD, RN, CMSRN, ACSM EP‐C, FAAN
(205) 996-7813

Instructor
Jolisa Watson
MSN, CRNP, AGNP‐C
(205) 975-0380

Assistant Professor
Jennifer Werthman
PhD, MS, MBA, RN, NE-BC
(205) 934-6790

Professor; Interim Director, PhD Program
Pariya Wheeler
PhD
(205) 996-0330

Assistant Professor
Yolanda Wheeler
PHD, CRNP, CPNP‐AC, MSCN
(205) 934-0639


Assistant Professor
Jenni Wise
PhD, RN
(205) 996-9459

Instructor
Laura Woodward
MSN, CRNP, PMHNP‐BC
(205) 975-6887