Directory
Faculty Fellows
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Associate Professor; Director, PhD Program; Director, Dual DNP-PhD Pathway
Edwin Aroke
PhD, CRNA, FAAN, FAANA
(205) 975-5700
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Professor
Natalie Baker
DNP, CRNP, ANP‐BC, GNP‐BC, GS‐C, FAANP, FAAN, CNE
(205) 934-2198
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University Professor; Associate Dean, Research & Scholarship
Marie Bakitas
DNSc, CRNP, NP‐C, AOCN, FPCN, FAAN
(205) 934-5277
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Professor; Associate Dean, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Felesia Bowen
PhD, DNP, RN, FAAN
(205) 996-4169
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Associate Professor
Crystal Chapman Lambert
PhD, CRNP, NP‐C, FNP‐BC, AAHIVS, ACRN, FAAN
(205) 934-3481
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Associate Professor; Associate Dean, Undergraduate & Prelicensure Education
Gwendolyn Childs Sims
PhD, RN, FAAN
(205) 996-4687
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Associate Professor
Martha Dawson
DNP, RN, FACHE, FAAN
(205) 934-6586
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Professor
Joy Deupree
PhD, RN, WHNP‐BC, FAAN
(205) 934-6647
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Associate Professor; Coordinator, Nursing Health Systems Administration Specialty Track
Gregory Eagerton
DNP, RN, NEA‐BC, FAAN
(205) 975-9101
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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
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Assistant Professor
Lindsey Harris
DNP, CRNP, FNP‐BC
(205) 934-5428
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Professor
Karen Heaton
PhD, CRNP, FNP‐BC, FAAOHN, FAAN
(205) 996-9467
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Professor; Associate Dean, Graduate Clinical Education
Aimee Holland
DNP, CRNP, WHNP‐BC, FNP‐C, FAANP, FAAN
(205) 996-9824
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Associate Professor; Director, Master's Nurse-Midwifery Pathway
Sharon Holley
DNP, CNM, FACNM, FAAN
(205) 996-0382
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Associate Professor; Co-Coordinator, Emergency Nurse Practitioner Subspecialty
David House
DNP, CRNP, FNP‐BC, ENP‐C, CEN, CNE, FAANP
(205) 934-4403
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Professor
Rita Jablonski
PhD, CRNP, FGSA, FAAN
(205) 975-9019
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Professor
Joan Keltner
PhD, RN, ACNS‐BC, FAHA
(205) 934-6527
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Associate Professor; Director, Nurse Family Partnership of Central Alabama
Candace Knight
PhD, RN, FAAN
(205) 996-7625
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Associate Professor; Chair, Department of Family, Community and Health Systems
Sigrid Ladores
PhD, RN, PNP, CNE, FAAN
(205) 934-6835
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Professor
Wendy Landier
PhD, CRNP, CPNP-C, PNP-BC, FAAN
(205) 638-2120
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Professor; Director, Global Partnerships; Co-Director, PAHO/WHO Collaborating Center for International Nursing
Ada Markaki
PhD, RN, CNS, PHCNS‐BC, FAAN
(205) 996-6136
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Associate Professor; Director, Nurse Anesthesia DNP Pathway
Susan McMullan
PhD, MSN, CRNA, CNE, CHSE, FAANA, FAAN
(205) 934-6587
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Professor; Senior Associate Dean, Academic Affairs
Linda Moneyham
PhD, RN, FAAN
(205) 934-0610
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Associate Professor; Doreen C. Harper, PhD, RN, FAAN Endowed Professorship in Nursing
James Odom
PhD, MSN, MA, RN, ACHPN, FPCN, FAAN
(205) 934-7597
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Assistant Professor
Lisa Pair
DNP, CRNP, WHNP‐BC
(205) 996-0096
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Professor; Rachel Z. Booth Endowed Chair in Nursing
Patricia Patrician
PhD, RN, FAAN
(205) 996-5211
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Professor; Assistant Dean, Clinical Innovation
Shea Polancich
PhD, RN, FAAN
(205) 996-9825
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Professor
Marti Rice
PhD, RN, FAAN
(205) 975-7802
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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
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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
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Professor; Assistant Dean, Research & Scholarship; Marie O’Koren Endowed Chair in Nursing
Ellen Smith
PhD, MSN, RN, AOCN, FAAN
(205) 996-1812
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Associate Professor
D'Ann Somerall
DNP, MAEd, CRNP, FNP-BC, FAANP
(205) 975-4124
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Professor; Coordinator, Advanced Forensic Nurse Subspecialty
Patricia Speck
DNSc, CRNP, FNP‐BC, AFN‐C, DF‐IAFN, DF‐AFN, FAAFS, FAAN
(205) 934-6790
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Professor; Associate Dean, Clinical & Global Partnerships; Director, PATH Clinic
Michele Talley
PhD, CRNP, ACNP‐BC, FAANP, FAAN, FNAP
(205) 934-6569
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Associate Professor; Associate Dean, Technology & Innovation; Assistant Director for Program Implementation, Center for Interprofessional Education and Simulation
Penni Watts
PhD, RN, CHSE-A, FNAP, ANEF, FSSH, FAAN
(205) 934-6560
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Assistant Professor; Vice Chair, Department of Acute, Chronic and Continuing Care
Bryan Wilbanks
PhD, DNP, CRNA, FAAN, FAANA
(205) 934-5977