Directory
PhD Program Faculty
Associate Professor; Interim Assistant Dean, Research & Scholarship
Edwin Aroke
PhD, CRNA, FAAN, FAANA
(205) 975-5700
Assistant Professor; Co-Director, AMNP Pathway
Kristin Ashley
PhD, RN, CNE
(205) 996-4329
Professor; Director, Proposal, Design and Methods
Andres Azuero
PhD, MBA
(205) 996-9441
University Professor
Marie Bakitas
DNSc, RN, AOCN, FPCN, FAAN
(205) 934-5277
Professor; Associate Dean, Access and Engagement
Felesia Bowen
PhD, DNP, RN, FAAN
(205) 996-4169
Associate Professor
Pamela Bowen
PhD, CRNP, FNP‐BC
(205) 934-2778
Assistant Professor
Reed Bratches
PhD, MPH, MALS
(205) 934-6314
Assistant Professor
Elizabeth Byrd
PhD, RN, CCNS
(205) 934-6653
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
Assistant Professor; Co-Director, Nursing Honors Program
Jessica Corcoran
PhD, RN, CPNP‐PC
(205) 996-8101
Assistant Professor
Michael Daniel
PhD
(205) 996-1812
Assistant Professor; Director, VA-Focused Partnerships
Tracey Dick
PhD, RN, CNE, COI, CPPS
(205) 996-0336
Assistant Professor; Coordinator, Advanced Palliative Care Nurse Practitioner Subspecialty
Rebecca Edwards
DNP, PhD, CRNP, AOCNP, ACNP‐BC,
(205) 934-2198
Assistant Professor
Deborah Ejem
PhD
(205) 996-1671
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
Professor
Karen Heaton
PhD, CRNP, FNP‐BC, FAAOHN, FAAN
(205) 996-9467
Professor
Rita Jablonski
PhD, CRNP, FGSA, FAAN
(205) 975-9019
Assistant Professor
Allison Jones
PhD, RN, CNE
(205) 934-6607
Associate Professor
Emma Kay
PhD, MSW
(205) 934-5428
University Professor; Director, Faculty Mentoring
Mirjam-Colette Kempf
PhD, MPH
(205) 934-9333
Professor; Vice Chair, Department of Family, Community and Health Systems
Loretta Lee
PhD, CRNP, FNP-BC, CNE, FNAP, FADLN
(205) 996-5826
Professor; Director, Global Partnerships; Co-Director, PAHO/WHO Collaborating Center for International Nursing
Ada Markaki
PhD, RN, CNS, PHCNS‐BC, FAAN
(205) 996-6136
Professor; Director, Nurse Anesthesia DNP Pathway
Susan McMullan
PhD, MSN, CRNA, CNE, CHSE, FAANA, FAAN
(205) 934-6587
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
Associate Professor; Doreen C. Harper, PhD, RN, FAAN Endowed Professorship in Nursing
James Odom
PhD, MSN, MA, RN, ACHPN, FPCN, FAAN
(205) 934-7597
Assistant Professor; Coordinator, Post-Doctoral Fellowship Program
Frank Puga
PhD
(205) 934-6487
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
Professor; Interim Associate Dean, Research & Scholarship; Marie O’Koren Endowed Chair in Nursing; Co-Director, Faculty Scholarship
Ellen Smith
PhD, MSN, RN, AOCN, FAAN
(205) 996-1812
Assistant Professor
Macy Stockdill
PhD, RN
(205) 934-5428
Professor; Associate Dean, Clinical & Global Partnerships; Director, PATH Clinic
Michele Talley
PhD, CRNP, ACNP‐BC, FAANP, FAAN, FNAP
(205) 934-6569
Instructor; Assistant Dean, Student Success
Peter Tofani
EdD, LTC®
(205) 975-1964
University Professor; Director, Grant Regulatory and Review Processes
David Vance
PhD, MGS, FAAN
(205) 934-7589
Professor
Hsiao-Lan Wang
PhD, RN, CMSRN, ACSM EP‐C, FAAN
(205) 996-7813
Assistant Professor; Mixed Methods Consultant
Rachel Wells
PhD, RN
(205) 934-0962
Professor; Interim Director, PhD Program
Pariya Wheeler
PhD
(205) 996-0330
Associate Professor; Vice Chair, Department of Acute, Chronic and Continuing Care
Bryan Wilbanks
PhD, DNP, CRNA, FAAN, FAANA
(205) 934-5977
Assistant Professor
Jenni Wise
PhD, RN
(205) 996-9459