Posted on June 7, 2004 at 10:57 a.m.

BIRMINGHAM, AL — Associate Professor Steven H. Haeberle, Ph.D., has been named chairman of the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Department of Government.

Haeberle’s appointment became effective June 1. He replaces James D. Slack, Ph.D., who will return to teaching.

Haeberle teaches American government, empirical methodology and public policy analysis. He has been a member of the UAB faculty since 1982. He was interim chairman for the department from 1991 to 1993.

He is a 1975 graduate of Marshall University. He earned two master’s degrees in political science and public policy from Duke University in 1978 and 1979 respectively. He earned his doctorate in political science from Duke University in 1981.

Haeberle is a native of Huntington, West Virginia.