Directory
Faculty Fellows
Associate Professor; Interim Assistant Dean, Research & Scholarship
Edwin Aroke
PhD, CRNA, FAAN, FAANA
(205) 975-5700
Professor
Natalie Baker
DNP, CRNP, ANP‐BC, GNP‐BC, GS‐C, FAANP, FAAN, CNE
(205) 934-2198
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; 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
Professor
Martha Dawson
DNP, RN, FACHE, FAAN
(205) 934-6586
Professor
Joy Deupree
PhD, RN, WHNP‐BC, FAAN
(205) 934-6647
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
Assistant Professor
Lindsey Harris
DNP, CRNP, FNP‐BC
(205) 934-5428
Professor
Karen Heaton
PhD, CRNP, FNP‐BC, FAAOHN, FAAN
(205) 996-9467
Professor; Associate Dean, Graduate Clinical Education
Aimee Holland
DNP, CRNP, WHNP‐BC, FNP‐C, FAANP, FAAN
(205) 996-9824
Associate Professor; Director, MSN Nurse-Midwifery Pathway Didactic Education
Sharon Holley
DNP, CNM, FACNM, FAAN
(205) 996-0382
Associate Professor; Co-Coordinator, Emergency Nurse Practitioner Subspecialty
David House
DNP, CRNP, FNP‐BC, ENP‐C, CEN, CNE, FAANP
(205) 934-4403
Professor
Rita Jablonski
PhD, CRNP, FGSA, FAAN
(205) 975-9019
Professor
Joan Keltner
PhD, RN, ACNS‐BC, FAHA
(205) 934-6527
Associate Professor; Director, Nurse Family Partnership of Central Alabama
Candace Knight
PhD, RN, FAAN
(205) 996-7625
Professor
Wendy Landier
PhD, CRNP, CPNP-C, PNP-BC, FAAN
(205) 638-2120
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; Doreen C. Harper, PhD, RN, FAAN Endowed Professorship in Nursing
James Odom
PhD, MSN, MA, RN, ACHPN, FPCN, FAAN
(205) 934-7597
Assistant Professor
Lisa Pair
DNP, CRNP, WHNP‐BC
(205) 996-0096
Professor; Rachel Z. Booth Endowed Chair in Nursing
Patricia Patrician
PhD, RN, FAAN
(205) 996-5211
Professor; Assistant Dean, Clinical Innovation
Shea Polancich
PhD, RN, FAAN
(205) 996-9825
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
Associate Professor; Co-Coordinator, Family Nurse Practitioner Specialty
D'Ann Somerall
DNP, MAEd, CRNP, FNP-BC, FAANP
(205) 975-4124
Professor; Associate Dean, Clinical & Global Partnerships; Director, PATH Clinic
Michele Talley
PhD, CRNP, ACNP‐BC, FAANP, FAAN, FNAP
(205) 934-6569
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
Associate Professor; Vice Chair, Department of Acute, Chronic and Continuing Care
Bryan Wilbanks
PhD, DNP, CRNA, FAAN, FAANA
(205) 934-5977