Primary
Faculty
Mark E. LaGory, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair
mlagory@uab.edu
Dr. LaGory is an urban sociologist whose primary interest is the consequences of residential environments and social capital for individual and community well-being. Dr. LaGory's current research explores the role of social capital and individual psychological resources in mediating stressful environmental circumstances such as poverty and homelessness.
Dr. LaGory teaches courses in sociological theory, urban ecology, religion, and homelessness. At the graduate level, he teaches courses in sociological theory and human ecology. His graduate teaching stresses the construction of systematic theory to address specific research agenda.
He is an ordained Episcopal deacon, and a member of the clergy staff at St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Mountain Brook, AL.
For questions concerning his research contact Dr. LaGory at mlagory@uab.edu.
Office
460 I Heritage Hall
Department of Sociology
Birmingham, AL 35294-1152
Phone: (205) 934-8677
Fax: (205) 975-5614
