Education & Employment
CURRENT POSITIONS
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR Department of Sociology, August 2005 – Present
University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB)
Birmingham, AL
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR Center for Social Medicine and Sexually Transmitted Diseases, August 2005 – Present
University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB
Birmingham, AL
SCIENTIST UAB Center for Aging, August 2005 – Present
PRIOR POSITIONS
ASSISTANT TO ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
Department of Sociology and Anthropology, 1999 – August 2005
University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC)
Baltimore, MD
FACULTY AFFILIATE UMBC - UMB Gerontology PhD Program, 2001 - 2005
Maryland Institute for Policy Analysis and Research (MIPAR), 2001 - 2005
Policy Sciences PhD Program, 1999 - 2005
Language, Literacy, and Culture PhD Program, 2000 - 2005
EDUCATION
Jan. 1998 - August 1999 POST-DOCTORAL FELLOW
Boston University School of Public Health, Department of Health Services, Boston, MA and Center for Health Quality, Outcomes, & Economic Research, Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial Veterans Hospital, Bedford, MA
1997 NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY, Raleigh, N.C.
Ph.D., Sociology
Areas of specialization: Medical Sociology, Social Psychology, and Research Methods
Minor: Interdisciplinary (Statistics and Public Administration)
Dissertation: Marital Status and Mental Health Revisited: Examining the Importance of Risk Factors, Resources, and Social Support
Committee Co-Chairs: Dr. Lu Otto and Dr. Michael Schulman
1991 NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY, Raleigh, N.C.
M.S., Sociology Minor: Statistics
Thesis: Working Women and Psychological Distress
Committee Chair: Dr. Michael Schulman
1987 WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY, Winston-Salem, N.C.
B.A. Primary Major: Sociology
Secondary Major: Psychology
OTHER EDUCATIONAL TRAINING
2008 UAB ADVANCE Seminar, Searching for Excellence & Diversity, March 27, Birmingham, AL
2007 Association of American Medical Colleges Mid-Career Women Faculty Seminar, December 14-18, 2007, Scottsdale, AZ
2006 ICPSR Statistical Workshop: Multilevel Models, led by Patrick Curran, June 12-16, UNC, Chapel Hill, NC
2004 JPSM (Joint Program in Survey Methodology) Methods Workshop: Categorical Data Analysis: Discrete and Limited Dependent Variables, led by William Evans, November, Arlington, Virginia
2003 JPSM Methods Workshop: Web Survey Design, led by Mick Couper, April 1-2, Arlington, Virginia
2001 JPSM Methods Workshop: Survey Project Management, led by Mike Weeks, December, College Park, Maryland
2001 NSF/University of Maryland WebShop Participant, led by John Robinson, June 11-22, College Park, Maryland
2000 JPSM Methods Workshop: Mail and Internet Surveys, led by Don Dillman, March, Rockville, Maryland
2000 JPSM Methods Workshop: Focus Groups From Start to Finish, led by David Morgan, November, Bethesda, Maryland
1996 ICPSR Substantive Workshop: Using Multiple Datasets in the Study of Aging (competitive selection; sponsored by NACDA), July, Ann Arbor, Michigan
1995 ICPSR Substantive Workshop: Epidemiology of Mental Disorders (competitive selection), June, Ann Arbor, Michigan
OTHER EXPERIENCE
1995 - 1997 Research Analyst, Graduate School, North Carolina State University
1993 – 1997 Visiting Instructor, Department of Sociology, NCSU
1989 - 1994 Research Assistant, Department of Sociology, NCSU
1992 Research Analyst, Research & Evaluation Associates, Inc., Durham, NC
1987 - 1988 Data Technician, Duke University Psychiatry Department, Durham, NC
