EDUCATION
Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, interdisciplinary program in sociology, psychology and education with a specialization in social psychology, 1971. (Norman K. Denzin, chair)
M.J. University of California, Berkeley, journalism, 1968.
B.A. University of Oklahoma, Norman, history, 1962.
Other Graduate Work: Stanford University, Stanford, mass communications, 1969
University of Oklahoma, Norman, history, 1966
University of Hawaii, Honolulu, history, 1965
Advanced Study: Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government, International Development Alumni Refresher Program, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1999.
Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Program for Senior Executives in National and International Security, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1990.
U.S. Department of State, Foreign Service Institute, Arlington, Virginia, 1988.
U.S. Army War College, Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania, 1986-87.
Goethe Institute, German Language Program, Staufen, West Germany, 1982.
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
Professor of Sociology in the School of Social and Behavioral Sciences, 1991-present,
with secondary appointments as Professor of Medicine in the School of Medicine and Professor of Health Behavior in the School of Public Health; Director, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Unit, UAB Center for Health Promotion, 1993-2004; Chair, Department of Sociology, 1994-2000; Co-Director, Center for Social Medicine and Sexually-Transmitted Diseases, 1996-present; University of Alabama at Birmingham.
Associate Professor of Sociology and Psychiatry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1988-91.
Assistant to Associate Professor of Sociology and Medicine, University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign, 1975-88.
Assistant Professor of Sociology and Education, University of Wyoming, Laramie, 1971-75.
VISITING ACADEMIC POSITIONS
Visiting Professor of Sociology, Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, Scotland, Winter, 2003.
Visiting Professor of Medical Sociology, Institute for Medical Sociology, Faculty of Human Medicine, University of Marburg, Marburg, West Germany, Spring and Summer, 1985.
Visiting Professor of Medical Sociology, Institute for Sociology and Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Medical Sociology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, Spring, 1982.
RESEARCH POSITIONS
Member, Steering Committee, Lifestyles, Living Conditions, and Health (LLH) in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) Project, Institute for Advanced Studies, Vienna, Austria, and Senior Scientist, Glasgow Caledonian University Research Team, Glasgow, Scotland, 2003-2004.
Senior Scientist, World Health Organization Study of Japanese Longevity, WHO
Collaborating Center for Research on Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Diseases, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, 1995-2001.
