Sociology

Verna Keith, Department Chairperson

Christopher Biga, Associate Professor (P)

Cindy Cain, Associate Professor (P)

Cullen Clark, Associate Professor (P)

David Warner, Associate Professor (P)

Elizabeth Baker, Associate Professor (P)

Gabriel Miller, Assistant Professor (P)

Irena Stepanikova, Associate Professor (P)

Johnny Scott, Assistant Professor - Visiting (P)

Joseph Wolfe, Associate Professor (P)

Magdalena Szaflarski, Associate Professor (P)

Megan Brooker, Assistant Professor (P)

Mieke Thomeer McBride, Associate Professor (P)

Myles Moody, Assistant Professor (P)

Nyesha Black, Assistant Professor - Visiting (P)

Patricia Drentea, Professor (P)

Professor of Sociology

Scott Westenberger, Assistant Professor (P)

Stacy Smith, Assistant Professor - Visiting (P)

Verna Keith, Professor (P)

William Cockerham, Distinguished Professor Emeritus (P)

Kristine Hearld, Assistant Professor (S)

Kristine Ria Hearld, Ph.D., is currently an associate professor in the UAB Department of Health Services Administration. Her educational background includes a B.A. in Anthropology, an M.A. in Demography, and a Ph.D. in Demography from the University of Pennsylvania. Ria also holds a Masters of Philosophy degree from University of Cambridge. Prior to joining UAB, she worked for Medical Advantage Group in East Lansing, Michigan, where she served as a consultant and manager for a 200-member indepe...