 Marsha Adams
Professor and Director of the Undergraduate Program
Capstone College of Nursing
Dr. Adams received her B.S.N., M.S.N., and D.S.N. from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, focusing her education on maternal-infant care and nursing education administration. She began her career as a rural health nurse with a specialty in obstetrics, but eventually moved to academia, and rose through the ranks to professor. In 2004, she became Director of Undergraduate Programs, a position in which she combines teaching, administration, and research. Her research currently centers on the health of rural women and children, particularly unmet health needs and risk factors for diabetes. Instrumental in developing model for a KidCheck program, she was asked to serve on the Alabama KidCheck Steering Committee by the governor. Publications also cover topics of nurse education and community partnerships for nurse educators. Dr. Adams has been instrumental in integrating human patient simulation into the nursing curriculum and is developing a Capstone Simulation Center for Clinical Excellence.
 Michael Conerly
Professor and Head
Information Systems, Statistics, and Management Science
After graduating from Lamar University, Dr. Conerly received his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in statistics from Southern Methodist University. He joined College of Commerce and Business Administration atThe University of Alabama in 1982, earned the rank of professor in 1998, and became the department head in 2005. That year he also received the Bostick Faculty Fellow Teaching Excellence Award. His research interests are Regression Analysis, Statistical Computing, Generalized Linear Models, Quality Control, Data Mining and Multivariate Data Analysis. He has twice been awarded the “best contributed paper” by the American Statistical Association Joint Statistical Meetings, Statistics Education Section. The author of numerous publications, he has served as a referee for seven journals including Technometrics, The American Statistician, and the Journal of Quality Technology. Presentations include “An Introduction to Money Laundering,” and grants received include “Traffic Safety Analysis: A Data Mining Approach.” He is generous in institutional service, having chaired the Parking and Traffic Committee, the Faculty/Staff Benefits Advisory Committee, and the departmental promotion and tenure committee.
 William (Bill) E. Gathings
Director
Office for Technology Transfer
Holder of a B.S from the University of Alabama and a Ph.D. in immunology from UAB, Dr. Gathings has held a number of academic positions at UAB, University College London, and UAH. During his academic career, he contributed over 50 peer-reviewed publications to the scientific literature. After more than a decade in academic research, Dr. Gathings founded Southern Biotech, one of UAB’s first spin-off companies, serving as the company’s President from 1982-1999. Wishing to return to academia, Dr. Gathings accepted a position at UAH as Executive Director of the Center for Materials Development in Space. He also established the UAH Office for Technology Commercialization, where he served as the Director. In late 2006, Dr. Gathings was recruited to UA to establish the Office for Technology Transfer. He is a member of the American Association of Immunologists, the National Academy of Science University/Industry Demonstration Partnership and the Association of University Technology Managers. He works closely with the Economic Development Partnership of Alabama to promote technology-based new business development in the State, and has served on the board of directors of Alabama Launchpad and Biztech. Dr. Gathings currently represents the University on the Board of Directors of the Biotechnology Association of Alabama.
 Dr. Mildred (Millie) Jackson
Associate Professor and Associate Dean for Collections
University Libraries
Dr. Jackson brought extensive experience in collections, technical services and workflow analysis when she joined the University of Alabama in 2007. Most recently she had held the position of Head of Collection Development at Florida State University. Previously she held positions at Grand Valley State University (MI) in the library and as an adjunct faculty member in English and Theater. In addition she held various positions in special collections at Oklahoma State University, Michigan State University and The University of Michigan. Dr. Jackson holds a B.S. in Education from Central Michigan, a Ph.D. in English from Michigan State University, and an M.I.L.S. from The University of Michigan. Her credentials include articles and presentations focusing on collection development issues and library administration as well as 19th and 20th century American literature and composition. Her dissertation was awarded the Dain Library History Dissertation Award by the American Library Association. She has been a Bibliography Fellow for the Modern Language Association and serves on the MLA International Bibliography Advisory Committee. Most recently she was elected to serve on the board of ESIG, an NSF sponsored program to facilitate providing STM information to researchers.
 Louis E. Jimenez
Associate University Registrar
Office of the University Registrar
Louis (Lou) Jimenez holds a Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Technology from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale and a Master’s degree in Management from Troy University. He retired from the U.S. Air Force in 1997 after 20 years of service. Lou has over 14 years of admissions and registrar experience that was acquired at several large and small institutions across the southern U.S. Lou began his career at the University of Alabama in 2007 and has responsibility for the student services area of the Registrar’s office. Residency, athletic certification, transcripts, academic scheduling and records and registration are a few of the tasks associated with his area of responsibility. He is very involved in the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers at the state, regional and national levels. He is currently serving the first of a two year appointment as Vice President for Professional Access and Equity on the Executive committee for the regional association (SACRAO). He has made several professional presentations at all levels of the association. Lou was recently chosen to co-chair a statewide committee made up of representatives from Alabama 2 year and 4 year public and private colleges, K-12 institutions and the Alabama Commission on Higher Education tasked with exploring and developing guidelines for the implementation of a statewide initiative for the electronic transfer of transcripts.
 David J. Lanoue
Professor and Department Chair
Political Science
Dr. Lanoue received his B.A. degree from the University of California, San Diego, and his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from the State University of New York at Stony Brook. He came to the University of Alabama as Chair of the Department of Political Science in 2001, after having served in a similar capacity at the University of California, Riverside, and Texas Tech University. He is the author or coauthor of two books and 30 refereed articles or book chapters. His research focuses on voting behavior and public opinion in the United States, Canada, and Europe, and he has a particular interest in the study of American presidential debates. His most recent work considers the impact of various political and electoral institutions on political violence and ethnic conflict throughout the world. He has been interviewed by numerous radio and television stations in Alabama and beyond, and his quotes have appeared in such outlets as the New York Times, USA Today, the Los Angeles Times, and the Toronto Star. He currently serves as President of the Southwestern Political Science Association, one of the five major regional associations in the discipline.
 Dr. Melanie Miller
Associate Dean of Students
Student Affairs
Dr. Melanie L. Miller has served as Associate Dean of Students since August, 2008 where her areas of responsibility include professional development for the division of student affairs, Parent Programs, the Women’s Resource Center and campus wide student crises response. She has been at the University of Alabama since 1995, having served as Executive Director of Crimson Care, Director of the Women’s Resource Center, and Associate Director of the Student Health Center. She has also served as adjunct faculty in New College and the College of Continuing Studies. A graduate of the University of Alabama, Dr. Miller earned a Doctor of Education in Higher Education Administration, a Master of Arts in Community Counseling and is a Bachelor’s Licensed Social Worker. Her credentials include consultation for organizations in areas such as program development, grant writing, and program standards, and extensive training on topics related to violence against women, social justice, diversity, and confidentiality and ethics in service provision. Her research interests are focused on social justice ally development and the intersectionality of oppression. In addition to refereed journal articles, she has authored four curriculum based training manuals, and a book chapter on domestic violence in the book Extraordinary Behavior.
 Dr. DoVeanna S. Fulton Minor
Associate Professor, Chair of Women’s Studies, and
Director of African-American Studies
DoVeanna S. Fulton Minor is an Associate Professor and Chair of the Women’s Studies department, Director of African American Studies, and an Associate Professor in the American Studies department at the University of Alabama. Her research interests are Black feminist criticism and African American oral traditions. Her research has concentrated on African American literature and manifestations of oral traditions by Black women. Her books, Speaking Power: Black Feminist Orality in Women’s Narratives of Slavery, (SUNY Press, 2006) and Speaking Lives, Authoring Texts: Three African American Women’s Oral Slave Narratives (SUNY Press, forthcoming) examine written and oral traditions in African American women’s writing. She has published articles in such distinguished journals as Legacy: A Journal of American Women Writers and The Journal of American Folklore. Her current research project, Radical Prohibition: African Americans Writing Race and the Anti-Drink Movement, 1860-1919, is on African American activism in the Temperance Movement. To complete this project, Dr. Minor received a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the American Association of University Women Educational Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship.
 Gregory L. Singleton
Director of Engineering Student Services
College of Engineering
Greg Singletonholds both a B.S and M.S degree from Alabama State University. He joined The University of Alabama in 1987 as the founding director of the Multicultural Engineering Program (MEP) after serving as director of undergraduate admissions at Alabama State University. His responsibilities as director of engineering student services include central management and administrative oversight of engineering academic records, freshmen orientation, undergraduate registration, student recruitment and summer programs. He is also responsible for the general oversight of the Multicultural Engineering Program as well as advisor to several student organizations including the UA chapters of the National Society of Black Engineers, the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers, and the African American Graduate Student Association. Singleton has served in numerous leadership roles including local and national boards. From 1998-2002 Singleton served as national president of the National Association of Multicultural Engineering Program Advocates (NAMEPA), and from May 2006-May 2009 he served as President of the University of Alabama Black Faculty and Staff Association. He currently serves as the UA College of Engineering representative on the board of directors for the National GEM Consortium and SECME (Science, Engineering Communications and Enrichment). He has also served on numerous UA campus committees including the Academics and Athletics Committee, Committee on Committees, Undergraduate Admissions Appeals Committee, and the UA Professional Sports Council Panel. A few of his awards include the John L. Blackburn Award, the Autherine Lucy Foster Award, and the Motorola Minority Engineering Program Legacy Builder Award.
 Shuhua Zhou
Associate Professor
Telecommunications and Film
After receiving a B.S. degree in the cultivation of tropical crops and a B.A. in English language and literature in China, Dr. Zhou became a translator of over 50 TV dramas and documentaries from Chinese to English and vice versa. As anchor, reporter, editor, and later director of English News of the Guangdong TV station, he pioneered broadcast news in English in Southern China. He earned his M.A. in journalism and a Ph.D. in mass communication at Indiana University where he studied first as a Ernie Pyle Fellow, then with a Starr Fellowship. He came to The University of Alabama in 1999 where he teaches telecommunication and film. Dr. Zhou’s interest in media content, form, and effects; cognitive processing of mediated messages; visual communication; and international communication pervade his many publications and presentations. Among those publications are Roll Tide Roll: Keep up the Tradition and Culture, Consumer Responses to Sexual Magazine Covers on a Men’s Magazine, and News as Aristotelian Drama: The Case of 60 Minutes. He has been Secretary/Treasurer of the Chinese Communication Association and a Faculty Fellow for the National Association of Television Program Executives and is active in UA’s graduate education committees and initiatives.
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