The following faculty and staff make up the advisory board for the Office for Undergraduate Research.
Megan Bailey
Assistant Professor & Director of Experiential Education; President, Alpha of Alabama chapter of Phi Beta KappaResearch Areas: Social and cultural studies of education, qualitative methodology, community-engaged research, and teaching & learning
Department: Honors College
Sarah Barry
Professor of Dance, Associate Chair of Dance, Director of MFA in DanceResearch Areas: Choreography, Laban/Bartenieff studies, pedagogy
Department: Department of Theatre & Dance, College of Arts & Sciences
Anneliese Bolland
Associate ProfessorResearch Areas: Evaluation, Risk and protective factors for youth growing up in communities characterized by poverty
Department: Communications Studies, College of Communication & Information Science
Rebecca Britt
Associate Dean for Research, Scholarship and Creative ActivityResearch Areas: Health communications, computational social science, mediated communication
Department: College of Communication & Information Sciences
Jim Cochran
Professor of Statistics, Mike and Kathy Mouron Endowed Chair of BusinessResearch Areas: Information systems, statistics, and management science
Department: Culverhouse College of Business
Nathan Culmer
Assistant Professor, Director of Educational Technology and Faculty DevelopmentResearch Areas: Virtual delivery of healthcare, telemedicine, mental health, healthcare of underserved populations, healthcare competencies, faculty development, medical education, and wellness and well-being
Department: College of Community Health Sciences
David Dixon
Professor, Robert Ramsay ChairDepartment: Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, College of Arts & Sciences
Ryan Earley
Associate Professor of Biological Sciences, Institutional Animal Care & Use Committee Member, Faculty mentor for Marine Science Club and Not on My CampusDepartment: Department of Biological Sciences, College of Arts & Sciences
Jeff Gray
ProfessorDepartment: Computer Science (Engineering), Randall Research Scholars (Honors College)
David Hardy
Associate Dean for Research and Service; Associate Professor of Higher EducationResearch Areas: Higher education institutions, faculty and students; community colleges; financial aid; higher education finance and policy; ethics in higher education; portrayals of higher education in popular media and culture.
Department: College of Education
Tiffany Marcantonio
Assistant ProfessorResearch Areas: Sexual violence prevention, sexual consent communication, substance use, including alcohol and cannabis use
Department: Health Sciences, College of Human Environmental Sciences
Brandon Kim
Assistant ProfessorDepartment: Department of Biological Sciences, College of Arts & Sciences
Jihoon (Jay) Kim
Assistant ProfessorResearch Areas: Immersive Media, Advertising Psychology, Sports Marketing
Department: Advertising & Public Relations, College of Communication & Information Sciences
Amanda Koh
Assistant ProfessorDepartment: Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering, College of Engineering
Michael Price
ProfessorDepartment: Department of Economics, Finance and Legal Studies, Culverhouse College of Business
Todd Smith
Associate ProfessorResearch Areas: Rural health care delivery systems, leadership, health care administration, health education, mental health, dentistry, and telemedicine
Department: Capstone College of Nursing
Charles “Skip” Snead
Director, School of Music; Professor of HornResearch Areas: Music performance
Department: School of Music, College of Arts & Sciences
Brandon Thompson
Assistant Professor & Curator of History; Curator of History and Ethnology, UA Museum System; Coordinator and Program Advisor, University of Alabama Museum Studies Certificate ProgramDepartment: UA Museums – Department of Museum Research and Collections
Amy Traylor
Associate Professor; Washington, DC Coordinator, School of Social WorkResearch Areas: Animal-assisted interventions; child, adolescent, young adult mental health and wellness; virtual reality to study and treat substance use disorders
Department: School of Social Work
Kory Trott
Director, Office for Research Ethics & ComplianceResearch Areas: Public Health Ethics, Responsible Conduct of Research Training Pedagogy
Tricia Witte
Associate Professor; Program Coordinator, Addiction and Recovery StudiesResearch Areas: Intimate partner violence, substance use, addiction, trauma, prevention and intervention
Department: Department of Human Development and Family Studies, College of Human Environmental Sciences
