The University of West Alabama

Assistant Professor of Psychology and Counseling (Ph.D. Mississippi State University). Classes taught: Developmental Psychology, Health Psychology, Abnormal Psychology, Marriage and Family Therapy, and the Therapeutic Relationship. Contact: ballen@uwa.edu  

Associate Professor of Psychology (Ph.D. The University of Arkansas). Research area: Cognitive Psychology. Classes taught: History and Systems, Experimental Psychology, Cognitive Psychology, Sensation and Perception, Physiological Psychology, Comparative Psychology, and Psychology of Women. Contact: jlcauthron@uwa.edu  

Department Chairperson Assistant Professor of Psychology (Ph.D. New Mexico State University). Research areas: Intergroup relations, emotion, psychophysiology, and substance abuse. Courses taught: Social Psychology, Learning and Motivation, Experimental Psychology, and Psychopharmacology. Contact: mdavis@uwa.edu 

Assistant Professor of Sociology (Ph.D. Louisiana State University). Research area: Rural Sociology. Courses taught: Principles of Sociology, Sociology of Aging, Minority Relations, Methods of Social Research, and Modern Sociological Theory. Contact: rdavis@uwa.edu 

Dr. Nicole Farris

Assistant Professor of Sociology (Ph.D. Texas A&M University).  Research Area:  Gender, Marriage, Family, Demograph.  Courses taught: Introduction to Sociology, Foundations of Sociological Inquiry, Minority Relations, Sociology of Gender, Marriage and Family.  Contact:  nfarris@uwa.edu  

Dr. James Gilbert

Assistant Professor of Counseling/Psychology (Ph.D. Capella University). Classes Taught: Health Psychology, Marriage and Family Therapy, The Therapeutic Relationship, Advanced Abnormal Psychology, and Systems of Psychotherapy. Contact:  jgilbert@uwa.edu  

Assistant Professor of Social Work (Ph.D. The University of Alabama). Research area: Family and marriage. Courses taught: Intro to Social Work, Social Work Field Practicum, and Marriage and Family. Contact: dharmon@uwa.edu  

Professor of Sociology (Ph.D. Florida State University). Courses taught: Principles of Sociology, Social Problems, Statistics, Population, The Criminal Justice System, Sports in Society, and Intro to Criminology. Contact: fmyers@uwa.edu  

Lecturer of Psychology (Ph.D. The University of Alabama). Research area: Social Psychology. Courses taught: General Psychology. Contact: kpivik@uwa.edu