AUM Faculty & Staff
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Qassim Bolaji
Assistant Professor | College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences
Qassim Bolaji is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Criminal Justice & Sociology at Auburn University at Montgomery (AUM). His research interests include environmental criminology, public perceptions, legal orientations and attitudes towards criminal justice institutions, and desistance and rehabilitation.
Dorcia Bolton
Associate Professor | College of Business
Dorcia E. Bolton is an Assistant Professor of Marketing at Auburn University at Montgomery. Her research centers on theory development for marketing strategy and empirical testing at the intersection of consumer behavior and marketing strategy. Her research portfolio encompasses a variety of projects aimed at tackling pressing marketing challenges, particularly within the dynamic landscape of evolving technology and firms’ ongoing pursuit of competitive advantage. Her research has appeared in leading marketing journals and conferences such as the Journal of Marketing Theory of Practice, the Journal of Consumer Marketing, the Academy of Marketing Science, the American Marketing Association, the Society for Marketing Advances, and the Association for Consumer Research.
Courses Taught: Marketing Strategy, Marketing Research and Data Analysis, Buyer Behavior, Principles of Marketing, Services Marketing, Professional Selling.
Henrietta Boudros
Assistant Professor | College of Nursing and Health Sciences
Nick Bourke
Chair, Associate Professor | College of Education
Dr. Nicholas Bourke is Department Chair and professor at Auburn University at Montgomery in the College of Education-Department of Curriculum, Instruction, and Technology. Dr. Bourke is the Chapter Counselor for the Education Honor Society, Kappa Delta Pi, and is heavily involved in creating meaningful clinical experiences for his students. His research interests include documenting impacts of nonformal education experiences and elementary environmental education. Before coming to Auburn University at Montgomery, Nicholas served as a classroom teacher for 22 years in a variety of settings including public and parochial schools. His teaching duties revolved mainly around science and math instruction with students ranging in age from 4th-9th grades.
Faculty’s Expertise: Environmental Education, Elementary Education, Nonformal Education, Program Evaluation, Science Education, Math Education, Clinical Experiences for Elementary Teachers
Kim Brackett
Associate Dean; Professor | College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences
Dr. Kim Brackett, tenured professor of Sociology in the Department of Criminal Justice and Sociology, is Associate Dean for the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences. She is the faculty sponsor for the Sociology Honor Society, Alpha Kappa Delta, and is currently serving as the National President-Elect. Her research and interests include religion and family life, relationship formation, and gender. She is a past recipient of both the AUM Distinguished Teaching Professor and Distinguished Service Professor awards.
Christina Bradford
Senior Administrative Associate
Amanda Brasington
Recruitment & Experience Manager
Maria Florencia Breitman
Assistant Professor | College of Sciences
Dr. Breitman research is focused on (1) exploring the biodiversity and urban ecology of reptiles and amphibians in urban forests under different management treatments, (2) next-generation teaching: designing and implementing scientifically based teaching and peer-mentoring approaches for different class/lab settings, and (3) providing AUM undergraduate students with authentic research experiences tailored to their career goals (including octopuses biomechanics, human dental research, collection management, and more!). Dr. Breitman and other amazing collaborators @ AUM have developed Flight School, which is a very successful mentoring program that increases the skills of students by supporting and training mentors and faculty. Dr. Breitman welcomes and celebrates everyone’s ideas! If you are interested in research and/or mentoring, please reach out to Dr. Breitman!
Webpage https://breitmanlab.com/
