Stephanie Hansard
Stephanie Hansard is an associate professor of sociology at Birmingham-Southern College in Birmingham, Alabama. Stephanie teaches courses in Poverty Studies, Social Inequality, and Race and Ethnic relations. Her research focuses on chronic stress and mental health and disparities in mental health. Stephanie is also interested in teaching and learning research, focusing on student-led service-learning. She has a Ph.D. in Sociology from Georgia State University.
Jessica Pincham King
Jessica Pincham King, Ph.D. is Engaged Programs Area Chair, Director of Experiential Learning (Rise3 Initiative), and Instructor of Sociology at BSC. King assists faculty and students with designing collaborative undergraduate research projects, internships, and service-learning integrated courses with intentional critical reflection, and teaches a variety of sociology courses. In addition, she has co-led domestic and international study travel projects that incorporate intercultural learning and critical dialogue across issues of equity, equality, and justice.
Shane Pitts
Shane Pitts is Jack G. Paden Professor of Psychology at Birmingham-Southern College. He runs the ESCaPe lab (Experimental Social Cognition and Perception) at BSC where his research focuses on how perceivers’ subtle stereotypes and prejudices influence how we categorize, perceive, and understand others, with a particular interest on face and body perception. The lab investigates the determinants and consequences of person perception, with an emphasis on implications for social inequality and discrimination. In a secondary line of research, he focuses on the psychological underpinnings of how people form and maintain various beliefs in the face of no evidence or counterevidence. He teaches courses on Stereotyping, Prejudice, and Discrimination; Psychology of Belief; Cognition; and Research Methodology.
Mark Schantz
Dr. Mark S. Schantz is Professor of History and Chair of the Department at Birmingham-Southern College. He arrived at BSC in 2009 as Provost and served in that capacity until he returned (with rejoicing) to the faculty in 2014. He served as Interim President in 2010-2011 and is still recovering. Mark started his teaching career at Hendrix College in 1991 and taught in the History Department there until coming to BSC. He is currently writing a book on the assassination of a Union Army Lieutenant in occupied Norfolk, Virginia in 1863—who was engaged at that moment in recruiting soldiers for the First United States Colored Infantry. Dr. Schantz is a guitarist and a huge Bob Dylan fan.
Ream Shoreibah
Ream Shoreibah is Assistant Professor of Marketing at Birmingham-Southern College. She teaches courses in Principles of Marketing, Digital Marketing, and Arts and Nonprofit Marketing. Her research interests focus on the intersection of marketing with social issues in two contexts: marketing communications and personal selling teams. She has an MBA from Indiana University, a PhD from the University of South Florida, and corporate and nonprofit field experience.
Greta Valenti
Greta Valenti is an associate professor of psychology at Birmingham-Southern College. Within psychology, her specialty is social psychology, and she teaches courses in social psychology, introductory psychology, statistics, and judgment and decision making. Her research interests include regret, visual perspective in mental imagery, and other topics in social cognition and judgment and decision making.
Kristie Williams
