Our Faculty & Staff

Department:

Research, Professional and Creative Activity:

• Wrote and received seven grants from organizations including the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice, the National Institute of Disability and Rehabilitation Research, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and The American Heart Association
• Presented at numerous national and international conferences including The American Sociological Association Meeting and The International Nursing Research Congress, Copenhagen, Denmark
• Published in peer-reviewed journals including Journal for Juvenile Justice and Detention Services and Journal for Health Education
• American Sociological Association
• Society for Applied Sociology
• National Education Association

United Faculty of Florida

 

Professional Profile:

Professor Barber earned his Ph.D., a Master’s in Philosophy and an M.A. in Sociology from The University of Kansas. He earned his B.A. in Sociology and Anthropology from the Inter American University of Puerto Rico. His research interests include race and ethnic studies, social problems and medical sociology. He is widely published in academic journals and has presented at conferences in the United States and Denmark.

Teaching and Related Service:

Courses taught:

• Sociological Thought
• Medical Sociology
• Introduction to Sociology
• Introduction to Anthropology
• Social Stratification
• Comparative Sociology
• Urban Sociology
• Research Methods for Criminal Justice

Previously taught at:

• University of Kansas
• Arizona State University
• Pan American University
• Laredo State University
• Florida A&M University
• Florida State University
• Florida Community College-Jacksonville