Assistant Professor
Education
Biography
Dr. Wanda Martin Burton has over ten years of experience in the community on a range of public health issues including gender violence, poverty, and disability rights. She has worked with children and families across the state of Alabama on prevention education and increasing access to resources and services. She completed a PhD in Health Education and Health Promotion in 2017. Dr. Burton has multiple years of higher education administrative experience.
Dr. Burton’s primary research interest is social determinants of mental health. She has co-authored papers several national and international journals including Research in Nursing & Health, Journal of Health Disparities Research and Practice, American Journal of Health Education, and Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning. As an assistant professor in the Capstone College of Nursing (CCN), Dr. Burton teaches in the Graduate Programs. Her primary teaching assignments have been focused on population health. Prior to joining CCN, Dr. Burton taught for approximately ten years including teaching undergraduate and graduate public health students at The University of Alabama.