Introducing the AMAZING CIBMHS Team! Our bright, dedicated, and collaborative team is the heart of CIBMHS:
Sara McDaniel, Ph.D (Director)
DeAna Byrd (Project Coordinator)
Shane Jones (Project Manager and Implementation)
Yesha Edwards (Implementation)
Tiffany Kalakheti (Implementation)
UA CIBMHS Affiliates:
Dr. John Lochman
Dr. Nicole Powell
Dr. Courtney O’Grady
Dr. June Preast
Dr. Marissa Filderman
Dr. Annelisa Bolland
Dr. Heather Gunn
Dr. Kimberly Tommy
Dr. Bob McKinney
Dr. Allison Hooper
Dr. Ansley Gilpin
Dr. Dione King
Dr. Robert Laird
Dr. Randy Schumacher
Awards and Recognitions:
Professional Organization
School Psychology’s Article of the Year (McIntosh, et al, 2021), 2021
Council for Exceptional Children-DR Distinguished Early Career, 2019
APBS E. G. Carr Initial Researcher Award, 2015-16
Council for Exceptional Children Division of Research Early Career Workshop, 2013
Council for Exceptional Children Division of Research Scholars, 2010-11
Midwest Symposium on Leadership in Behavior Disorders Dissertation Award, 2010-11
University of Alabama
President’s Mid Career Social Science Researcher Award, 2024
College of Education DEI Faculty Award, 2023
Public Engagement Learning Community Fellow, 2022-23
Blackmon-Moody Outstanding Faculty, 2020
President’s Faculty Research Award: Emerging Researcher, 2019
University of Alabama Research Summer Project Director, 2014
University of Alabama Junior Investigators Program, 2012-13
Public Teaching
Georgia State University College of Education Professional Service Award, 2010-11
HAVEN Academy in Cobb County, GA Teacher of the Year, 2006-07