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Barb Zsembik

Barb Zsembik

Interim Cognizant Associate Dean for:

  • Academic Resources (formerly, Teaching Center)
  • African American Studies Program
  • Bob Graham Center for Public Service
  • Bureau of Economic and Business Research
  • Center for African Studies
  • Center for European Studies
  • Bud Shorstein Center for Jewish Studies
  • Department of Anthropology
  • Department of Economics
  • Department of Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies
  • Department of Geography
  • Department of Linguistics
  • Department of Political Science
  • Department of Psychology
  • Department of Sociology, Criminology & Law
  • English Language Institute
  • International Studies Program
  • Land Use and Environmental Change Institute
  • Sustainability Studies Program

Brief Biography

Barbara Zsembik received her Ph.D. in sociology and demography from the University of Texas in Austin, 1988. She teaches and writes on health disparities in the United States, Latino issues and experiences, migration and health, and domestic violence in the Caribbean.

Zsembik has received recognition as Provost Administrative Fellow (2000), T. Lynn Smith Term Professor (1999-2000), University Teacher of the Year (1995), and twice received the William R. Jones Outstanding Mentor Award from McKnight Doctoral Fellows, State of Florida (2008 and 2014).