The Dean’s Award for Excellence in Teaching recognizes full-time, regular faculty members of the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) who have demonstrated exceptional accomplishments in teaching. Award winners must have held faculty status at UAB for a minimum of three years and may receive the award only once in any three-year period.

One of UAB’s online master’s degrees ranked in the top three, marking the highest USNWR ranking for a UAB online program in history.

“There was just something about her raw curiosity and desire for knowledge that made teaching something I wanted to pursue,” said Buchwalter, who went on to major in history—with a double minor in philosophy and criminal justice—and later earn a master’s in social science education.

Meet the student senators representing the College of Arts and Sciences in the Undergraduate Student Government Association (USGA)! Meet the student senators representing the College of Arts and Sciences in the Undergraduate Student Government Association (USGA)!

The College of Arts and Sciences is proud to announce that 20 faculty members across ten departments have been awarded promotions (including one faculty member who also was awarded tenure). The College of Arts and Sciences is proud to announce that 20 faculty members across ten departments have been awarded promotions (including one faculty member who also was awarded tenure).

The University of Alabama at Birmingham’s College of Arts and Sciences has selected five presentations for the 2024-2025 Theodore Haddin Interdisciplinary Forum Series (also known as “Haddin Forums”).

Throughout Summer 2024, faculty, staff, and students across the College of Arts and Sciences facilitated camps and on-campus experiences for middle school, high school, and college students. Throughout Summer 2024, faculty, staff, and students across the College of Arts and Sciences facilitated camps and on-campus experiences for middle school, high school, and college students.

Brandon Blankenship, J.D., teaching assistant professor and director of the Pre-Law Program in the J. Frank Barefield, Jr.

Hendrix reflects on her time in the forensic science program, she calls attention to the close-knit community that exists between the students and the faculty.

Twenty faculty members across multiple departments in the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s College of Arts and Sciences wrote or edited 23 books last year. Twenty faculty members across multiple departments in the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s College of Arts and Sciences wrote or edited 23 books last year.

Ter'Ricka Brundidge, a first year graduate student in the Master of Science in Crimnal Justice program, is recipient of the "Distinguished New Criminologist" award presented by the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Alabama. Hi everyone!

The UAB Mock Trial team received the American Mock Trial Association (AMTA) Spirit Award. The distinction recognizes the professionalism displayed by the team during a regional competition.

A partnership between interdisciplinary scientists at UAB will help take down websites involved in illicit drug sales and financial scams.

 Camp CSI gives children a chance to explore real-world forensic practices and learn about education and career opportunities in criminal justice.

When Brynnen Hendrix arrived at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, she knew she wanted to study genetics. When Brynnen Hendrix arrived at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, she knew she wanted to study genetics.

Geographic information systems technology is being used to study mortgage decisions, drinking behavior, environmental injustice, and the link between redlining and colon cancer. All Blazers now have free access to ArcGIS software.

In 2022, 22 faculty members published or edited 20 books across the Arts and Humanities, Behavioral and Social Sciences, and Natural Sciences and Mathematics.In 2022, 22 faculty members published or edited 20 books across the Arts and Humanities, Behavioral and Social Sciences, and Natural Sciences and Mathematics.

Interdisciplinary collaborations are heavily promoted and extolled within academia, but, sometimes, there are challenges in realizing them. This is even more true for seemingly unrelated disciplines.

The University of Alabama at Birmingham’s Department of Social Work will present a collaborative event series from March 22-28 for Social Work Month.The University of Alabama at Birmingham’s Department of Social Work will present a collaborative event series from March 22-28 for Social Work Month. The series—titled “Reclaiming Humanity in Alabama Prisons”—is co-sponsored by the J.

As a qualitative researcher, Heith Copes, Ph.D., interviews and observes people to learn about and better understand the nuances of their lives and communities.