Faculty Excellence
UAB’s new music therapy program is pitch-perfect for founding Director Ja’Bria Barber
Earlier this year, the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s Department of Music announced a new music therapy concentration. The news hit all the right notes for Ja’Bria Barber, Ph.D., so, even though she has no connections to the Birmingham area, she left her home near Charlotte, North Carolina, in August to join UAB as the founding Director of Music Therapy on the university-side of campus.
Read moreTwenty CAS faculty members receive promotions
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).
Read moreUAB’s Department of Communication Studies remembers Dr. Larry Powell
Upcoming interdisciplinary forums to honor the life and legacy of Theodore Haddin
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”).
Read moreSocial Work Faculty News
The University of Alabama at Birmingham’s Department of Social Work would like to congratulate Mary Jacque Carroll and Laurel Iverson Hitchcock, Ph.D., on their successful promotions! During the fall semester of 2024, Carroll will be promoted to associate professor, while Hitchcock will assume the title of professor.
Read moreSocial Work welcomes Drs. Kun Wang and Jay O’Shields
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Pangborn selected as new chair of the Department of English
Matthew H. Pangborn, Ph.D., will serve as the next chair of the Department of English in the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s College of Arts and Sciences.
Read moreCollege of Arts and Sciences awards artificial intelligence grant
In March 2024, the College of Arts and Sciences announced its first-ever competition for Artificial Intelligence (AI) Interdisciplinary Team Awards.
Read moreDiscussing philosophy of science with Marshall Abrams
Marshall Abrams, Ph.D., associate professor in the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s Department of Philosophy, teaches about and conducts research on philosophy of science. The College of Arts and Sciences recently sat down with Abrams to discuss philosophy of science, his courses, and his 2023 book titled Evolution and the Machinery of Chance: Philosophy, Probability, and Scientific Practice in Biology.
Read moreWard to serve as new chair of the Department of History
Walter Ward, Ph.D., will serve as the next chair of the Department of History in the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s College of Arts and Sciences.
Read more2024 winners of the College of Arts and Sciences Dean's Award for Excellence in Teaching
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.
Read moreCelebrating CAS Authors: 20 faculty members in the College of Arts and Sciences published books in 2023
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.
Read moreSocial work at UAB ranks top 20 percent nationally
The University of Alabama at Birmingham’s (UAB) Department of Social Work is once again ranked among the top 20 percent of programs accredited by the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE). According to U.S. News and World Report, UAB has the No. 2 ranked social work program in the state of Alabama. Among all public universities nationwide, UAB’s Department of Social Work ranks No. 44.
Read moreMcCain to lead the Department of Philosophy
Kevin McCain, Ph.D., has been named the chair of the Department of Philosophy in the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s College of Arts and Sciences.
Read moreClinical/Medical Master of Social Work program utilizes ‘the vast resource that is UAB’
“There are about 330 accredited Master of Social Work programs around the country, and in some fundamental ways we’re similar to all of them. What sets us apart is that unique clinical/medical focus,” said program director Colleen Fisher, Ph.D., MSW.
Read moreRemembering Ada Long’s legacy
Having received the permission of immediate family, I wanted to announce the sad news of the passing of the founding Director of the University Honors Program and Professor of English Emerita, Ada Long.
Read morePopular culture makes for popular classes within the African American Studies program
The African American Studies program in the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s College of Arts and Sciences includes courses examining the lasting impact of music, movies, and television, from depictions of racial stereotypes to expressions of cultural pride. Here is a look at a few of the courses being offered within the program:
Read moreMedical sociology program gives students an expansive approach to health care
In the world of medicine, treating the body and treating the person can be two distinctly different things. The medical sociology program in the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s Department of Sociology is a way to bridge that gap.
Read moreCollege of Arts and Sciences hosts retreat on artificial intelligence
The University of Alabama at Birmingham’s College of Arts and Sciences hosted a half-day research retreat focused on artificial intelligence at the UAB Alumni House.
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