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Featured Alumni
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Najwa Al-Harbi
Najwa Al-Harbi (PhD 2019) is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Umm Al Qura University in Saudi Arabia.
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Jason Wasserman
Jason Adam Wasserman, PhD, HEC-C is Professor in the Department of Health Humanities and Bioethics at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, where he also serves as Director of Education and Director of the Master’s Program in Health Humanities and Bioethics and as a clinical ethics consultant for University of Rochester Medical Center. His scholarly work centers on the problems that arise when ethical theories encounter the complicating realities of clinical practice.
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Lee Anne Flagg
Lee Anne Flagg (PhD 2015) is an Associate Service Fellow at the Mortality Statistics Branch within the Division of Vital Statistics at the National Center for Health Statistics.
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Leigh Willis
Leigh Willis (PhD 2004) is a Behavioral Scientist at Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Latest News
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Building a Community Online with Dr. Patricia DrenteaFor more than 20 years, Patrica Drentea, Ph.D., has built a community around the University of Alabama at Birmingham students in her virtual classroom. Through teaching courses in UAB’s online MA in Sociology program, she’s adapted new ways to make her class a community without a classroom—and has helped her students apply sociological skills in their careers. -
2026 winners of the College of Arts and Sciences Dean's Award for Excellence in TeachingThe 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 who have demonstrated exceptional accomplishments in teaching. The Dean’s Award for Excellence in Teaching recognizes full-time,... -
How Macey Taylor made time for music and an MA in SociologySince 2005, Birmingham native Macey Taylor has worked as a professional touring musician performing with various artists across the globe.