Shannon Thomason

Shannon Thomason

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Public Relations Specialist

thomason@uab.edu | (205) 975-8858

Identifies and develops stories that highlight the arts, faculty news, student stories and beyond a UAB. Connects media with experts to enhance their story.

Specific beats: 

  • Advancement
  • The Arts at UAB
    • AEIVA 
    • Alys Stephens Center  
    • Arts in Medicine 
    • ArtPlay   
  • College of Arts and Sciences 
    • Department of Art and Art History 
    • Department of Communication Studies
    • Department of Music 
    • Department of Theatre 
    • Institute for Human Rights
    • Department of World Languages and Literatures
  • The Graduate School 
  • Libraries
  • National Alumni Society 
  • WBHM 

UAB will complete its campus cultural arts district when the spacious, new Abroms-Engel Institute for the Visual Arts opens in June 2013.

Perfect your comic timing, sew like a pro and create a smartphone app at ArtPlay when their next session kicks off in January 2012.

Songstress Lalah Hathaway, humorist Mo Rocca’s holiday comedy show and a kids’ canine tale are coming to UAB’s Alys Stephens Center.

Simbeck of Killen and Hossain of Gadsden will each receive $2,500 scholarships.

UAB’s Discussion Book Dialogue series on autism continues Nov. 17.

The Sidewalk Film Festival continues with "Welcome to Shelbyville."

Artist Willie Cole will serve as juror for the 2011 Juried Student Annual exhibition during his residency at UAB.

The UAB School of Dentistry won the Homecoming Week race for the second year in a row.

See one of the world’s most innovative jazz musicians at UAB’s Alys Stephens Center Nov. 17.

Golden Dragon Acrobats tumble into the World on Stage Festival.

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