Shannon Thomason

Shannon Thomason

| This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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 students will participate in the 2023 International Peace Conference, May 5-6 in Birmingham

UAB students will participate in the 2023 International Peace Conference, May 5-6 in Birmingham
Students of peace, justice and human rights at UAB will join global thought leaders in the two-day, immersive event — focused on the pursuit of peace at all levels of society.

Theatre UAB presents “Into the Woods” in a new way, April 12-16

Theatre UAB presents “Into the Woods” in a new way, April 12-16
Are we already in the woods? This production of Sondheim’s beloved play looks at the dangers society has created with sets inspired by Birmingham’s Sloss Furnaces.

In April, explore UAB’s academic arts performances

In April, explore UAB’s academic arts performances

For “April is for the Arts,” the UAB College of Arts and Sciences highlights the extraordinary talent from across the college’s fine art academic units for a month of events.

See art from graduating BFA artists at UAB’s AEIVA from April 7-29

See art from graduating BFA artists at UAB’s AEIVA from April 7-29

The BFA exhibition is one of the UAB Department of Art and Art History’s premier events, culminating with a free closing reception Friday, April 28.

Author to discuss “Pink Triangle Legacies: Coming Out in the Shadow of the Holocaust” on April 4

Author to discuss “Pink Triangle Legacies: Coming Out in the Shadow of the Holocaust” on April 4

The UAB Institute for Human Rights presents W. Jake Newsome, Ph.D., whose book traces the transformation of the pink triangle from a Nazi concentration camp badge and emblem of discrimination into a global symbol of pride.

Smokey Robinson live at UAB’s Alys Stephens Center on April 21

Smokey Robinson live at UAB’s Alys Stephens Center on April 21
Winner of a Grammy Living Legend Award, Kennedy Center Honors and the National Medal of Arts Award, Robinson is America’s “greatest living poet,” who has crafted decades of beloved chart-topping hits.

UAB Department of Music presents PRISM concert March 27

UAB Department of Music presents PRISM concert March 27

The all-department concert will feature faculty and student performances, including solo and ensemble, choral, symphonic, piano, voice, percussion, chamber music, gospel, and more.

John Paul White and Alabama Symphony Orchestra together in live crossover performance April 6

John Paul White and Alabama Symphony Orchestra together in live crossover performance April 6
With the ASO, Grammy Award winner White — formerly half of The Civil Wars — will reimagine the Southern rock, Americana and country hits that made him famous.

UAB Music students win at state singing competition

UAB Music students win at state singing competition
Music majors Austin Green and Reagan Martin and physics major Jackson Hanle won top prizes in the Alabama State Auditions of the National Association of Teachers of Singing.

Could learning magic arts benefit adolescents with unilateral cerebral palsy?

Could learning magic arts benefit adolescents with unilateral cerebral palsy?

The National Endowment for the Arts has awarded UAB Arts in Medicine a research grant to study whether magic arts training can help improve motor and social-emotional function.

Page 16 of 170