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Grace Barrentine, a University of South Alabama anthropology graduate, spends much of her time doing fieldwork, including at this site in south Baldwin County, Alabama.

Soil to Sea
July 25, 2025

Grace Barrentine's work as an anthropologist has her digging into the land for now, but the shipwrecks of the deep are callin ...

Childhood cancer survivor turned social worker, Katelyn Tillman helps patients at Children's & Women's Hospital
January 15, 2025

Diagnosed with osteosarcoma at age 13, Katelyn Tillman spent months-long stretches of her teenage years in a hospital undergoing b ...

Gregoricka Receives Fulbright Scholar Award
May 14, 2024

Bioarchaeologist Dr. Lesley Gregoricka, professor of anthropology in the Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Social Work at ...

Tiffany Pogue, a spring graduate of the University of South Alabama, often visits the same Kiwanis Boys & Girls Club where she was introduced to everything from public speaking to photography.

Rediscovering Family History
May 16, 2023

Tiffany Pogue, a Gilman Scholar and psychology graduate, traces he family history through 'Descendant,' the Africatown d ...

Dr. Dieudonné Gnammankou, a historian and assistant professor at the Université d’Abomey-Calavi in Benin will serve for one year at South Alabama as a Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence. He will connect his work about the slave trade on the West African coast with the stories of the Clotilda and the community groups in Africatown. The Clotilda is the last known ship to bring enslaved Africans to the United States.

South Welcomes Visiting Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence | USA News
October 14, 2022

The University of South Alabama has been selected to host a Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence from Benin, West Africa, to teach cours ...

Expert Advice: Dr. Valerie Bryan Talks About Important Factors for Students Deciding on a Social Work Degree Program
June 16, 2022

What are the most important factors for students deciding on a social work degree program? ...

Big Dig: South Archaeologists Excavate Mobile Bay Bridge Site
April 21, 2022

The USA Center for Archaeological Studies digs into the past to make way for a bridge linking Alabama's two coastal counties. ...

University of South Alabama students recently returned from the Oxford Consortium for Human Rights workshop in the United Kingdom. The Consortium's goal is to understand and develop constructive solutions to the problems of today, drawing from scholars and students from a wide variety of disciplines. From left, Clorissa Morgan, senior, english major from Andalusia, Ala.; Nicole Lemon, sophomore anthropology major from Gulfport, Miss.; Mitchell Chambers, senior philosophy major from Montevallo, Ala.; and Dr. Douglas Marshall, Honors College interim dean.

South Students Attend Human Rights Workshop in U.K.
April 4, 2022

Dr. Douglas Marshall, Honors College interim dean, and three University of South Alabama students recently returned from the Oxfor ...

Dr. Kenneth Hudson, associate professor of sociology and social work at the University of South Alabama, urges students to challenge conventional wisdom using data. “I spend a lot of time looking at numbers, what I call the view from 33,000 feet. ... And there are certain kinds of questions where you have to land the plane, get out and walk around and talk to people.”

'Good Jobs and Bad Jobs'
February 9, 2022

Dr. Kenneth Hudson studies the dual labor market, income inequality and their implications for society. ...

Olivia McCarter still visits the grave at Jackson County Memorial Park of Alisha Ann Heinrich after helping identify her using DNA samples and genealogy records. Next to the plot is the grave of another baby girl whose body has never been identified.

South Sophomore Solves Cold Cases Using DNA, Forensic Genealogy
January 19, 2021

Olivia McCarter brings focus and closure to unsolved cases, identifying victims and giving law enforcement a trail to suspects. ...

From L-R; Will Marriott, staff archaeologist, USA Center for Archaeological Studies, and Jeremy Pruitt, field technician, USA Center for Archaeological Studies sift through soil collected during a cultural resource survey in the Africatown community of Mobile.

Digging Into the Past
January 15, 2021

The University of South Alabama has been contracted by the City of Mobile to conduct a cultural resource survey in the Africatown ...

The University of South Alabama holds the easement to 60 acres adjacent to Historic Blakeley State Park along the Tensaw River. The property, in addition to more than 30,000 acres throughout rural Alabama and Mississippi, can be used by South faculty for research and teaching.

Land Newly Available for Research, Teaching
December 20, 2020

A newly announced collaboration with The Conservation Fund makes the University of South Alabama the easement holder on a signific ...

Social Work Faculty and Alumni Talk with Prospective Students
October 23, 2020

Faculty recently hosted a group of prospective students via Zoom to learn more about the bachelor's in social work program at ...

University of South Alabama’s Investment in Research is Paying Dividends
August 24, 2020

How do you build a world-class research university? You do so by investing in faculty, students and infrastructure. ...

From L-R; Dr. Lesley Gregoricka, associate professor of anthropology, was selected as Scholar of the Year, Dr. Joseph Hair, professor of marketing and quantitative methods, receives Lifetime Achievement Award, Dr. Thomas Rowell, professor of music, was selected as Artist of the Year.

Phi Kappa Phi Announces 2020-21 Award Recipients
December 10, 2019

The University of South Alabama chapter of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation's oldest all-discipline honor society has selected Dr. J ...

Participants in a summer forum, financed by a $293,914 National Science Foundation REU grant, study pieces of a skull loaned to Dr. Lesley Gregoricka, associate professor of anthropology at South, by the government of the Emirate of Ras al-Khaimah in the UAE. The students collaborate with an interdisciplinary group of dynamic scientists while conducting original research over an eight-week period.

Students Hone Research Skills, Examine Skeletal Remains
July 23, 2019

College students from around the country hone their research skills studying ancient bones during a summer program at South. ...

Dusty Norris, a graduate of the University of South Alabama’s anthropology program, is using an archaeology tool to record information about one of the artifacts found at the sites of the shotgun houses in areas of downtown Mobile. This preliminary work is being done as plans for the Mobile River Bridge and Bayway project moves forward.

USA Graduate Dusty Norris Publishes in Journal of Archaeological Science
April 11, 2019

Early- and middle-stage fluted stone tool bases found near Fox Lake, Wayne County Ohio: Clovis or not? ...

Dr. Lesley Gregoricka's NSF-REU (Bioarchaeology of Bronze Age Social Systems) has been funded
February 15, 2019

The REU will bring eight undergraduates from around the country to USA for the next three summers (beginning in 2019) for intensiv ...

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Antonia Carter named a 2018 IDEAS Scholar
February 2, 2018

Congratulations to USA anthropology major Antonia Carter, who was named a 2018 IDEAS Scholar with the American Association of Phys ...

thumbnail of poster for 2017 Annual Meeting of the Center for French Colonial Studies

2017 Annual Meeting of the Center for French Colonial Studies
September 8, 2017

The Center for French Colonial Studies annual meeting will be held at USA'S Archaeology Museum and the Hampton Inn & Suit ...

USA Alumna Dr. Andrea Hunt (MA 2004) Receives Outstanding Early Career Award for Service at UNA
March 18, 2016

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Laurie Haas, Field Instruction Coordinator and Melanie Bankhead, Instructor of Social Work, with current students and alumni from the BSW program at USA

USA's BSW Program attends the 100th Annual Alabama Conference of Social Work in Perdido Beach, AL
March 1, 2016

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Dr. Valerie L. Bryan, Associate Professor of Social Work and Director, BSW Program publishes new book about Ethics.
February 19, 2016

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The December Student Organization of the Month Award goes to Students For Equality!

Students For Equality - December Student Organization of the Month
January 20, 2016

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Dr. Steve Picou, Professor of Sociology Named Distinguished Professor

Picou Named Distinguished Professor
November 11, 2015

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Kimberly Williams Pettway, an instructor of social work in the department of sociology, anthropology and social work, has been appointed as director of the University of South Alabama’s Center for Academic Service-Learning and Civic Engagement.

Kimberly Williams Pettway, appointed as a USA Director
July 14, 2015

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USA Researchers Participate in $8 Million Program to Help Disaster-Stricken Communities Recover

USA Researchers: Lessons to Learn from Oil Spill
March 26, 2015

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Bria Cunningham receives honor from the Abeneefoo Kuo Honors Society
February 28, 2015

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Dr. David Johnson Named to SACSCOC Board of Trustees

Dr. David Johnson Named to SACSCOC
December 11, 2014

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Dr. Lesley Gregoricka's Vampire Research Attracts National Attention

Dr. Lesley Gregoricka's Vampire Research
December 9, 2014

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Soil to Sea July 25, 2025

Childhood cancer survivor turned social worker, Katelyn Tillman helps patients at Children's & Women's Hospital January 15, 2025

Gregoricka Receives Fulbright Scholar Award May 14, 2024

Rediscovering Family History May 16, 2023

South Welcomes Visiting Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence | USA News October 14, 2022

Expert Advice: Dr. Valerie Bryan Talks About Important Factors for Students Deciding on a Social Work Degree Program June 16, 2022

Big Dig: South Archaeologists Excavate Mobile Bay Bridge Site April 21, 2022

South Students Attend Human Rights Workshop in U.K. April 4, 2022

'Good Jobs and Bad Jobs' February 9, 2022

South Sophomore Solves Cold Cases Using DNA, Forensic Genealogy January 19, 2021

Digging Into the Past January 15, 2021

Land Newly Available for Research, Teaching December 20, 2020

Social Work Faculty and Alumni Talk with Prospective Students October 23, 2020

University of South Alabama’s Investment in Research is Paying Dividends August 24, 2020

Phi Kappa Phi Announces 2020-21 Award Recipients December 10, 2019

Students Hone Research Skills, Examine Skeletal Remains July 23, 2019

USA Graduate Dusty Norris Publishes in Journal of Archaeological Science April 11, 2019

Dr. Lesley Gregoricka's NSF-REU (Bioarchaeology of Bronze Age Social Systems) has been funded February 15, 2019

Antonia Carter named a 2018 IDEAS Scholar February 2, 2018

2017 Annual Meeting of the Center for French Colonial Studies September 8, 2017

USA Alumna Dr. Andrea Hunt (MA 2004) Receives Outstanding Early Career Award for Service at UNA March 18, 2016

USA's BSW Program attends the 100th Annual Alabama Conference of Social Work in Perdido Beach, AL March 1, 2016

Dr. Valerie L. Bryan, Associate Professor of Social Work and Director, BSW Program publishes new book about Ethics. February 19, 2016

Students For Equality - December Student Organization of the Month January 20, 2016

Picou Named Distinguished Professor November 11, 2015

Kimberly Williams Pettway, appointed as a USA Director July 14, 2015

USA Researchers: Lessons to Learn from Oil Spill March 26, 2015

Bria Cunningham receives honor from the Abeneefoo Kuo Honors Society February 28, 2015

Dr. David Johnson Named to SACSCOC December 11, 2014

Dr. Lesley Gregoricka's Vampire Research December 9, 2014