2023: Dr. Sarah Dababnah '97, Professor & Advocate

She is currently an associate professor at the University of Maryland Baltimore School of Social Work; a faculty affiliate at Yonsei University School of Social Welfare, South Korea; and a former U.S. Fulbright Scholar at the American University in Cairo, Egypt. Her research focuses on family-centered, community-engaged, and culturally-relevant strategies to address racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic disparities in autism service access.

 

Dr. Dababnah received specialized training in early childhood and disability practice, research, and policy at the Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities in Chapel Hill, N.C.; Kennedy Krieger Institute in Baltimore, M.D.; Columbia University National Center for Children in Poverty in New York, N.Y.; and Jacobs Institute of Women's Health in Washington, D.C. She is also a former Peace Corps volunteer and has received numerous honors and distinctions, including the New Investigator Award from the American Public Health Association in 2021. Dr. Dababnah’s research has been published in various respected journals across the span of her career.