William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences. He received the Master Teacher Award from Fulbright College in 2012. He is also vice chair of biological sciences department and the chair of the biology graduate studies program. McNabb is also a member of the National Genetics and Epigenetics grant review panel for the American Heart Association. He is an active member of the American Society for Microbiology, the Genetics Society of America, and the American Chemical Society.