We’re excited to share that Dr. Chelsea Bouldin has joined us as an Assistant Professor in Ethnic Studies. Welcome to the community, Professor Bouldin! What’s your research specialization? What projects are you currently working on? I am an Assistant Professor of Ethnic Studies in the School for Cultural and Social Transformation at the University of […]
Read MoreSummer Program for Undergraduate Research Each Summer students from all over the United States come to the University as part of the Summer Program for Undergraduate Research (SPUR). University faculty participate as mentors for these students and work with them for the 10 week program. Ed Muñoz participated as a faculty mentor for the 2025 […]
Read MoreWe are happy that Professor Tara Quinn is a new a career-line Assistant Professor shared between Gender Studies and the College of Humanities. Welcome and congratulations, Dr. Quinn! What’s your research specialization? What projects are you currently working on? My principal research interests concern processes of socio-economic justice and development in the Global South, including land rights, […]
Read MoreWhy did you decide to focus on the history of Black Studies at the U for your project? I decided to focus on the university’s Black Studies program because there was very little accessible information available about the history of the program. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, the University of Utah created the Black […]
Read MoreFor much of his life, Andy Murphy (Honors BS ‘08, Gender Studies & Economics) has enjoyed crafting a persuasive argument. As a high schooler, he was a member of the school debate team and enjoyed the challenge of researching and then building a compelling case to support or oppose a position. It was captivating enough […]
Read MoreAt the end of last semester Professor Juliet Reynolds did a short unit on the roles of quilts, flags, and other textiles in a wide range of social movements in her GNDR 1100 course, Gender and Social Change. Over the course of several weeks, class discussion shifted from focusing on the heaviness of oppression to […]
Read MoreDear Students and Transform Community, Last week, the faculty of the School for Cultural & Social Transformation (Transform) and the College of Humanities voted to merge. The academic divisions currently housed in Transform will be joining the College of Humanities and the new organizational structure will be determined in Fall 2025. All of the curriculum […]
Read MoreDr. Angela Marie Smith Receives 2024 Tobin Siebers Prize for Disability Studies in the Humanities The University of Michigan Press has awarded the 2024 Tobin Siebers Prize for Disability Studies in the Humanities to Affecting Disability on American Screens, a groundbreaking manuscript by Associate Professor Angela Marie Smith. This prestigious annual prize recognizes an outstanding […]
Read MoreAssistant Professor Alborz Ghandehari’s latest project is more than just research—it is a material to which he has a deep personal connection. Dr. Ghandehari’s connection to the history of Iran was formed long before the release of his book—Post/Revolutionary Conditions: Renewed Visions of the Iranian Freedom Struggle. As the child of Iranian immigrants, he was […]
Read Morewritten by Juniper Nilsson, BS’ 27, Gender Studies + Urban Ecology — This semester, I got to go to the 2025 Creating Change conference in Las Vegas, NV at the Rio Hotel and Casino. What an experience! But first, some context. The Creating Change conference was started by the National LGBTQ Task Force in the […]
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