Category: Announcements
A Letter from the Dean
Dear 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 MoreWanda S. Pillow Named Dean of College of Humanities and School for Cultural and Social Transformation
“I am honored to navigate upcoming challenges and opportunities with CoH and Transform and will represent the interests and needs of each while strengthening existing connections.”
Read MoreQueering Studies: Gender Studies launches emphasis focused on LGBTQ+ courses
For the first time, the University of Utah gender studies program has an emphasis. Years in the making, queer studies provides a pathway through the gender studies major that centers LGBTQ+ curriculum and research. Fifteen years ago, the School for Cultural & Social Transformation didn’t yet exist as a distinct entity. Gender studies, as a […]
Read MoreEdmund Fong Named Living Color Award Recipient
Utah Business and Living Color Utah recently honored Dr. Edmund Fong at their sixth annual Living Color gala. These awards honor individuals who are doing the work to create a more equitable and inclusive future for Utah, an enterprise Dr. Fong was actively engaged in during his six-year term as chair of the ethnic studies […]
Read MorePacific Islands Studies Initiative Podcast
“Relations of Salt and Stars,” a new podcast produced by the Pacific Islands Studies program, will invoke the ties historically forged between the Pacific Islands and Utah.
Read MoreTransformative Intersectional Collective
Transform has been awarded a three-year grant to form an intersectional studies collective.
Read MoreDr. Ronald Coleman is a 2021 Distinguished Alumni Honoree
Dr. Coleman, one of the founding Ethnic Studies faculty at the U, was honored as a 2021 Distinguished Alumni Honoree!
Read MoreWe’re ready to think with you.
You’re back! Dean Stockton shares her excitement for this academic year and the “righteous anger” we must harness in our actions this semester.
Read MoreHeartbreak and Reckoning
I know you join us when we say: ENOUGH. It has always been horrendously, heartbreakingly enough.
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