Category: Research
Undergraduate Research | Summer 2025
Summer 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 MoreBlack Studies at the University of Utah
Why 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 MoreDr. Angela Marie Smith Receives Tobin Siebers Prize for Disability Studies in the Humanities
Dr. 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 MorePost/Revolutionary Conditions: Renewed Visions of the Iranian Freedom Struggle
Assistant 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 MoreUndergraduate Research | Fall 2024 – Spring 2025
Fall 2024 Research Symposium Presenter: Mar Smith Mentor: Kim Hackford-Peer Presentation: Forging Representation in the Wake of Censorship: A “Trans” Analysis of Spider-Man’s Canon Summary: The argument that Spider-Man’s story can be read as a transgender narrative is built on a strong foundation of allegory, body horror, comic history, and censorship. In a time where […]
Read MoreDecoding the Impact of Racism: How Dr. William A. Smith’s Framework for Racial Battle Fatigue is Changing Lives
Broadly speaking, Dr. William A. Smith—chief executive administrator of the Huntsman Mental Health Institute, distinguished professor of ethnic studies and education, and adjunct professor of psychiatry—studies the biopsychosocial effects of racism. But in his case, broad speaking only goes so far. As his diverse appointments on campus show, Dr. Smith’s work is grounded in interdisciplinary […]
Read More2024 TRIC Community Engaged Fellows
The vibrancy of intersectionality as a body of thought has resided in the ways its pathways are rooted in local contexts, lived experiences, and felt needs. Thus, our third year focused on fostering ecologies of place by highlighting the density of intersectional thoroughfares already being built by community organizations in collaboration with faculty in Transform, […]
Read MoreUnderstanding the Past to Transform the Future
Within the School for Cultural and Social Transformation’s four divisions, there are a myriad of incredible faculty working tirelessly to positively influence both students and the community at large. Two of these faculty members recently had the opportunity to pursue research fellowships with groups of scholars from institutions around the world. — Dr. Susie S. […]
Read MoreMatt Basso Leads WWII Home Front Histories Project
Matt Basso, associate professor of History and Gender Studies at the University of Utah, is wrapping up a nearly five-year project with the National Park Service (NPS) that provides new resources for understanding the World War II home front, one of the most remarkable periods in our nation’s history. Basso led a team of twelve […]
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