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Faculty & Staff

 

Patricia Albers

Patricia Albers

Professor Emerita

Anthropology

American West Center

Subject Area:

Native American history, women in the American West

Elizabeth Archuleta

Elizabeth Archuleta

Professor (Lecturer)

Ethnic Studies

American West Center

 elizabeth.archuleta@utah.edu

Subject Area:

First generation and historically underrepresented students in high education

Maile Arvin

Maile Arvin

Associate Professor

History & Gender Studies

American West Center

 maile.arvin@utah.edu

Subject Area:

Pacific Island Studies

Nicholas Backman

Nicholas Backman

Research Associate

National Park Service Trails Project

American West Center

 nicholas.backman@utah.edu

Subject Area:

Native American History, Environmental History

Matthew l. Basso

Matthew l. Basso

Associate Professor, Former AWC Director

History

American West Center

 matt.basso@utah.edu

Subject Area:

Gender Studies, Military History

Edward Bateman

Edward Bateman

Associate Professor

Art & Art History

American West Center

 edward.bateman@utah.edu

Subject Area:

Digital imaging, 3D modeling in photography

Cynthia Benally

Cynthia Benally

Assistant Professor

Education, Culture & Society

American West Center

 u6014666@utah.edu

Subject Area:

Education policies, curriculum, and instruction of Native peoples and nations. 

Brett  Clark

Brett Clark

Professor

Environmental Humanities Graduate Program

American West Center

 brett.clark@soc.utah.edu

Subject Area:

Policital economy of global environmental change

Elizabeth Clement

Elizabeth Clement

Associate Professor

History

American West Center

 elizabeth.clement@utah.edu

Subject Area:

Gender Studies, History of HIV in Utah

Danielle Endres

Danielle Endres

Professor

Director of Environmental Humanities Graduate Program

American West Center

 danielle.endres@utah.edu

Subject Area:

Environmental Studies, Indigenous American Rhetoric

Tori Fairbanks

Tori Fairbanks

Social Media Specialist

Oral History Transcriber

American West Center

 u1185183@utah.edu

Subject Area:

National Park Service, Black History in the American West, Intermountain Indian School

John Flynn

John Flynn

Ph.D. Candidate

History

American West Center

 john.flynn@utah.edu

Subject Area:

Environmental History in the American West

Marie sarita Gaytan

Marie sarita Gaytan

Associate Professor

Gender Studies & Sociology

American West Center

 sarita.gaytan@soc.utah.edu

Subject Area:

Gender, Race & Ethnic Studies, Latin American Studies

Alexandra merritt Greenwald

Alexandra merritt Greenwald

Associate Professor

Anthropology

American West Center

 u6025804@utah.edu

Subject Area:

Musuem

Michelle Judd

Michelle Judd

Administrative Officer

American West Center

 801-581-7611

 michelle.judd@utah.edu

Kayla Kidd

Kayla Kidd

American West Center Intern

American West Center

Ed a. Munoz

Ed a. Munoz

Associate Professor

Ethnic Studies

American West Center

 u0890955@utah.edu

Subject Area:

Latinx experience in the Midwest & Inter-Rocky Mountain Regions

Andrew Nelson

Andrew Nelson

Associate Professor

Film & Media Arts

American West Center

 ap.nelson@utah.edu

Subject Area:

American cinema, history & culture

Danielle Olden

Danielle Olden

Associate Professor

History

American West Center

 Danielle.Olden@utah.edu

Wanda Pillow

Wanda Pillow

Professor

Gender Studies

American West Center

 wanda.pillow@utah.edu

Subject Area:

Feminist research methods, Advanced feminist theory

Paul Reeve

Paul Reeve

Professor, History

Simmons Chair of Mormon Studies

American West Center

 paul.reeve@utah.edu

Subject Area:

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saint history

Paisley Rekdal

Paisley Rekdal

Distinguished Professor

Director

American West Center

 (801) 581-7350

 paisley.rekdal@utah.edu

Gregory e. Smoak

Gregory e. Smoak

Professor

Former AWC Director

American West Center

 greg.smoak@utah.edu

Subject Area:

Native and environmental history of the American West, public lands policy

Robert stephen Tatum

Robert stephen Tatum

Professor Emeritus

English

American West Center

 stephen.tatum@utah.edu

Katharine s. Walter

Katharine s. Walter

Assistant Professor

Internal Medicine

American West Center

 katharine.walter@hsc.utah.edu

Subject Area:

How Climate change affects pathogen transmission and epidemiological dynamics in the American West

Kronk Warner

Kronk Warner

Jefferson B. & Rita E. Fordham Presidential Dean, Professor

College of Law

American West Center

 elizabeth.warner@law.utah.edu

Subject Area:

Environmental & Native American Law

Connor Warner

Connor Warner

Associate Professor (Clinical)

Associate Director of the Urban Institute for Teacher Education

American West Center

 u6026631@utah.edu

Emma Webb

Emma Webb

Research Fellow

American West Center and Spencer S. Eccles Health Science Library

American West Center

 emmawwebb@gmail.com

Subject Area:

American West history in the 19th and 20th centuries

Megan Weiss

Megan Weiss

Program Assistant

Utah Humanities

American West Center

 megan.weiss@utah.edu

Subject Area:

History of the American West

Kilo Zamora

Kilo Zamora

Instructor (Lecturer)

Gender Studies

American West Center

 u0048082@utah.edu

Subject Area:

Gender Studies, Policies that protect marginalized people

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Last Updated: 2/7/25