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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

Subject Area:

First generation and historically underrepresented students in high education

Maile Arvin

Maile Arvin

Associate Professor

History & Gender Studies

American West Center

Subject Area:

Pacific Island Studies

Nicholas Backman

Nicholas Backman

Research Associate

National Park Service Trails Project

American West Center

Subject Area:

Native American History, Environmental History

Matthew l. Basso

Matthew l. Basso

Associate Professor, Former AWC Director

History

American West Center

Subject Area:

Gender Studies, Military History

Edward Bateman

Edward Bateman

Associate Professor

Art & Art History

American West Center

Subject Area:

Digital imaging, 3D modeling in photography

Cynthia Benally

Cynthia Benally

Assistant Professor

Education, Culture & Society

American West Center

Subject Area:

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

Brett  Clark

Brett Clark

Professor

Environmental Humanities Graduate Program

American West Center

Subject Area:

Policital economy of global environmental change

Elizabeth Clement

Elizabeth Clement

Associate Professor

History

American West Center

Subject Area:

Gender Studies, History of HIV in Utah

Danielle Endres

Danielle Endres

Professor

Director of Environmental Humanities Graduate Program

American West Center

Subject Area:

Environmental Studies, Indigenous American Rhetoric

Tori Fairbanks

Tori Fairbanks

Social Media Specialist

Oral History Transcriber

American West Center

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

Subject Area:

Environmental History in the American West

Marie sarita Gaytan

Marie sarita Gaytan

Associate Professor

Gender Studies & Sociology

American West Center

Subject Area:

Gender, Race & Ethnic Studies, Latin American Studies

Alexandra merritt Greenwald

Alexandra merritt Greenwald

Associate Professor

Anthropology

American West Center

Subject Area:

Musuem

Michelle Judd

Michelle Judd

Administrative Officer

American West Center

 801-581-7611

Kayla Kidd

Kayla Kidd

American West Center Intern

American West Center

Ed a. Munoz

Ed a. Munoz

Associate Professor

Ethnic Studies

American West Center

Subject Area:

Latinx experience in the Midwest & Inter-Rocky Mountain Regions

Andrew Nelson

Andrew Nelson

Associate Professor

Film & Media Arts

American West Center

Subject Area:

American cinema, history & culture

Danielle Olden

Danielle Olden

Associate Professor

History

American West Center

Wanda Pillow

Wanda Pillow

Professor

Gender Studies

American West Center

Subject Area:

Feminist research methods, Advanced feminist theory

Paul Reeve

Paul Reeve

Professor, History

Simmons Chair of Mormon Studies

American West Center

Subject Area:

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saint history

Paisley Rekdal

Paisley Rekdal

Distinguished Professor

Director

American West Center

 (801) 581-7350

Gregory e. Smoak

Gregory e. Smoak

Professor

Former AWC Director

American West Center

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

Katharine s. Walter

Katharine s. Walter

Assistant Professor

Internal Medicine

American West Center

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

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

Emma Webb

Emma Webb

Research Fellow

American West Center and Spencer S. Eccles Health Science Library

American West Center

Subject Area:

American West history in the 19th and 20th centuries

Megan Weiss

Megan Weiss

Program Assistant

Utah Humanities

American West Center

Subject Area:

History of the American West

Kilo Zamora

Kilo Zamora

Instructor (Lecturer)

Gender Studies

American West Center

Subject Area:

Gender Studies, Policies that protect marginalized people

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Last Updated: 2/7/25