A Legacy of Excellence
Research in the College of Humanities
The College of Humanities advances civilization by cultivating deeper understanding of human communication, thought, and culture. The College of Humanities at the University of Utah college has 7 departments (Communication, English, History, Linguistics, Philosophy, World Languages & Cultures, and Writing & Rhetoric) conducting research on enduring topics at the heart of civilization. It boasts one of the oldest communication departments in the world (founded in 1892) and the first graduate program in environmental humanities. Faculty are highly productive; a sizable share of the books published by the University of Utah originate from the College of Humanities. The college has established an international reputation in creative writing, health communication, public understanding of science, innovative language education, environmental humanities, and cutting-edge research in bioethics and the philosophy of science.
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22 |
departments, programs, and centers |
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120+ |
books published since 2020 |
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330+ |
articles written since 2020 |
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Top 5 |
rank for departments of Communication and Creative Writing |
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Top 10 |
rank for departments of Philosophy in multiple areas |
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Top 10 |
rank for departments of World Languages & Cultures |
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35 |
NEH Grants and Fellowships since 2000 |
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7 |
Guggenheim Fellows since 2000 |
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9 |
ACLS Fellows since 2000 |
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12 |
Fulbright Fellows since 2000 |
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21 |
NSF Grants since 2000 |
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1st |
NIH New Innovator Grant Awarded to a College of Humanities $2.25 Million | Innovations in Skin Cancer Communication |
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1 of 2 |
Institute of Ed Science funded Dual Language Immersion Studies $400,000 | 40,000 Students | 196 Utah Schools |
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1 of 3 |
Language Flagship funded Flagship Proficiency Programs $1.2 Million | 5 Languages | Free Language Testing |
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1 of 9 |
Department of Defense funded Language Training Centers $1.35 Million | 10 Languages | 15 Annual Courses |
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2 of 100 |
Department of Education funded Title IV National Resource Centers $1.35 Million | 10 Languages | 15 Annual Courses |
Grant and Fellowship Awardees
- Thomas M. Reed (1969)
- Bruce Landesman (1973)
- Margaret P. Battin (1977)
- Eduardo Elias (1979)
- Christopher F. Lee (1987)
- Peggy Pascoe (1995)
- Gillian R. Brown (1995)
- Susan P. Miller (1997)
- Vincent P. Pecora (2001)
- Maeera Y. Shreiber (2003)
- Janet M. Theiss (2005)
- Danielle Olden (2017)
- Jonathon Stone (2018)
- Erin Beeghly (2019)
- Robin Jensen (2020)
- Matt Potolsky (2022)
- John E. Harvey (1970)
- Miachael A. Rudick (1972)
- Ronald M. Smelser (1973)
- Peter Y. Windt (1974)
- Leslie Francis (1976)
- William C. Siska (1984)
- Marget P. Battin (1986)
- Susan J. Miller (1989)
- Rebecca Horn (1990)
- Bernard G. Weiss (1995)
- Anand A. Yang (2000)
- Christine A. Jones (2012)
- Isabel Moreira (2019)
- Robin E. Jensen (2019)
- Ashton Lazarus (2022)
- Lona Mosk Packer (1965)
- Jan Harold Brunvand (1970)
- Vincent Cheng (1991)
- Charles Berger (1992)
- Jacqueline Osherow (1997)
- Colleen McDannell (2000)
- Lance Olsen (2012)
- Katherine Coles (2012)
- Elijah Milgram (2013)
- Paisley Rekdal (2014)
- Melanie Rae Thon (2016)
- Nadja Durbach (2016)
- Lona Mosk Packer (1960, 1964)
- Donald Heiney (1962, 1967)
- Anand A. Yang (1977)
- James R. Lehning (1981)
- Barry Weller (1983)
- Ted A. Telford (1986, 1990)
- Tamara S. Ketabgian (2002)
- Ronald J. Mallon (2009)
- Margaret B. Wan (2010)
- Elena Shtromberg (2011)
- Eric Hutton (2012)
- Erin Beeghly (2019)
- Beth Clement (2019)
- Erin Beeghly (2019)
- Ryan Moran (2020)
- Ashley Cordes (2022)
- William Slager (1953, 1958, 1964, 1967, 1968)
- Quintus Wilson (1954)
- William Mulder (1957, 1965, 1973, 1981)
- Donald Meinig (1958)
- William Kent (1958)
- Donald Heiney (1959)
- Helmut Callis (1960)
- Jack Garlington (1960, 1969, 1970)
- M Neff Smart (1962, 1973, 1974, 1975)
- S Grover Rich (1963)
- Aziz Atiya (1964)
- Frederick Latimer, Jr. (1964)
- Lawrence Banchero (1964, 1965)
- Francis Wormuth (1965)
- James Jensen (1967)
- Jack Adamson (1968)
- Jon Brunvand (1970)
- Robert Steensma (1972)
- Lorry Rytting (1974)
- Mary Taylor (1975)
- Michael Witbeck (1975, 1976)
- Katherine Muhlhausen (1979, 1980)
- David Mickelsen (1980)
- Susan Higbee (1981)
- Bryon Cannon (1983, 2000)
- Mehdi Marashi (1984)
- Larry Lewis (1987)
- Milton Hollstein (1987)
- Stephan Durrant (1987)
- Dean May (1990, 1998)
- M Colleen McDannel (1991)
- Paisley Rekdal (1996)
- Colleen McDannel (1999)
- Robert Goldberg (2003)
- Karin Baumgartner (2005)
- Susie Porter (2005)
- Vjekoslav Perica (2006)
- Wesley Sasaki-Uemura (2006)
- Bruce Smith (2009)
- Maeera Shreiber (2016)
- Suhi Choi (2016)
- Chris Ingraham (2019)
- Tiffany Higgins (2020)
- Sheila Nayar (2022)
- Mauricio Mixco (1982, 1994, 2004)
- Wick Miller (1987)
- Randall Gess (2004)
- Stephen Downes (2004)
- Lyle Campbell (2005, 2008, 2010, 2013)
- Ellen Riloff (2007)
- Hector Postigo (2008)
- Hal Daume (2009)
- Katherine Coles (2009)
- Mariam Thalos (2010)
- Marianna Di Paolo (2011)
- Danielle Endres (2013, 2017, 2021, 2023)
- Melinda Fagan (2014)
- Matt Haber (2016)
- Sara Yeo (2019, 2021)
- Lee Ellington (2011-2024)
- Jake Jensen (2015)
- Avery Holton (2017, 2021)
- Madison Kilbride (2021)
- Kimberly Kaphingst (2022)
- James Tabery (2023)