Dr. Kate Kirkham (BS ‘66, sociology) dedicated her 40+ year career as a professional and academic to helping organizations eliminate discrimination from the workplace. As a recent testament to her lifelong commitment to change, she generously established The Kate L. Kirkham Graduate Student Finish Line Endowed Fund in the university’s Department of Sociology.
Dr. Dennis Wei has been made a Fellow of the American Association of Geographers. Dr. Wei is the first AAG Fellow elected from the department of Geography, the only AAG Fellow in the state of Utah, and one of only a handful from the Great Plains/Rocky Mountain Division of AAG.
Associate Professor of Psychology Dr. Jacqueline Chen recently received the 2023 Kellina Craig-Henderson Early to Mid-Career Award from the Federation of Associations in Behavioral & Brain Sciences (FABBS).
Adam Rose (BA ‘70), an alumnus whose transformative journey from a postwar displaced persons camp to a prolific career in academia led him to establish the Adam Rose Family Scholarship for Refugee Students in the Department of Economics, honoring the professors who inspired him and the Salt Lake community that welcomed his family in 1951.
Dr. Alexandra Greenwald, assistant professor of Anthropology and curator of enthnography at the Natural History Museum of Utah, led a six-month initiative funded by the NEH's A More Perfect Union grant, employing Indigenous consultants to share oral histories and perspectives on ethnographic items, with the primary goal of centering Indigenous knowledge in the museum's collections and enhancing public education about Indigenous cultures.
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