Recently we caught up with modern dance and gender studies student Terra Killpack-Knutsen on her work as co-curator of the upcoming exhibit Half a Century in Motion: Honoring Chicanx Dance, Art, and Activism. This exhibition was created to honor the 50th anniversary of the “Chicano Awareness Week” held on the University of Utah campus in […]| SCHOOL FOR CULTURAL & SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION
Preferred name: Sadie Werner Pronouns: she/they Program(s): Psychology (major), African American Studies (minor, Ethnic Studies), Family Financial Planning (minor) “My identity led me to this degree. As a transracially adopted individual, I felt a lack of knowledge regarding my identity, supposed community, and knowledge on the history of African American people within the United States. […]| SCHOOL FOR CULTURAL & SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION
We’re excited to share that Dr. Allison Saenz has joined us as an Assistant Professor in Ethnic Studies. Welcome to the community, Professor Saenz! What’s your research specialization? What projects are you currently working on? I was trained as a public historian and specialized in 20th century United States and Latinx history. In broad terms, […]| SCHOOL FOR CULTURAL & SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION
We’re excited to share that Dr. Chelsea Bouldin has joined us as an Assistant Professor in Ethnic Studies. Welcome to the community, Professor Bouldin! What’s your research specialization? What projects are you currently working on? I am an Assistant Professor of Ethnic Studies in the School for Cultural and Social Transformation at the University of […]| SCHOOL FOR CULTURAL & SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION
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 […]| SCHOOL FOR CULTURAL & SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION
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 […]| SCHOOL FOR CULTURAL & SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION
What follows usually is the list of tools that people use to put down people of color. Watch for it. - White writer has a semi-racist existential crisis. OMG, My are you MAKING ME WRITE POCs with all this talk of diversity!!!!?!! *big fat white tears* Drink twice if the conversation started this way. - Token character argument. Well, you’re going to make them into a Token character, or the other side, “Don’t make them into a Token character!” OMG, all PoC are token. I sit here with...| Eclectic Creative