Professional Service

• Envision Utah. Board. 07/2017 - present
• Communal Studies Association. Board of Directors, Communal Studies Association; Editorial Board, Communal Studies. 07/01/2017 - present
• Utah State. Capitol Preservation Board subcommittee, Art Placement, 2009-present. 01/01/2009 - present
• Utah Center for Architecture Board of Trustees. AIA board related to educational efforts. 01/01/2009 - 01/01/2013
• Utah State Board of History. Role: Vice chair. state board working with Utah State Historical Society and state history projects. 01/01/2007 - 12/30/2014
• Evans Biography Award Board. Review biography submissions and deliberate on award recipients. 01/01/2005 - present
• Institute for the Study of American Religion. Board of Trustees. 01/01/2003 - present
• Utah Heritage Foundation Board of Trustees. state non-profit historic preservation organization; past chair; chair governance committee. 01/01/2001 - 12/30/2014
• Signature Books Board of Directors. make editorial decisions. 01/01/1993 - present

Internal Service

• Member of VP for Student Affairs Search Committee. 01/01/2019 - 05/01/2019. University service.
• Member AVP for Enrollment Management Search Committee. 01/01/2019 - 05/01/2019. University service.
• Search Committee, SVAP . Committee member, 02/2018 - present. University service.
• SVAA Search Committee member. 01/30/2018 - 05/30/2018. University service.
• Co-chair, Dean Search Committee. 09/01/2014 - present. College service.
• Co-chair, Year Seven Accreditation committee. 09/01/2014 - present. University service.
• Search Committee, Assistant Vice President for Equity and Diversity. Co-chair, 10/11/2013 - 07/01/2016. University service.
• Co-chair, Search Committee for the Director of Diversity and Inclusion. 01/01/2013 - 07/01/2013. University service.
• Co-chair, Leadership Minor Board. 07/01/2012 - present. University service.
• Co-chair, IT Governance, Teaching and Learning Committee. 07/01/2012 - present. University service.
• Songdo Global Campus Working Group Songdo Global Campus Steering Committee. 07/01/2012 - present. University service.
• Search Committee member, Senior Vice President of Academic Affairs. 06/01/2012 - 04/01/2013. University service.
• Co-chair. Strategic Enrollment Management Committee. 2012-present. Co-chair Recruitment SEM Committee; Retention SEM Committee, 01/01/2012 - present. University service.
• University of Utah Strategic Plan. Co-chair, 07/01/2011 - present. University service.
• Chair, Honors Policy Board. 07/01/2011 - present. University service.
• Chair, LEAP Policy Board. 07/01/2011 - present. University service.

Honors & Awards

• Rosenblatt Prize. University of Utah , 05/2020
• Distinguished Honors Profess. Honors College, 05/02/2019
• Distinguished Scholar Award. Communal Studies Association, 10/07/2017
• Fellow in the Utah State Historical Society. Utah State Historical Society, 10/15/2014
• Outstanding Achievement Award. YWCA, 10/15/2014
• Best Documentary Book Award for Plural Wife: The Autobiography of Mabel Finlayson Allred. Utah State Historical Society, 10/01/2013
• Leonard Arrington Award for Meritorious and Distinguished Service to Mormon History. Mormon History Association, 06/07/2013
• President. Western Region Honors Council, 03/01/2011
• Equity and Diversity Award. University of Utah, 04/15/2010
• Utah's non profit Historic Preservation Advocacy organization, chair of board of trustees. Utah Heritage Foundation, 12/2009
• Honorary AIA, 2008. Utah AIA, 01/01/2008
• Park Fellowship, 2008. University of Utah, 01/01/2008
• Vice Chair, State Board of History. This is a governor appointment to the board which regulates the statewide activities of the Utah State Historical Society. Utah State Board of History, 01/01/2005
• Distinguished University Teaching Award, 2001. University of Utah, 05/01/2001
• University Professorship, 2000. University of Utah, 05/01/2000
• Bennion Center Service Learning Professorship. University of Utah, 05/01/1998

Affiliations

• AIA Foundation Board of Directors , trustee, 01/01/2009 - 01/01/2013
• Utah Heritage Foundation (UHF), Chair Board of Trustees, 01/01/2006 - 01/01/2014
• Utah State Board of History , Vice Chair, 01/01/2006 - 01/01/2014
• Institute for the Study of American Religion , board of trustees, 01/01/2003 - present

In the Media

• PBS Video: Ten Towns that formed America. 01/01/2016.