SUSIE SHANNON PORTER portrait
  • Professor, Gender Studies
  • Professor, History
  • Presidential Societal Impact Scholar
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Internal Service

  • Women's Week Committee. Chair, 11/29/2019 - 04/30/2020. University service.
  • Bullough Lecture Committee. Chair, 08/19/2019 - 04/30/2020. Department service.
  • Wilson Lecture. Chair, 08/19/2019 - 04/30/2020. Department service.
  • Board for University Neighborhood Partners. Co-Chair, 08/01/2016 - present. University service.
  • Tanner Humanities Center Board. member, 08/01/2016 - 07/01/2019. College service.
  • Board, American Indian Resource Center. 01/01/2015 - present. University service.
  • College of Social and Behavioral Science strategic planning committee. 12/01/2014 - 05/01/2015. University service.
  • College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Curriculum Committee. 08/21/2014 - 05/02/2016. University service.
  • Days of Remembrance Committee . member, 08/21/2014 - 12/01/2014. University service.
  • Presidential Commission on the Status of Women. 08/01/2014 - present. University service.
  • Search Committee, Gender Studies Program. Chair, 08/01/2014 - 05/01/2015. Department service.
  • Diversity Leadership Team. 01/01/2014 - present. University service.
  • Department of History. 01/01/2014 - present. Department service.
  • Edie Kochenour Memorial Lecture Committee . 01/01/2014 - 01/01/2016. University service.
  • Graduate Certificate Development Committee. Chair, 01/01/2014 - 04/01/2015. Department service.
  • Executive Committee. 01/08/2013 - 01/07/2014. Department service.
  • Bennion Center Community Engaged Learning Committee. Member, 01/01/2013 - 12/31/2014. University service.
  • Teaching Committee. 01/01/2013 - 01/07/2013. Department service.
  • Women's Week. Chair, 01/02/2012 - 07/01/2020. University service.
  • Brazilian Studies. 01/01/2012 - 01/01/2013. University service.
  • Women and Girls Lead. Partner, 01/01/2012 - 01/01/2013. University service.
  • Language Across the Curriculum Initiative. 01/01/2012 - 01/01/2013. University service.
  • External Review Modern Dance Department. External Review , 01/01/2012 - 01/01/2012. University service.
  • Director, Gender Studies Program. Director, Gender Studies Program, 07/01/2011 - present. University service.
  • College Development Committee. 01/01/2011 - 01/06/2014. College service.
  • Pride Week Committee. member, 01/01/2011 - 10/17/2013. University service.
  • Latin American Studies Scholarship Committee. 01/01/2011 - 05/02/2011. University service.
  • Office of Equity and Diversity Community Board. 12/2010 - present. University service.
  • Search Committee for TWO positions, joint appointments in Sociology and Gender Studies. search committee member, 09/2010 - 03/2011. University service.
  • PCSW, sub-committee on benefits. 09/2009 - 12/2010. University service.
  • Latin American Studies Program. board member, 09/2004 - present. University service.
  • PCSW. member, 09/2003 - present. University service.
  • Gender Studies Executive Committee. 09/1996 - present. Department service.

Professional Service

  • US-based Organizing Committee,Reunión de Mexicanistas EEUU/México/Canda. President. 10/17/2018 - 10/19/2022
  • Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia (INAH). Role: member. Prize Committee, Francisco Clavijero, licenciatura thesis prize . 01/01/2018 - 11/01/2018
  • Transhumante. editorial board. 12/01/2017 - 06/04/2021
  • Descentrados. Role: reviewer. manuscript review. 11/01/2017 - 12/01/2017
  • Reunión de Mexicanistas EEUU/México/Canda. Role: member. Organizing Committee. 01/02/2017 - 10/31/2018
  • Contemporáneos. Role: member. editorial board. 01/02/2017 - 12/31/2017
  • Conference on Latin American History (CLAH). Role: prize committee. Bolton Prize Committee. 01/02/2017 - 02/10/2017
  • La Sociedad Mexicana de Historia de la Educación. editorial board member. 01/01/2017 - 12/31/2017
  • Red de Estudios de la Mujer y de Género en México (REDMUGEN). Role: member. Executive Committee. 01/01/2017 - 12/31/2017
  • University of Nebraska Press. Manuscript review. 03/03/2015 - present
  • York University, Department of History. Role: External Examiner. External Examiner. 02/25/2015 - present
  • Asociación Latinoamericana e Ibérica de Historia Social (ALIHS). Role: Prize Committee, . Prize Committee, . 01/01/2015 - present
  • York University. External Examiner. 01/01/2015 - 02/25/2015
  • Transhumante, El Colegio de México, Mexico. Role: Editorial Board, . Editorial Board, . 11/01/2014 - present
  • La Sociedad Mexicana de Historia de la Educación, El Colegio, Estado de México, Mexico. Role: Editorial Board, . Editorial Board, . 10/01/2014 - present
  • University of Nebraska Press. manuscript review. 02/04/2014 - present
  • Contemporáneas, Instituto de Investigaciones Históricas, Universidad Áutonoma Nacional de México. Editorial Board, for the peer-reviewed history journal . 01/01/2014 - present
  • Wiley Publishers. Manuscript review. 12/2012 - 12/2012
  • Artes de Mexico. Curriculum Consultant . 10/2012 - 12/2012
  • NAMI Latino Taskforce. board member. 01/2012 - 01/2012
  • Tanner Humanities Center, Univ. of Utah. Role: Instructor. Gateway to Learning Teacher Workshop "Mexican HIstory, biography, and Latino youth". 07/2010 - 07/2010
  • REDMUGEN. Board member. 01/2010 - 03/31/2020
  • Rocky Mountain Conference on Latin American HIstory. Role: Chair. Chair, Lydia Parra John Publication Prize Committee. 01/2009 - 01/2020
  • Conference on Latin American History. Role: member. Nominating Committee. 01/2009 - 01/2010
  • NeighborWorks/University Neighborhood Partners. Role: member. Board of Directors. 09/2008 - 09/2011
  • Journal of Women’s History. Manuscript reviewer. 01/01/2006 - present
  • REDMUGEN. Chair, Board of Directors. 09/2005 - 09/2013

Community Partnership

  • NAMI Utah Executive Board. 01/01/2014 - present
  • Latinos in Action. 01/2012 - 01/2012
  • NAMI Latino Taskforce. 01/01/2012 - present
  • Franklin Elementary School. 01/12/2011 - 01/01/2012
  • Westside Leadership Institute Board . 01/01/2011 - present
  • Westside Leadership Institute. 01/2008 - present
  • University Neighbor Partners, University of Utah; NeighborWorks Salt Lake; Westside Leadership Institute. 09/2003 - present

Honors & Awards

  • Residency Fellowship, Chair, Organisation Internationale du Travail, Institut d’Études Avancées de Nantes, France. Institut d’Études Avancées de Nantes, France, 10/01/2023
  • 2023 Residency fellowship “François Chevalier,” . Madrid Institute for Advanced Studies, 01/01/2023
  • Scholars off Campus Award, Tanner Humanities Center, University of Utah. University of Utah, 09/09/2022
  • Project Director, Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) $538,334. Department of Education, 09/01/2022
  • Project Director, National Resource Center designation and grant $1,054,024. Department of Education, 09/01/2022
  • Isidro Fabela, Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores, Archivo Histórico, México. Ministry of Foreign Relations, Mexico, Historical Archive, 05/31/2022
  • Presidential Societal Impact Scholar, University of Utah . University of Utah, 05/02/2022
  • Transform Research Award, College for Cultural and Social Transformation, University of Utah. University of Utah, 05/02/2022
  • Distinguished Professor in the Humanities. University of Utah, 07/01/2019
  • McGann Award for Best Publication in Latin American Studies . Rocky MOuntain Latin American Studies Association, 03/29/2019
  • Faculty Fellow, Westside Leadership Institute. University of Utah, 09/01/2011
  • Faculty Fellow. University of Utah, 01/01/2011
  • Mentor for recipient, Irene Abad Buil. Spanish National Program for Scientific Investigation, Development and Innovation, 06/2010
  • Council of Dee Fellows Recognition of Teaching Excellence. University of Utah, 09/2009

Affiliations

  • El Colegio de México , Estancia Academica, 02/01/2011 - 12/31/2012

In the Media

  • Ahora Utah Viva Frida Events. 10/20/2011.
  • El Observador de Utah Westside Leadership Institute. 10/19/2011.
  • El Observador de Utah, weekly column by Tania Navarro on course I taught for the Westside Leadership Institute, from September to December, 2010. 09/12/2010.