Colleen MCDANNELL portrait
  • Sterling M. McMurrin Professor of Religious Studies, History
  • Professor, History
801-801-4748

Professional Service

  • American Academy of Religion. Role: Response. Session on Mormon Social Media. 11/17/2023 - 11/19/2023
  • Unversity of Illinois Press. Role: evaluator. manuscript review. 11/01/2023 - present
  • Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saint. Role: moderator. Women, Religion, and Records Conference. 02/25/2023 - 02/25/2023
  • University of Chicago Press. mss reviewer. 09/01/2022 - present
  • NYU Press. manuscript reviewer. 07/01/2022 - present
  • Frontiers: A Journal of Women's studies. manuscript reviewer. 09/27/2016 - 09/30/2016
  • American Academy of Religion. Role: co-chair. Steering Committee Mormon Studies (2014-2019). 01/01/2016 - 12/01/2016
  • American Academy of Religion. Role: Chair. "Mormon Identities" conference session. 11/24/2014 - 11/24/2014
  • American Academy of Religion. Role: Respondent. "Religion in the American West" conference session. 11/23/2014 - 11/23/2014
  • Women's History Review. Role: Reviewer. manuscript evaluation. 03/13/2014 - 03/15/2014
  • American Academy of Religion. Role: Chair. "Mormons and Other Christians in Conversation" conference session. 11/2013 - 11/22/2013
  • University of North Carolina Press. Role: Reviewer. Manuscript Review. 04/05/2013 - 04/08/2013
  • Journal of Material Religion. manuscript review. 09/2012 - 09/2012
  • American Academy of Religion. Role: member. Mormon Studies Steering Committee. 11/2010 - 11/2013

Internal Service

  • Career Development Committee. member, 07/2019 - 07/2020. College service.
  • Wilson Committee, Symposium on History, Race, and Film. co-director, 07/2018 - 11/2018. Department service.
  • Graduate Committee . member, 01/2018 - 05/2018. Department service.
  • teaching committee. member, 01/2018 - 05/2018. Department service.
  • Wilson Committee. member, 07/01/2017 - 07/01/2018. Department service.
  • Teaching Committee. Chair, 07/01/2017 - 07/01/2018. Department service.
  • Graduate Committee. member, 07/01/2017 - 07/01/2018. Department service.
  • University of Utah Press . board member, 07/01/2017 - 01/01/2018. University service.
  • Executive Committee. Member, 09/01/2016 - 06/01/2017. Department service.
  • faculty review. Ad hoc committee member, 09/2013 - 10/2013. Department service.
  • Executive Committee. Member, 08/2013 - 05/2014. Department service.
  • Retention Tenure Promotion. Chair, 07/2012 - 11/2012. Department service.
  • Retention, Promotion, Tenure Committee. Chair, 03/2011 - 07/2012. Department service.
  • College of Humanities Career Development Committee. 09/2010 - 07/2011. College service.
  • Teaching committee. 09/2010 - 07/2011. Department service.

Community Partnership

  • Utah Colleges History Conference. 04/02/2016 - 04/02/2016
  • Women and the LDS Church Conference. 08/24/2012 - 08/25/2012

Honors & Awards

  • James L. Clayton Research Professorship . Department of History, 02/18/2022
  • Fellowship. Aileen Clyde Foundation, 07/01/2020
  • Aileen H. Clyde Professorship . Aileen H. Clyde Foundation, 07/2019
  • Mary Nickliss Prize in U.S. Women's and/or Gender History, which is given annually for the most original book in U.S. women’s and/or gender history. In announcing the award, the OAH selection committee said it “rests on ambitious research, balancing archival materials with women’s personal recollections and interviews” and that “not least, the book is beautifully written, with a deft combination of narrative and analysis.”. Organization of American Historians, 04/2019
  • Distinguished Scholarly and Creative Research Award. University of Utah, 05/07/2015

In the Media

  • Becky Jacobs, “Is it Fair to Label Utah the Worse State For Women’s Equality? Female Leaders Weigh In” Salt Lake Tribune . 07/28/2021. https://www.sltrib.com/news/2021/07/25/is-it-fair-...
  • Time Magazine, “Unsung Moments From American History.” . 06/2019. https://time.com/5616397/unsung-american-history/
  • Salt Lake Tribune, Pope Francis, Russell Nelson share a hug, discuss global relief in first-ever meeting between a Latter-day Saint prophet and a Catholic pontiff. 03/19/2019. https://www.sltrib.com/religion/2019/03/09/pope-fr...
  • Salt Lake Tribune, "From no to neutral? LDS Church may have changed its stance on the Equal Rights Amendment". 02/15/2019. https://www.sltrib.com/religion/2019/02/15/where-d...
  • Interview, Los Angeles Times on Catholics and film "Spotlight.". 11/12/2015.
  • Called to "blurb" book for University Press of Kansas. 11/11/2015.
  • Interview, The Take Away recent LDS historical essays. 11/13/2014.
  • Radio West, Interview on LDS garments. 11/12/2014.
  • NPR interview on "All Things Considered" about Catholic nuns. 10/10/2012.
  • Interview on PBS Religion and Ethics on Vatican-Nun controversy. 07/27/2012.
  • Catholic Telegraph, review of "Spirit of Vatican II". 07/25/2011.
  • Catholic News, reprint of interview on "Spirit of Vatican II". 07/07/2011.
  • Religion Dispatches, interview on "Spirit of Vatican II". 06/28/2011.
  • Huffington Post article on "Spirit of Vatican II". 03/09/2011.