ISABEL MOREIRA portrait
  • Associate Dean for Research, College of Humanities, College Of Humanities
  • Distinguished Professor, History
  • University Distinguished Professor, History
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Professional Service

  • American Historical Association. Role: Prize committee member. Herbert Baxter Adams Prize for European History . 01/01/2018 - 01/01/2021
  • National Endowment for the Humanities. Role: Evaluator. Public Scholar Fellowships. 03/01/2016 - 04/01/2016
  • American Council of Learned Societies. Role: Member of selection committee. selection committee. 07/01/2014 - 07/01/2016
  • USHE. Role: member. History Tuning. 07/01/2011 - 07/01/2016
  • Studies in Late Antiquity. Role: Manuscript reviewer. Reviewed article manuscript. 02/01/2021 - 02/28/2021
  • Early Medieval Europe. Role: Reviewer. Review article manuscript for publication. 10/10/2020 - 12/04/2020

Internal Service

  • RPT Chair. Chair, 07/01/2023 - 06/30/2024. Department service.
  • College Research. Associate Dean for Research, 07/01/2023 - 06/30/2024. College service.
  • RPT Chair. Chair, 07/01/2021 - 06/30/2022. Department service.
  • TFR Committee. Chair, 09/01/2020 - 02/22/2021. Department service.
  • Member of search committee. Member., 09/01/2019 - 02/28/2020. Department service.
  • College of Humanities Tenure and Promotion Committee . Member, 11/19/2018 - 02/28/2019. College service.
  • History Department RPT. Recording Secretary , 10/19/2018 - 10/22/2018. Department service.
  • Senate . Representative, substitute for elected representative. , 10/01/2018 - 12/03/2018. University service.
  • Graduate Council Review, Department of Political Science. Internal reviewer, 10/01/2015 - 11/01/2015. University service.
  • University Scheduling Committee (S4). member, 07/01/2015 - 07/01/2016. University service.
  • Senate Committee on Salaries and Benefits. member, 07/01/2014 - 07/01/2017. University service.
  • Days of Remembrance. committee member, 01/2013 - 01/2014. University service.
  • "Practicing History" Conference involving faculty, graduates and undergraduates. 05/2012 - present. Department service.
  • Department Chair. 07/01/2011 - 06/30/2016. University service.
  • Chair of History Department. Department Chair, 07/01/2011 - 07/01/2014. University service.
  • Rocky Mountain European Studies Consortium. member, 07/2010 - 07/2012. College service.
  • RPT. Chair, 07/2010 - 07/2011. Department service.
  • Library Committee. member, 01/07/2010 - 01/07/2011. College service.
  • Religious Studies Program. member, 07/2009 - 07/2012. College service.
  • Undergraduate Committee. member, 01/01/2008 - 07/01/2011. Department service.
  • Strategic Planning Committee. member, 09/01/2007 - 06/30/2008. Department service.

Honors & Awards

  • University Distinguished Professor. University of Utah, 03/14/2022
  • James L.Clayton Research Professor, 2020-2022. University of Utah Department of History,. 07/01/2022
  • James L.Clayton Research Professor, 2020-2022. University of Utah Department of History, 07/01/2020
  • Faculty Scholarly Grant Program. University of Utah, URC, 07/01/2020
  • Distinguished Scholar in the Humanities Award. College of Humanities, University of Utah, 08/12/2019
  • Research Sabbatical. University of Utah, 07/01/2019
  • Summer Stipend. National Endowment for the Humanities, 06/01/2019
  • Distinguished Professor Award. Phi Alpha Theta, 05/2011
  • Professor of the Year Award. Phi Alpha Theta, 05/2011
  • Sabbatical Research Leave. College of Humanities. University of Utah., 01/01/2009
  • Faculty Fellow Award. University Research Committee, 09/01/2008

Affiliations

  • American Historical Association (AHA), member, 01/2019 - 01/2020
  • Medieval Academy of America , Member, 01/2019 - 01/2020
  • North American Patristics Society (NAPS), member, 07/01/2017 - 06/30/2018
  • Medieval Academy of the Pacific (MAP), member, 07/01/2017 - 06/30/2018

In the Media

  • Moreira and Toscano interview, KUER Radio West (Doug Fabrizio) "Oh Hell." . 07/15/2014.
  • Heaven's Purge: Purgatory in Late Antiquity (OUP, 2010)reviewed in New York Review of Books, December 2012: "The Risks of Being Christian" . 12/2012. http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2012/dec/...