HOLLY SUZANNE GODSEY portrait
  • Director of STEM Initiatives, College Of Education-Dean
  • Director of Practice, Usable STEM Research & Practice Hub, Vp For Research
  • Director of Career-line Faculty Enhancement, Office for Faculty
  • Associate Professor (Clinical), Urban Institute for Teacher Education
  • Professor (Lecturer), Geology & Geophysics

Current Courses

Fall 2024

  • GEO 110-001
    Evolving Earth
    Location: FASB 375 (FASB 375)
  • GEO 1100-001
    Evolving Earth
    Location: FASB 375 (FASB 375)
  • GEO 2500-001
    Wasatch in the Field
    Location: FASB 375 (FASB 375)
  • GEO 2500-002
    Wasatch in the Field
    Location: FASB 375 (FASB 375), FASB 206 (FASB 206)
  • GEO 2500-003
    Wasatch in the Field
    Location: FASB 206 (FASB 206), FASB 375 (FASB 375)

Summer 2024

Professional Organizations

  • Utah Science Teachers Association. 01/01/2019 - present. Position : Member.
  • Geological Society of America. 02/01/1995 - present. Position : Member.

Teaching Projects

  • UPSTEM Faculty Learning Community. Project Lead: Holly Godsey. Collaborators: Jordan Gerton, Mary Anne Berzins, Gina Frey. Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) 09/01/2017 - present. Total Budget: $1,050,000.00.
  • Masters of Science for Secondary School Teachers (MSSST): Collaboration to Build Teacher Knowledge and Science Practice Skills. Project Lead: Holly Godsey. Collaborators: Ken O'Brien. US Dept. of Education Math and Science Partnership (MSP) State Block Grant 01/2015 - 12/2018. Total Budget: $160,000.00.
  • Elementary STEM Endorsement Program at the University of Utah. Project Lead: Ken O'Brien. Collaborators: Holly Godsey, Stephanie Wood. Utah STEM Action Center 01/2015 - 06/2017. Total Budget: $200,000.00.
  • STEMLink Afterschool Program. Project Lead: Tino Nyawelo. Collaborators: Holly Godsey. Dept. of Workforce Services STEMLink grant 09/2014 - 08/2017. Total Budget: $509,000.00.
  • REFUGES (Refugees Exploring the Foundations of Undergraduate Education in Science). Project Lead: Tino Nyawelo. Collaborators: Holly Godsey. College Access Network of Utah ImPACT Expansion Grant 01/2014 - 12/2014. Total Budget: $50,000.00.
  • Collaboration to Build Teacher Knowledge and Practice in the Earth and Physical Sciences. Project Lead: Holly Godsey. Collaborators: Ken O'Brien. US Dept. of Education Math and Science Partnership (MSP) State Block Grant 07/2012 - 06/2015. Total Budget: $192,000.00.

Small Group Teaching

  • Leader of UPSTEM Faculty Learning Community on Inclusive Mentoring and Teaching.  01/01/2018  -  present