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Associate Professor, History
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Associate Professor, Gender Studies
Professional Service
- American Historical Association.
Role: Appointed Member.
Committee on Gender Equity.
01/2018 - 01/2021
- Labor and Working-Class History Association, 2017-2020.
Role: Selection Committee Member.
Taft Labor History Prize.
05/2017 - 04/2020
- Organization of American Historians .
Role: Appointed Member.
International Committee, 2015-2018.
01/2015 - 01/2018
- Pacific Coast Branch American Historical Association.
Role: Elected Member.
Nominating Committee.
01/2015 - 01/2018
- American Studies Association.
Book Review Editor (with Laura Briggs) of American Quarterly, the American Studies Association’s flagship journal, 2015-2018 .
01/2015 - 12/2017
- Men and Masculinities.
Editorial Board Member.
01/2013 - present
- Coalition for Western Women's History.
Steering Committee Member.
10/2012 - present
- Western History Association.
Committee on Race in the American West.
10/2010 - present
Internal Service
- Pacific Island Studies Initiative Working Group.
Member,
09/2017 - present.
University service.
- Director of Graduate Studies.
07/2017 - 06/2020.
Department service.
- Independent Reviewer, University Research Committee.
09/2016 - present.
University service.
- Pacific Island Studies Transformative Excellence Proposal.
Lead Organizer,
01/2016 - 09/2017.
University service.
- Department of History Honors Advisor.
09/2014 - 06/2017.
Department service.
- University General Education Curriculum Council.
09/2014 - 05/2016.
University service.
- Chair, Gender Studies Tenure and Promotion Committee.
09/2014 - 12/2014.
Department service.
- University Interdisciplinary Teaching Programs Advisory Committee.
Committee Member,
09/2012 - 05/2013.
University service.
- Department of History U.S. West Position Search Committee.
Committee Member,
09/2012 - 02/2013.
Department service.
Community Partnership
- Co-organizer, Pacific Islander Studies Initiative.
05/2016 - present
Outreach
- Moderator, Veterans' Day Panel, University of Utah and KUER, November 2017.
11/2017 - 11/2017
- Moderator, discussion about Ken Burns and Lynn Novick's PBS "The Vietnam War" Documentary, Utah Humanities and KUED, Gunnison, Utah, September 2017.
09/2017 - 09/2017
- Oral History Workshop for Salt Lake County Adult and Aging Services, August 2017.
05/2017 - 08/2017
- Presenter, Museum Interpretation Workshop, Utah Humanities, St. George, Utah, March 2017.
02/2017 - 03/2017
- Panelist, DOGFIGHT Post-Show Discussion, Department of Theater, University of Utah, February 2017.
02/2017 - 02/2017
- Organized “Cracked Earth: the Third Westerns of the World”
Film Festival
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04/2010 - 04/2010
Honors & Awards
- Aileen H. Clyde Professorship.
College of Humanities,
08/02/2021
- Public Service Professor.
University of Utah Bennion Center,
05/2017
- Virgil C. Aldrich Faculty Fellow.
Tanner Humanities Center, University of Utah,
08/22/2016
- Distinguished Lecturer.
Organization of American Historians,
01/01/2016
- Honors Humanities Professorship.
University of Utah,
08/2014
- Pacific Coast Branch Book Award.
American Historical Association Pacific Coast Branch,
06/2014
- Philip Taft Labor History Book Award.
Cornell University ILR School and the Labor and Working Class History Association,
04/2014
- Faculty Research Grant Award.
University Research Committee,
01/2014
- Resident Scholar Fellowship
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Stout Research Centre for New Zealand Studies ,
09/2013
- Distinguished Graduate and Post-Doctoral Mentor Award
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University of Utah Graduate School ,
05/2012
- Alpha Rho Scholars’ Choice Instructor of Distinction Award
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Phi Alpha Theta,
05/2012
- Alpha Rho Scholars’ Choice Instructor of Distinction Award.
Phi Alpha Theta,
05/2011
- Autry Public History Prize.
Western History Association,
10/2010
- Award of Merit.
American Association of State and Local History ,
02/2010
- Outstanding Public History Project - Honorable Mention.
National Council for Public History,
01/2010
In the Media
- CSPAN filmed the session I organized, moderated, and participated in on Western Working Class History at the Western History Association. 10/2015.
http://www.c-span.org/video/?328896-2/western-labo...
- Salt Lake Tribune reporters interviewed me several times regarding the labor and gender history surrounding Joe Hill's execution. 10/2015.
http://local.sltrib.com/charts/joehill/unions.html
- Fox 13 News interview about the history of Pinkerton Detectives. 09/2014.
http://fox13now.com/2014/09/28/pinkerton-opens-off...
- New Books in History interview and podcast about my book Meet Joe Copper: Masculinity and Race on Montana's World War II Home Front. 11/2013.
http://newbooksinhistory.com/2013/11/09/matthew-l-...
- Kristin Moulton, "Saving Veterans' Nuanced Stories of Iraq," ran on The Denver Post's "American Homecomings" Website, which covers the experience of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans. "American Homecomings" also has a video piece about the creation of the Veterans Oral History Project that I led. 06/2012.
http://www.americanhomecomings.com/news/2012/06/21...
- Interview, Slate.com’s “Five Minute Museum” coverage of “At Work:
Prints of the Great Depression,” 2012
. 03/2012.
http://www.salon.com/2012/03/03/depression_era_pri...
- Featured Guest, “New Deal Art: Why it is Relevant Today,”
Burt Cohen Show, Progressive Radio Network, 2012
. 03/2012.
http://burtcohen.com/Podcasts/tabid/79/articleType...
- Featured Guest, “The Art of the Great Depression Today,”
RadioActive Public Affairs Show, KRCL 90.9, Salt Lake City, 2012
. 02/2012.
http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/krcl/news.newsma...
- Featured Guest, Men at Work, “City Views, ” KCPW 88.3, February 2012. 02/2012.
http://kcpw.org/blog/cityviews/2012-09-04/cityview...