Maile Arvin portrait
  • Associate Professor, Gender Studies
  • Associate Professor, History
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Professional Service

  • National Endowment for the Humanities. Role: Reviewer. Humanities Collections and Reference Resources grant . 09/2022 - 11/2022
  • American Indian Culture and Research Journal. Manuscript Review. 07/2022 - 08/2022
  • Disability Studies Quarterly. Manuscript review. 02/2021 - 05/2021
  • Diplomatic History. Manuscript Review. 11/2020 - 11/2020
  • Association of Asian American Studies . Programming committee, 2021 conference. 09/01/2020 - 04/30/2021
  • Berkshire Conference on the History of Women. Role: Co-chair. Program committee, 2023 conference . 08/2020 - 07/2023
  • Duke University Press. Manuscript Review. 04/2020 - 04/2020
  • Women's Studies in Communication. Manuscript review. 11/2018 - 01/2019
  • AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples. Manuscript review. 10/2018 - 10/2018
  • Feminist Studies journal. Manuscript review. 02/2018 - 02/2018
  • American Studies Association. Role: Member. Wise-Susman Prize Committee (award for best graduate student paper) . 01/2017 - 11/30/2018
  • Critical Ethnic Studies Association. Board Member and Conference Committee Chair. 01/2015 - 12/2018

Internal Service

  • Humanities Scholars. Faculty mentor, 08/2023 - 05/2024. College service.
  • Faculty Advisory Board for Digital Matters Lab, University of Utah . Member, 07/2023 - present. University service.
  • Community Advisory Board for Tatau: Marks of Polynesia exhibition planned at Utah Museum for Fine Arts (UMFA). Member, 04/2023 - 12/2023. University service.
  • Director, Pacific Islands Studies. 07/01/2022 - present. University service.
  • Pacific Islands Studies Faculty Search Committee. Chair, 07/01/2022 - present. College service.
  • Executive Committee, School for Cultural and Social Transformation. Member, 07/01/2022 - present. College service.
  • Executive Committee, History Department. Member, 07/01/2022 - present. Department service.
  • African American History Search Committee. Committee Member, 07/01/2021 - 12/01/2021. Department service.
  • Pacific Islands Studies. Co-director, 08/2020 - 06/2021. University service.
  • College of Humanities Diversity Taskforce. Member, 09/2018 - 06/2021. College service.
  • Executive Committee, History Department. Assistant professor representative, 08/2018 - 05/2019. Department service.
  • Faculty Advisory Council of the American West Center. Member, 01/2018 - present. University service.
  • Pacific Island Studies Initiative. Member, 08/2017 - present. University service.

Honors & Awards

  • Luce Indigenous Knowledges Fellowship Honorable Mention. First Nations Development Institute, 01/2024
  • Teaching grant for community engagement in Histories of the Pacific course. Dee Council of Fellows, 04/2023
  • Honorable mention for best book in History. Association for Asian American Studies, 04/2021
  • Presidential Leadership Fellowship. University of Utah, 08/2020
  • 2020 Paula J. Giddings Best Article Award, awarded by Meridians editorial board for published essay, “Indigenous Feminist Notes on Embodying Alliance against Settler Colonialism.”. Meridians journal, 06/2020
  • Short-term fellowship (postponed until unknown date due to pandemic) . Huntington Library, 03/2020
  • Faculty Fellows Award. University of Utah, 03/2020
  • ACLS Incentive Fellowship. University of Utah, 02/2019
  • Participant in the Foundation Fellows Program, which supports a cohort of faculty in the acquisition of private funding to support scholarship, research, and academic program initiatives. University of Utah, 09/2018

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