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Associate Professor, Gender Studies
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Associate Professor, History
Professional Service
- National Endowment for the Humanities.
Role: Reviewer.
Humanities Collections and Reference Resources grant
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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
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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
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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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