Chris Linder portrait
  • Director, McCluskey Center for Violence Prevention
  • Professor, Educational Leadership&Policy
801-581-6627

Professional Service

  • Journal of Higher Education. Role: Associate Editor. Associate Editor. 07/01/2022 - 12/30/2022
  • Journal of Diversity in Higher Educaiton. Associate Editor. 01/01/2021 - 12/31/2022
  • Review of Higher Education. Editorial Board Member. 11/18/2019 - present
  • Journal of Diversity in Higher Education. Editorial Board Member. 08/01/2018 - present
  • ACPA: College Student Educators International. Director of Research & Scholarship Governing Board Member. 03/15/2017 - 03/15/2019
  • NASPA Journal about Women in Higher Education. Editorial Board Member. 01/01/2017 - present
  • Journal of College Student Development. Editorial Board Member. 05/01/2014 - present
  • Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice. Editorial Board Member. 03/01/2012 - 02/28/2014

Internal Service

  • Director of Graduate Studies. 01/06/2020 - present. Department service.
  • Co-Chair, Faculty Search. Chair, 11/01/2019 - 02/03/2020. Department service.
  • Search Committee, Chief of Police. member, 08/01/2019 - 02/15/2020. University service.
  • President's Task Force on Healthy Relationships. Member, 01/15/2019 - 09/22/2020. University service.
  • College of Education Grants Review Committee. member, 01/01/2019 - 01/15/2020. College service.

Community Partnership

  • Utah Domestic Violence Coalition. 10/10/2019 - present

Honors & Awards

  • Graduate School Faculty Mentoring Award for Social Sciences . University of Georgia, 04/01/2018

In the Media

  • Bellows, K. H. (2021, October 11). The new campus-activism playbook: How colleges should respond to this fall’s wave of protests. Chronicle of Higher Education. https://www.chronicle.com/article/the-new-campus-activism-playbook?cid2=gen_login_refresh&cid=gen_sign_in. 10/11/2021. https://www.chronicle.com/article/the-new-campus-a...
  • Coombs, C. (2021, February 13). Campus resources share how they help stalking victims after an increase in reported cases. The Utah Daily Chronicle. https://dailyutahchronicle.com/2021/02/13/campus-resources-share-how-they-help-stalking-victims-after-an-increase-in-reported-cases/. 02/13/2021. https://dailyutahchronicle.com/2021/02/13/campus-r...
  • Coombs, C. (2020, February 13). Campus resources share how they help stalking victims after an increase in reported cases. The Utah Daily Chronicle. 02/13/2021. https://dailyutahchronicle.com/2021/02/13/campus-r...
  • Reed, J. (2021, January 18). Utah colleges looking to improve campus safety, taking cues from the U. [Radio Broadcast Transcript]. KUER. https://www.kuer.org/education/2021-01-18/utah-colleges-looking-to-improve-campus-safety-taking-cues-from-the-u?fbclid=IwAR1bJePpBfjx_PG06ZkN8aPDVIsC26b7ok-7fz1mVc1MbGrCFBIrGDLUnYU. 01/18/2021. https://www.kuer.org/education/2021-01-18/utah-col...
  • Reed, J. (2021, January 18). Utah colleges looking to improve campus safety, taking cuse from the U. KUER. 01/18/2021. https://www.kuer.org/education/2021-01-18/utah-col...
  • Crombleholme, H. (2020, October 22). Students see progress, room for growth after Lauren McCluskey murder. KUTV2. 10/22/2020. https://kjzz.com/news/students-see-progress-room-f...
  • Jacobs, B. (2020, September 22). New University of Utah center aims to prevent relationship and sexual violence. Salt Lake Tribune. 09/22/2020. https://www.sltrib.com/news/2020/09/22/new-univers...
  • Hutson, S. (2020, September 21). How is it that no one cares? Utahns find community by sharing their sexual assault stories online. [Radio Broadcast Transcript]. KUER. 09/21/2020. https://www.kuer.org/2020-09-21/how-is-it-that-no-...
  • Hutson, S. (2020, September 21). When legal justice feels out of reach for sexual assault survivors, some say social media fills the gap. [Radio Broadcast Transcript]. KUER. 09/21/2020. https://www.kuer.org/2020-09-21/when-legal-justice...
  • Watkins, R. (host). (2020, September 16). U launches new center for violence prevention [podcast]. U Rising, University of Utah. Salt Lake City, UT. 09/16/2020. https://president.utah.edu/u-rising-podcast/u-laun...
  • Linder, C., & Badger, B. (2020, April 4). There is help for victims of domestic violence. Even now. [Op-Ed]. Salt Lake Tribune. https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/commentary/2020/04/04/chris-linder-brittany/ . 04/04/2020.
  • Linder, C. (2018, August 2). Telling women how not to get raped won’t stop sexual violence on campus. Essay in The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/higher-education-network/2018/aug/02/telling-women-how-not-to-get-raped-wont-stop-sexual-violence-on-campus. 08/02/2018. https://www.theguardian.com/higher-education-netwo...
  • Linder, C. (2018, February 8). Addressing sexual violence on campus and at universities. Blog post on Huffington Post. https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/considering-power-in-strategies-to-address-sexual_uk_5b63121be4b08c2f0a5e107d?guccounter=1. 02/08/2018. https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/considering...
  • Linder, C., & Harris, J. C. (2017, December 1). Power-conscious approaches to campus sexual violence. Essay in Inside Higher Education. https://www.insidehighered.com/advice/2017/12/01/understanding-role-power-plays-campus-sexual-assaults-essay. 12/01/2017. https://www.insidehighered.com/advice/2017/12/01/u...