ALISON WATTS portrait
  • Assistant Professor (Clinical), Educational Leadership&Policy
801-581-4817

Professional Service

  • ACPA . Role: Reviewer. Graduate Student and New Professional Scholarship Committee. 10/03/2022 - present
  • ACPA . Role: Reviewer. Teaching Excellence Award Committee. 10/03/2022 - present
  • ACPA. Role: Reviewer. Crookston Award Committee. 10/03/2022 - present
  • Race Conscious Admissions Action Committee. DC Ground Team and Teach-In committee member. 05/02/2022 - 11/15/2022

Internal Service

  • University Campus Climate Working Group. Member, 11/13/2023 - present. University service.
  • Academic Senate, Committee on Student Affairs. Member, 06/01/2023 - present. University service.
  • A. Roy Olpin Student Union Scholarship Review Committee. Reviewer, 01/23/2023 - present. University service.
  • HiEd EdD Admissions Committee. co-Chair, 01/01/2023 - present. Department service.
  • Student Affairs Partners Committee. Member, 08/01/2022 - present. University service.
  • Higher Education Program Director. 07/01/2022 - present. Department service.
  • MEd Admissions Committee. Chair, 07/01/2022 - present. Department service.
  • College of Education Scholarship Committee. Member, 07/01/2022 - present. College service.

Honors & Awards

  • Teaching Excellence Finalist. ACPA-Council for Faculty and Graduate Preparation, 11/10/2023
  • Institute Fellow-- Advancing the Mission of Higher Education in a Polarized Environment. UC National Center for Free Speech and Civil Discourse, 08/18/2023
  • Dr. Marcia Clarke-Yapi Dissertation Award for Distinction in Equity-Minded Research. Penn State University, 05/19/2023
  • Career Champion Award. University of Utah, 05/19/2023
  • Nationally selected Fellow; member of research team supporting the Nevada Institute. ASHE/Ascendium, 07/26/2022