Meet our Department Chair
Dr. William A. Smith brings exceptional skills to this leadership position as a researcher with national
and international distinction, former administrator in our College of Education and
the U, and as professor in ECS and Ethnic Studies. He also serves as the Associate
Dean for Diversity, Access, & Equity in the College of Education as well as the Special
Assistant to the President & NCAA Faculty Athletics Representative. Dr. Smith is the
co-editor (with Philip Altbach & Kofi Lomotey) of the book, The Racial Crisis in American
Higher Education: The Continuing Challenges for the 21st Century (2002). His work
primarily focuses on his theoretical contribution of Racial Battle Fatigue which is
the cumulative emotional, psychological, physiological, and behavioral effects that
racial microaggressions have on People of Color.
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The Department of Education, Culture & Society job openings:
Assistant Professor in Pacific Islander Studies
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PROGRAM INFORMATION
Master's Plus Program
For Canyons School District ONLY
Applicaton Deadline: September 1, 2017
ECS 5645/6645 Enrollment Information
** Note: Section 001 is for Secondary Majors; Section 002 is for Elementary majors
NEWS/HIGHLIGHTS
Experience of black doctoral students underscores need to increase diversity in STEM fields
William Smith, ECS Professor, co-authored a new study that explores challenges faced by black male students.
Dr. Leticia Alvarez Gutiérrez & students presented at the 3rd Annual Breaking the Pipeline Symposium which took place on March 31 at the University of Utah.
Education Can't Solve Poverty - So Why Do We Keep Insisting It Can?
ECS Emeritus Professor discusses this in an interview with AlterNet >>
Newly tenured Mexican-American women model success for minorities at the U of U. Leticia Alvarez and Verónica Valdez are among those featured inthis City Weekly article.
Winners of the 2017 AESA and Taylor & Francis Past President's
Award for Outstanding Graduate Student Research
 Ana Carolina Fernandes de Bessa Antunes, U of Utah |
 Gardner Seawright, U of Utah |
 Honorable Mention: |
