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Why Study the Environmental Humanities?
Environmental Humanities is a two-year degree training the next generation of environmental leaders and thinkers. This fully-funded master’s program positions students to study climate change, resilience, advocacy and other interests in preparation for changing the world. We encourage creative and scholarly exchanges toward new forms of environmental leadership and environmental justice.
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Welcome to Rikki Nadkarni-Longino
Our biggest welcome to Rikki Nadkarni-Longino, the first Environmental Humanities Community Practitioner-in-Residence.
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Floyd O'Neil fellowships awarded to two EH students
The American West Center at the University of Utah awarded Gardiner Brown and Morgan Lawrence, both Environmental Humanities master’s students, Floyd O’Neil Fellowships for 2020-2021.
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Environmental Humanities Program receives a Mellon Foundation grant
The University of Utah has been awarded an Andrew W. Mellon Foundation grant to support the Environmental Humanities Graduate Program focused on environmental justice and community engaged learning. The three-year grant provides $600,000 to fund graduate fellowships, create leadership pathways for students from underrepresented groups, collaborate with communities directly affected by climate change and environmental racism and work closely with grassroots leaders.





Utah Award in the Environmental Humanities
The Utah Award in the Environmental Humanities celebrates environmental leadership
and expression. It honors those who
solve the planet’s environmental problems using the tools of the humanities, such
as creative expression,
scholarly research, popular art forms and advocacy.