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Dr. Gregory E. Smoak recently gave the keynote talk on Utah’s water history at the Utah State Historical Society Conference. Greg is the director of the American West Center and the Utah Humanities State Scholar for Think Water Utah. His essay “Utah Waterways” examines Utah’s water history and contemporary challenges, including the crisis at Great Salt Lake. He has an extensive background in Native history, public history, and environmental history in the West.
Carlos Gray Santana is a philosopher of science and an EH affiliated faculty member. Carlos is a consulting conceptual engineer, meaning he helps scientists address conceptual issues in their fields. His research addresses key issues in the sciences, such as the Anthropocene, novel ecosystems, and science and democracy.
Jeff Rose, Ph.D., is teaching the Environmental Humanities Program’s new Community Engaged Learning course during the Spring ’22 semester. Jeff is an assistant professor-lecturer in the Department of Parks, Recreation, and Tourism and an affiliate faculty with the Global Change and Sustainability Center at the University of Utah. Prior to this position, he taught geography and environmental studies at Davidson College in North Carolina.
Eric Robertson is the writing instructor for the Environmental Humanities Program in Spring 2022. He is also on the faculty of the Honors College at the University of Utah. He teaches the writing courses and helps develop the curriculum for the Ecology and Legacy minors. His research and published works are in queer ecology, exploring how nonprocreative bodies find themselves within social narratives and to what socio-biological ends queer bodies might become integral participants in human ecology. Eric is also an alumni of the Environmental Humanities Program!
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