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A few key points about Environmental Humanities at Utah
We offer generous funding - up to $21,500, a full tuition waiver for up to 12 graduate credits/semester and health, vision and dental insurance .
We are committed to environmental justice and community engagement . Faculty and students encourage creative and scholarly exchanges toward new forms
of environmental leadership and connection.
Our tight-knit student cohorts work with distinguished University of Utah faculty
from the College of Humanities , School of Social and Cultural Transformation , College of Education , and College of Social and Behavioral Sciences .
We foreground career advising , job placement, and application to strong Ph.D. programs, professional schools and
fellowships.
Students have personal interactions with notable environmental thinkers .
Interested students apply for summer funding to explore research projects, community
internships and creative writing.
We host two classes at the Taft-Nicholson Environmental Humanities Education Center amidst the 65,000-acre Red Rocks Lakes National Wildlife Refuge in Montana.
Students have office and community space in our historic building in Fort Douglas, itself walking distance to open space. Take a virtual tour of campus !