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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 !