Faculty Profiles

The ECS department has recruited a strong diverse faculty and an exceptional group of graduate students of diverse ethnicities. By building a vibrant, energetic and diverse department, we are able to enjoy an exciting intellectual climate that brings together the insights of many different research traditions and many different groups. We have a mix of scholars with overlapping research interests and strong disciplinary roots. One faculty member is an educational anthropologist (Donna Deyhle), one is an educational historian (Harvey Kantor), one is a cultural studies and educational anthropologist (David Quijada), four are educational sociologists (Leticia Alvarez, Dolores Delgado Bernal, Roderic Land, William Smith), two are curriculum researchers (Ed Buendia, Karen Johnson), two are educational philosophers (Audrey Thompson, Frank Margonis), one studies language and education (Veronica Valdez), and two study the education of Indigenous people (Donna Deyhle and Nola Lodge). Added to our research interests, our faculty bring together life experiences of African Americans, Latinas/os, American Indians, Jewish Americans, and European Americans.

ECS faculty also have a strong academic and service connection to the Ethnic Studies program at the University. One half of our faculty are jointly appointed in Ethnic Studies. Ed Buendia is the Ethnic Studies program coordinator; Donna Deyhle and Nola Lodge are on the American Indian studies faculty; Karen Johnson, Roderic Land, and William Smith are on the African American studies faculty; and Dolores Delgado Bernal and David Quijada are members of the Chicana/o studies faculty. These faculty teach a variety of courses focused on the history, social, cultural, literary, political, economic, and linguistic contexts of communities of color in the United States for the Ethnic Studies Program.

 

Leticia Alvarez

Leticia Alvarez - View Profile
Assistant Professor
MBH 308J
801-587-7811
leticia.alvarez@utah.edu
Ed Buendia Ed Buendia - View Profile
Associate Professor
MBH 387
801-587-7813
ed.buendia@utah.edu
Dolores Calderon Dolores Calderón - View Profile
Assistant Professor
MBH 382
801-585-6257
dolores.calderon@utah.edu
Delgado bernal Dolores Delgado Bernal - View Profile
Associate Professor
MBH 381
801-587-7810
dolores.delgadobernal@utah.edu
Donna Deyhle Donna Deyhle - View Profile
Professor
MBH 308D
801-587-7804
donna.dehyle@utah.edu
K Johnson Karen Johnson - View Profile
Assistant Professor
MBH 383
801-587-7818
karen.johnson@utah.edu
Harvey Kantor Harvey Kantor - View Profile
Professor
MBH 308G
801-587-7805
harvey.kantor@utah.edu
Roderic Land Roderic Land - View Profile
Assistant Professor
MBH 379
801-587-7817
roderic.land@utah.edu
Nola Nola Lodge - View Profile
Clinical Instructor, Director of AITE
MBH 307C
801-587-7802
nola.lodge@utah.edu
Frank Frank Margonis - View Profile
Professor
MBH 308K
801-587-7807
frank.margonis@utah.edu
Clyton Pierce Clayton Pierce - View Profile
Post Doctoral Research Associate
MBH 378
801-587-7812
clayton.pierce@utah.edu
David Q David Quijada - View Profile
Assistant Professor
MBH 385
801-587-7816
david.quijada@utah.edu
Veronica Valdez Veronica Valdez - View Profile
Assistant Professor
MBH 380
801-587-7806
veronica.valdez@utah.edu
Will Smith William Smith - View Profile
Associate Professor
MBH 377
801-587-7809
william.smith@utah.edu

Audrey Thompson Audrey Thompson - View Profile
Professor
MBH 308C
801-587-7803
audrey.thompson@utah.edu