This blog highlights Sustainable Capitalism, edited and curated by Inara Scott. Sustainable Capitalism offers an interdisciplinary approach to capitalism, asking if capitalism is sustainable and what that looks like in theory and practice. Scott curated this collection of essays to be implemented into courses —intended...
Following on the heels of its 75th anniversary celebrations, the University of Utah Press is pleased to announce the launch of a new colophon. According to Glenda Cotter, director of the Press, the new logo features the silhouette of the Utah juniper, a resilient and...
As Pride Month invites us to reflect on the ongoing struggle for LGBTQ+ equality, it’s essential to center voices that navigate the often-painful intersections of faith, identity, and institutional power. Two important works—I Spoke to You with Silence: Essays from Queer Mormons of Marginalized Genders...
Dr. Eddie Cole, Professor of Education and History at UCLA and author of the multi-prize-winning book The Campus Color Line: College Presidents and the Struggle for Black Freedom, gave the opening plenary at the recent annual meeting of The Association of University Presses, where he...
During Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, we’d like to highlight Teow Lim Goh, author of Western Journeys, a collection of essays that chart her journeys immigrating from Singapore and spending the last fifteen years living in and exploring the American West which was...
In preparation for the upcoming Society for American Archaeology 2025 conference, University of Utah Press is sharing more about Ten Steps for Recording Pictographs and Petroglyphs, designed to accommodate both the hobbyist and scholar archaeologist. Use code SAA35 on our website for 35% off! Dr....
For Black History Month the University of Utah Press would like to spotlight an event from Martin Luther King Jr. Week, sponsored by University of Utah and the J. Willard Marriott Library. On January 23, 2025, Pastor Emeritus France Davis, who walked with Martin Luther...
by Da Quanisha Parks The University of Utah Press is pleased to announce that Amy Tanner Thiriot has received the Evans Handcart Award for Slavery in Zion: A Documentary & Genealogical History of Black Lives & Black Servitude in Utah Territory, 1847–1862. The University of Utah...
by Jedediah Rogers & Da Quanisha Parks To celebrate 75 years of publishing, the University of Utah Press hosted a discussion on Mormon biographies. Biography, a popular genre within Mormon Studies and among the general public—is essential to the study of history, as it uses individuals as...
by Da Quanisha Parks At the University of Utah Press, we want to celebrate 75 years by honoring our current Acquisitions Editors for all the work they do. In this post, you will get to know Jedediah Rogers and Justin Bracken and learn a little bit...