College of Social & Behavioral Sciences Faculty Accomplishments
Infinite Possibilities
Assistant professor of history James Almeida signed an advance contract to publish his first book Minting Slavery, Coining Race: Human Difference, Discipline, and Labor in Colonial Potosí with the University of Alabama Press. Almeida was invited to present “(Re)Production without Women: An Attempt at Social Control in 17th Century Potosí” at Yale University’s Latin American History Speaker Series.
Kerri Clement, assistant professor of history, published "Contagion and Control: Rethinking Animal Diseases and Their Roles in American History and Space" in Modern American History.
Professor of philosophy Bob Fudge presented "The Dignified Sublime," which is from a book-length manuscript he is preparing entitled "Dignity and Degradation" at the North Carolina Philosophical Society meeting.
Jean Kapenda, instructor of criminal justice, presented a multi-part lecture series “Rumba on the Congo River” for the 2025 CSBS Black History Month Lecture.
Assistant professor of psychology Jordyn Leslie received a $21,000 grant for “Access to and Support for Nature at Work: A Multi-Study Scale Development and Validation Project” from the Center for Health & Nature. Leslie published “Branching Out: The Nonwork Nature and Employee Outcomes (NEO) Model” in Occupational Health Science.
Paul Neiman, associate professor of philosophy, published “Nurses on the Outside, Problems on the Inside! The Duty of Nurses to Support Unions” in Nursing Ethics.
Assistant professor of history Nathan Rives presented "The State of Teaching College and High School American History Courses in Utah" at the Organization of American Historians annual conference.
Matthew Romaniello, professor of history, published “‘An Epidemic disease of a very singular nature’: Evolving Knowledge of the Mumps in the Eighteenth Century” in Notes and Records: The Royal Society Journal of the History of Science.
Graduate director and associate professor of social work Corina Segovia-Tadehara and assistant professor of social work Lizbeth Velazquez published, with Andrea Martinez, assistant professor of teacher education, the book chapter "Authentic Cariño with Latinx preK-12 learners: An approach to transformative social and emotional learning" in Moving from Trendy to Transformative Social-Emotional Learning.
Professor of history Eric Swedin published "Latter-day Saint Reactions to Epidemics in Utah" in Utah Historical Quarterly.
Molly Sween, department chair and professor of criminal justice, wasnominated by Major General Eder to attend the U.S. Army’s 2025 National Security Seminar in June 2025.
Professor of political science Stephanie Wolfe received the Citizen Diplomacy Award at Citizen Diplomacy Day on the Hill for her outstanding contributions to international goodwill and building bridges between Utah and the world. Wolfe presented “Memorializing Trauma: The Development of Genocide Memorials in Rwanda (1994-2004)” at the MSA Museums and Memory Working Group Conference. Wolfe was invited with political science student Macy McCormack by survivors of the 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi to attend the 31st Commemoration at the United Nations Headquarters. While there, they conducted an in-depth interview with Deputy Permanent Representative Kayinamura about his role in advancing changes to the official UN resolution language concerning the genocide commemoration.
Xin Zhao, assistant professor of psychology, was elected as the Diversity Chair for the Rocky Mountain Psychological Association.