The University of Utah Environmental Humanities Graduate Program

Erin Bragg, EH Graduate
I have always taken an interest in the natural environment, you might say being born in Anchorage, Alaska growing up rafting, climbing, hiking and skiing will do that to a person. I moved to Salt Lake City sans family for competitive ski racing and high school but during my sophomore year they joined me and have lived in Park City since. My racing took me back east to Maine and Bates College where I received a BA in individual psychology. I was forced to examine the natural and built environments in a seminar about individual differences in early development and found it fascinating how ones individual differences can be seen at developmental milestones and are further shaped by the environment they are raised in. Due to my vast sense of curiosity my senior thesis bounced to another topic looking at mediating factors between sensation seeking individuals, depression and tattooing.

After graduation I lived in Boston and worked at Tufts Medical School in the psychopharmacology department but after 6 months I was done with the city and longing for the mountains. I moved back to Utah and for the past 2 years have been working in the Neurology department at the University of Utah School of Medicine. I got back to skiing on a daily basis and competing, but I've since ditched the gates for big mountain and the Freeskiing World Tour.

I have also been fortunate enough to assist the nonprofit She Jumps implement programming in Utah and look forward to helping spread their mission, reach a larger community of women, and grow as an organization.

My liberal arts background and an overflowing handful of interests made the Environmental Humanities program a perfect fit allowing a multidisciplinary approach to the questions I'd like to investigate further in addition to providing me with new ones!

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Applicants for admission to the proposed degree program will be reviewed by an admission committee consisting of regular faculty serving on the Environmental Humanities Steering Committee. The...
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A Day to Remember by Robert DeBirk | Guest blog post for the DC-based peace and security organization, the Ploughshares Fund.
http://www.ploughshares.org/blog/2012-01-26/day-remember#.TyK9NUQ8A2k

[read more] Jan 30, 2012

Congratulations to our 2011 Environmental Humanities Graduates! | Desiree Beaudry, Erin Bragg, Andrea Nelson, William Stadwiser, Jessamyn Tinquist, Meaghan McKasy, Ross Chambless, Ben Cromwell, Lindsy Floyd, Jack Lasley, Katharine Plumb, Alexandra Porpora, Andrew Ross, Catherine Ashton, Diane Fouts

[read more] Dec 27, 2011

Utah: Climate Ground-Zero by EH students Emerson Andrews, Frank Carter, Robin Rothfeder & Nick Schou | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XjYneH2x2E&feature=youtu.be

[read more] Dec 13, 2011

Katy Savage, EH Graduate | Waiting for Eviction article published in Counter Punch
http://www.counterpunch.org/2011/11/16/waiting-for-eviction/

City Creek article published in the Provo Orem World
http://www.provooremword.org/index.html?edition=2011_3

[read more] Nov 21, 2011

Meaghan McKasy & Ross Chambless- | Community Challenge aims for Avenues neighborhood-wide energy efficiency upgrades.
http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/neighborhood/52841622-85/energy-project-neighborhood-avenues.html.csp?page=1

[read more] Nov 10, 2011

The Hazards of E-Waste by Nick Schou | See the video at http://www.youtube.com/greenuofu

[read more] Nov 3, 2011

Hydrotopia by Nick Schou | http://youtu.be/n9M1wS1JCbo

U of U Sustainability- Fall 2011
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYNha0BBgzQ&feature=related

[read more] Oct 26, 2011

Poems by Cheng-yu Jung | Check out Poems at

[read more] More information at Jun 24, 2011

Ross Chambless EH Master's project airing on KUER next week | Over the past several months I embarked on a journey to find the sources of my electricity. Along the way I recorded interviews and sounds of the places I went which culminated in a 45-minute radio documentary. Now KUER, the local U of U NPR station, has helped me edit and produce the work for airing next week.

[read more] Jun 24, 2011