2022 Faculty Awards
Public Service Professorship
Ana Carolina Antunes, Assistant Professor—Gender Studies Program, School for Cultural and Social Transformation
Professor Antunes has demonstrated sustained commitment to community engaged pedagogy centered on gender and sexuality education for youth in our west-side communities. She isutilizing this $7500 award to launch a program in partnership with the Sunnyvale Neighborhood Center focused “on using digital technology as a means to enhance access to medically accurate knowledge about gender and sexuality, critical media literacy skills, and public health information." Professor Antunes has established a strong, long-term relationship with this community partner and has also partnered with the School of Medicine to build curriculum for the program.
Distinguished Faculty Service
Leticia Alvarez Gutierrez, Associate Professor—Education, Culture, and Society Program, College of Education
Professor Alvarez Gutiérrez has spent her career innovating and implementing equity-focused
family-school partnerships and conducting community-based research that, in the words
of one of her many community partners, “goes far beyond the scope ofher job for the
betterment of our community.” Her consistent excellence in advocating for engagement
of culturally and linguistically diverse families in educational decision-making is
particularly noteworthy.
Steve Bartlett, Associate Professor—Civil & Environmental Engineering Program, College of Engineering
Professor Bartlett has an impressive record of facilitating meaningful hands-on experiences
for students that meet real public need. According to his College of Engineering colleague,
Professor David Eckhoff, Dr. Bartlett’s “ability to immerse students in real-life
civil engineering problems” has facilitated deep student and community learning, better
prepared students for professional practice, and established lasting connections between
the UofU and many community partners.