2023 Faculty Awards
Public Service Professorship
Hallie Jay Pope, Professor—S. J. Quinney College of Law
Professor Pope came to the University of Utah to develop the Creative Advocacy Lab (CAL), an experiential course dedicated to promoting access to justice and democratizing legal information. According to Pope, “CAL explores modes of legal advocacy beyond traditional client representation, re-envisioning lawyers as community educators, problem-solvers, and storytellers. In collaboration with community partners, students use creative tools—like design thinking, narrative, plain language writing, and visual communication—to make legal information accessible to those who need it.” She will utilize the $7,500 award in partnership with CAL students, People’s Legal Aid Utah, and the tenants they work alongside to design informational resources about housing law and renters’ rights.
Distinguished Faculty Service
Shannon Jones, Professor—Department of Nutrition and Integrated Physiology, College of Health
Professor Jones turns her passion for food access and justice into action. According
to her nominator, “Shannon has taken our programs beyond nutrition education visits,
to efforts to change the food environment at shelters, develop gardening programs,
and alter state policies on health and nutrition for individuals experiencing homelessness.”
All of Professor Jones’s letters of support mentioned her deep commitment to community
work. Examples include staying late to finish planting gardens and hand delivering
fresh produce via bike on nights and weekends. Of particular note is how she makes
space for everyone to engage in the work. “She deeply cares about the people in her
life, and this compassion and connection is inextricable from her capacity to mentor
community members, students, and faculty about the myriad ways that community engagement
and service affects our lives.”
Amos N. Guiora, Professor—S. J. Quinney College of Law
Epitomizing community-engaged scholarship, Professor Guiora’s path-breaking research
and writing on Bystanders and Enablers in sexual assaults has had both direct and
indirect impacts on survivors worldwide. Beyond his many presentations and discussions
with survivors, he advocates for systemic change. He worked with Utah legislators
Rep. Brian King and Sen. Kurt Bramble to introduce a bill that criminalized bystanders
of sexual assault; the bill was signed by Governor Cox in March 2021. According to
one letter of support from a survivor of sexual assault, “Professor Guiora's genuine
care and concern aided in realizing my worth, therefore restoring my light. There
are very few people in this world that will take the time to listen. Professor Guiora
not only listened, he took initiative to create change.”