Faculty Research

The College of Humanities’ illuminating Lightning Talks series offers fast-paced presentations of research spanning languages, regions, and eras. In sharp 15-minute sessions, each built around a single image or artifact, new faculty and postdoctoral fellows brought their scholarship to life for the wider University of Utah community.

Jenny Andrus, professor and chair of the Department of Writing & Rhetoric Studies, was featured at a Domestic Violence Awareness Rally at the Utah State Capitol earlier this week. In Andrus' recent research on domestic violence, she listened to dozens of domestic violence survivors and their stories about why they stayed or left.

Michael Christopher Low, associate professor of history and director of the Middle East Center at the University of Utah, presented a lecture at the King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies on the pivotal role of Prince Mohammed Al-Faisal, whose pioneering work in desalination during the 1970s helped reshape Saudi Arabia and secured its water future.