Faculty Research

U of U historian W. Paul Reeve was named one of the 2026-2027 Presidential Societal Impact Scholars. In just the past five years, Reeve has instigated several ground-breaking public history databases hosted at the Marriott Library’s digital exhibits site. His work has included extraordinary outreach, bridge-building and communal healing in uncovering the history of Black Mormons among members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Three College of Humanities professors have been selected as 2026 Faculty Fellows: Isabelle Freiling (communication), Matt Haber (philosophy), and Leandra Hernández (communication). Faculty Fellows receive a semester of full release time from teaching and administrative responsibilities in order to spend time advancing scholarly or creative research projects.

Three Communication scholars' recent research was featured in @theU this week, which found that few Americans encounter low-credibility health websites.