Professor, History

u0029069@utah.edu

Publications

• NATURE & CULTURE | ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: Gregory E. Smoak & Leslie Miller and Louise Excell (2018). "Reimagining 'Wild Life' on the Northern Plains: Lessons from the Little Bighorn.". (pp. 79-103). Vol. Reimagining a Place for the Wi, University of Utah Press., 12/01/2018

Presentations

• JUSTICE, EQUITY & DIVERSITY | WATER | CLIMATE CHANGE | ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: “The Confluence of Water, History, and the Public in Utah,” Keynote Address, Utah State History Conference, Provo, Utah., 10/26/2022
• JUSTICE, EQUITY & DIVERSITY | WATER | CLIMATE CHANGE | ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: “Sharing Difficult Water Stories: The Think Water Utah Project and the Public,” Roundtable Panelist, Utah State History Conference, Provo, Utah., 10/26/2022
• JUSTICE, EQUITY & DIVERSITY | WATER | CLIMATE CHANGE | ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: “History of Great Salt Lake: A Great Salt Lake Collaborative Conversation,” Great Salt Lake Journalism Collaborative, Salt Lake City, Utah., 09/28/2022
• WATER | ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: “The Bear River, Great Salt Lake, and Utah’s Imperiled Water Future,” Wellsville Founder’s Day Lecture, Wellsville, Utah., 08/30/2022
• WATER | ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: “H2O Today . . . And Tomorrow,” Canyon Country Discovery Center, Monticello, Utah., 06/28/2022
• CLIMATE CHANGE | ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: “Every History Has a Nature: Thoughts on Doing Public Environmental History,” NCPH Presidential Address, National Council on Public History Annual Meeting (Online). , 05/02/2022

Teaching

• BUILT ENVIRONMENT & COMMUNITIES | ENERGY | ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: Dark Skies Studies Minor, 01/07/2019-12/31/2022

Media

• WATER | ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE | FOOD SYSTEMS: “Coming to Terms with Agriculture in the West,” Radio West, KUER/NPR, Salt Lake City, first aired January 26, 2023. , 01/26/2023
• WATER | CLIMATE CHANGE | ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: “What Role can History Play in Saving Great Salt Lake, solving Utah’s water woes?” KSL.com, first published October 27, 2022. , 10/27/2022
• WATER | CLIMATE CHANGE | ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: “It’s Not Too Late (Yet) For a New Water Policy,” Radio West, KUER/NPR, Salt Lake City, first aired June 10, 2022. , 06/10/2022
• BUILT ENVIRONMENT & COMMUNITIES | ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: “Utah Leads the World in ‘Dark Sky’ Spots. Here’s Three New Ones,” Salt Lake Tribune., 01/27/2021
• BUILT ENVIRONMENT & COMMUNITIES | WATER | ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: “Is the Water Wet? Lake Powell Pipeline Part 1 with Greg Smoak,” In Site podcast, Zion Canyon Mesa Center for the Arts and Humanities, September 2, 2020. , 09/02/2020

Awards

• JUSTICE, EQUITY & DIVERSITY | WATER | ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: Outstanding Achievement Award (Think Water Utah Partners) State Board of History and Utah Division of State History, 2022., Utah Division of State History/State Board of History, 10/26/2022