About the Center
About the Center
MISSION STATEMENT
The Center for Health Ethics, Arts, and Humanities produces new teaching, scholarship, and outreach work, bringing insights from the humanities, arts, law, and social sciences into healthcare education and practice. We seek to prepare tomorrow’s healers to act with compassion and justice. Together we can educate health professionals in bioethics, research ethics, and health humanities, and nurture empathy and humanitarian values.
Affiliates
Benefits
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Networking opportunities
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Notification of Center events
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Faculty development opportunities
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Compensation as applicable
Criteria
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Evidence of intellectual curiosity in bioethics and health humanities
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Evidence of clinical/classroom teaching effectiveness
- Faculty or staff member of the University of Utah
Expectations
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Take a leading role in at least one Center event per academic year (teaching, facilitating, other service, etc.)
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Frequently participate in Center events
Become an affiliate!
BEFORE APPLYING
PREPARE THE FOLLOWING:
- Current short CV/resume (~2 pages)
- Short answer responses (see below)
SHORT ANSWER RESPONSES*:
- Describe your interest in joining the Center as an affiliate
- Describe the work you've done in bioethics and health humanities and/or what work do you hope to do
- Please tell us about your familiarity with our Center activities
- Eligible to teach at the university level (note: each school has their own specifications)
- List past or current teaching positions at the University (as applicable)
*50 words or fewer per response
TIPS:
- CV/resume format: .pdf/.docx only (upload with application)
- Short answer responses: 50 words or fewer per response (paste into application)
Council of Directors
Applications will be solicited from our Affiliates as needs arise
Benefits
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Contribute significantly to the vision of the Center
Criteria
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Indication of academic excellence in bioethics and health humanities (university level)
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Currently teaching (university level)
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Evidence of a career where education is the focal point (university level)
Expectations
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Attendance at Center meetings and named speaker events
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Frequent participation in Ethics Explored and Literature & Healthcare Discussion events
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40 hrs/year (equivalent to 1 week) leading Center events (teaching, facilitating, other service, etc.)
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Focus on education - teaching and/or curriculum development
LAND USE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
The University of Utah has both historical and contemporary relationships with Indigenous peoples. Given that the Salt Lake Valley has always been a gathering place for Indigenous peoples, we acknowledge that this land, which is named for the Ute Tribe, is the traditional and ancestral homelands of the Shoshone, Paiute, Goshute, and Ute Tribes and is a crossroad for Indigenous peoples. The University of Utah recognizes the enduring relationships between many Indigenous peoples and their traditional homelands. We are grateful for the territory upon which we gather today; we respect Utah’s Indigenous peoples, the original stewards of this land; and we value the sovereign relationships that exist between tribal governments, state governments, and the federal government. Today, approximately 60,000 American Indian and Alaska Native peoples live in Utah. As a state institution, the University of Utah is committed to serving Native communities throughout Utah in partnership with Native Nations and our Urban Indian communities through research, education, and community outreach activities.
Native American Land Use Committee Members:
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Mary Ann Villarreal, vice president for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion and co-chair
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Elizabeth Kronk Warner, dean of the S.J. Quinney College of Law and co-chair (Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians)
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Adam Dell, assistant professor, Department of Pediatrics
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Alberta Comer, dean of libraries
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Alice Whitacre, associate general counsel, Office of General Counsel
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Ashley Cordes, assistant professor of indigenous communication (Coquille)
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Becky Menlove, former director of the visitor experience, Natural History Museum of Utah
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Charles Sepulveda, assistant professor, Ethnic Studies (Tongva and Acjachemen)
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Chris Nelson, communications director, University Marketing & Communications
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Dena Ned, associate professor, College of Social Work (Chickasaw Nation)
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Greg Smoak, director, American West Center and associate professor of history
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Morgan Aguilar, communications specialist, University Marketing & Communications
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Sarah Projansky, associate Vice President for faculty, Academic Affairs
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Shayma Salih, student, Hinckley Institute of Politics