Associate Professor of History

Office -Social Science 266
Phone - (801)626-6699              
Fax - (801)626-7613 
Email - sdant@weber.edu                            

Research and Teaching Areas: 
American West, Environmental, United States

Degrees: B.S., Northern Arizona University (1989); M.A., Washington State University (1991); Ph.D., Washington State University (2000)

Courses:

• History 1700 American Civilization
• History 2700 History of the United States to 1877
• History 2710 History of the United States since 1877
• History 3270 American Environmental History
• History 4070 U.S. since 1945
  
• History 4110 History of the American West to 1900
• History 4120 The Twentieth-Century West
• History 4990 Senior Seminar
  

Publications

• The Environment in the American West (Wheeling, IL: Harlan Davidson, Inc., under contract).
• "Making Wilderness Work: Frank Church and the American Wilderness," Pacific Historical Review 77:2 (May 2008): 237-72.
  
• The Encyclopedia of American National Parks (New York: M.E. Sharpe, 2004). Co-authored with Hal K. Rothman (UNLV).
• "Bioregional Politics: The Case for Place," Oregon Historical Quarterly, Winter 2002, 439-451.
• "Evolution of an Environmentalist: Senator Frank Church and the Hells Canyon Controversy," MONTANA The Magazine of Western History, Spring 2001, 36-51.*Winner: The Forest History Society's 2002 Theodore C. Blegen Award for best article in forest and conservation history.
• "Peak Park Politics: The Struggle Over the Sawtooths, from Borah to Church," Pacific Northwest Quarterly, Summer 2000, 138-149.*Winner: Charles M. Gates Memorial Award for best article in Pacific Northwest Quarterly in 2000
• Book Reviews in: Environmental History, Pacific Historical Review, Journal of Policy History, Western Historical Quarterly, Montana: The Magazine of Western History, New Mexico Historical Review, Michigan Historical Review, Pacific Northwest Quarterly

Awards and Affiliations

• 2007-2008 Joy Hilliard Fellowship in Environmental History, Denver Public Library
  
• Weber Writes Award for Spring 2007, Weber State University
• 2005 Hemingway Faculty Collaboration Award, Weber State University
• Historical Consultant: Idaho Public Television Documentary "The Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness," Fall 2001-Spring 2002
• Visiting Professor, USIA Ukraine Exchange, May 2000
• Fellowship, Thomas S. Foley Institute of Public Policy and Public Service, Washington State University, 1999-2000
• 2000 Harriett B. Rigas Award for Outstanding Woman in Graduate Studies at the Doctoral Level, Honorable Mention, Washington State University
• 1999 Woman of Distinction Award - Outstanding Student at Washington State University
• 1999 Bernard Bobb Teaching Excellence Award, Department of History, Washington State University
• Outstanding Faculty - Student Choice Award, College of Eastern Utah, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996
• Outstanding Woman in Graduate Studies Award, Honorable Mention, Washington State University, 1991
• 1989 President's Award, Northern Arizona University
• Highest Ranking Scholar Award, Northern Arizona University, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989
• Outstanding Senior Woman, Northern Arizona University, 1989
• Northern Arizona University Commencement Speaker, 1989
• American Society for Environmental History
• Western History Association
• Weber Historical Society - President 2002-Present
• Utah State Historical Society
• Phi Kappa Phi
• Phi Alpha Theta (History Honor Fraternity)
• Kappa Tau Alpha (Journalism Honor Fraternity)