The University of Utah Press is the independent publishing branch of the University of Utah

University of Utah

The University of Utah, also known as the U or the U of U, is a public, coeducational research university in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. The university was established in 1850 as the University of Deseret by the General Assembly of the provisional State of Deseret, making it Utah's oldest...

 and is a division of the J. Willard Marriott Library

J. Willard Marriott Library

J. Willard Marriott Library is the library of the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Utah. It was named for J. Willard Marriott, the founder of Marriott International. The library building is over and houses over 3 million volumes. The University of Utah Press is a division of the Marriott...

. Founded in 1949 by A. Ray Olpin

A. Ray Olpin

Albert Ray Olpin was president of the University of Utah from 1946 to 1964. During his presidency the university quadrupled in size and the enrollment tripled from 4,000 to 12,000 students.-Biography:...

, it is also the oldest university press in Utah. The mission of the Press is to “publish and disseminate scholarly books in selected fields, as well as other printed and recorded materials of significance to Utah, the region, the country, and the world."

The University of Utah Press publishes in the following general subject areas: anthropology

Anthropology

Anthropology is the study of humanity. It has origins in the humanities, the natural sciences, and the social sciences. The term "anthropology" is from the Greek anthrōpos , "man", understood to mean mankind or humanity, and -logia , "discourse" or "study", and was first used in 1501 by German...

, archaeology

Archaeology

Archaeology, or archeology , is the study of human society, primarily through the recovery and analysis of the material culture and environmental data that they have left behind, which includes artifacts, architecture, biofacts and cultural landscapes...

, Mesoamerican studies, American Indian studies, natural history

Natural history

Natural history is the scientific research of plants or animals, leaning more towards observational rather than experimental methods of study, and encompasses more research published in magazines than in academic journals. Grouped among the natural sciences, natural history is the systematic study...

, nature writing

Nature writing

Nature writing is generally defined as nonfiction prose writing about the natural environment. Nature writing often draws heavily on scientific information and facts about the natural world; at the same time, it is frequently written in the first person and incorporates personal observations of and...

, Utah and Western history, Mormon studies

Mormon studies

Mormon studies is the interdisciplinary academic study of the beliefs, practices, history and culture of those known by the term Mormon and denominations belonging to the Latter Day Saint movement whose members do not generally go by the term "Mormon"...

, Utah and regional guidebooks, and regional titles. The Press employs seven people full-time and publishes from 25 to 35 titles per year. The Press has over 450 books currently in print.

The Press has partnerships with other organizations for whom it distributes books or DVDs. These include BYU Studies

BYU Studies

BYU Studies is a multidisciplinary journal dedicated to publishing articles on a broad array of topics related to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints...

, Canyonlands Natural History Association, KUED

KUED

KUED is full-service Public Broadcasting Service public television located in Salt Lake City, Utah, broadcasting locally in digital-only on UHF channel 42. It is one of two PBS member stations serving the Salt Lake City, Utah metropolitan area...

 Productions, and Western Epics Publications.

Selected Titles

The first book published by the University of Utah Press was Victor Sears’s New Teeth for Old in 1949. This book on mid-century denture care is drastically different from books published by the Press since that time.

The following titles are examples of the book categories the Press publishes today.

• Reading and Writing the Lakota Language by Albert White Hat Sr. (1999) ISBN 978-0-87480-572-7
• Florentine Codex: General History of the Things of New Spain, translated and edited by Arthur J.O. Anderson and Charles E. Dibble, v. 1–12, (1954–1982)
• Traces of Fremont: Society and Rock Art in Ancient Utah, text by Steven R. Simms, photographs by Francois Gohier (2010) ISBN 978-1-60781-011-7
• David O. McKay and the Rise of Modern Mormonism by Gregory A. Prince and Wm. Robert Wright (2005) ISBN 978-0-87480-822-3
• The Glen Canyon Country by Don D. Fowler
  Don D. Fowler
  Don D. Fowler is an anthropologist and archaeologist in the southwestern United States. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Utah and his PhD from the University of Pittsburgh. As a student Fowler worked on the Glen Canyon Project, surveying the canyon for archaeological...
  
   (2011) ISBN 978-1-60781-127-5
• Sherman Alexie: A Collection of Critical Essays by Jeff Berglund and Jan Roush (eds.) (2010) ISBN 978-1-60781-008-7
• Wildbranch: An Anthology of Nature, Environmental, and Place-based Writing by Florence Caplow and Susan A. Cohen (eds.) (2010) ISBN 978-1-60781-124-4

Prizes

The University of Utah Press awards five annual or biennial prizes for scholarly and/or literary manuscripts.

• The Wallace Stegner
  Wallace Stegner
  Wallace Earle Stegner was an American historian, novelist, short story writer, and environmentalist, often called "The Dean of Western Writers"...
  
   Prize in Environmental or American Western History
  • 2010: Frederick H. Swanson, The Bitterroot and Mr. Brandborg: Clearcutting and the Struggle for Sustainable Forestry in the Northern Rockies

• The Juanita Brooks
  Juanita Brooks
  Juanita Pulsipher Brooks was an American historian and author, specializing in the American West and Mormon history, including books related to the Mountain Meadows massacre, to which her ancestor Dudley Leavitt was sometimes linked.-Biography:Born Juanita Leone Leavitt, Brooks was born and raised...
  
   Prize in Mormon Studies (Will be awarded in 2013)

• The Don D. and Catherine S. Fowler Prize for anthropology and archaeology
  • 2010: Scott G. Ortman, Winds from the North: Tewa Origins and Historical Anthropology
  • 2009: Phil R. Geib, Foragers and Farmers of the Northern Kayenta: Excavations along the Navajo Mountain Road

• The Agha Shahid Ali
  Agha Shahid Ali
  Agha Shahid Ali was a Kashmiri American poet...
  
   Poetry Prize Prizewinners are listed below according to year.
  • 2010: Jennifer Perrine, In the Human Zoo
  • 2009: Jon Wilkins, Transistor Rodeo
  • 2008: Jessica Garratt, Fire Pond
  • 2007: Susan McCabe, Descartes' Nighmare
  • 2006: Jane Springer
    Jane Springer
    Jane Springer is an American poet. She won a 2010 Whiting Writers' Award.-Life:She graduated from Florida State University with a PhD in creative writing.She is Visiting Assistant Professor of English at Hamilton College....
    
    , Dear Blackbirds
  • 2005: Bino Realuyo
    Bino Realuyo
    Bino A. Realuyo is a Filipino-American novelist, poet, community organizer and adult educator. He was born and raised in Manila, Philippines but spent most of his adult life in New York City. His acclaimed novel, The Umbrella Country published in 1999 by Ballantine Reader's Circle, Random House was...
    
    , The Gods We Worship Live Next Door
  • 2004: Jacqueline Berger
    Jacqueline Berger
    Jacqueline Lisa Berger is an American poet and director of the graduate English program at Notre Dame de Namur University in California. She is the author of three books of narrative poetry: The Mythologies of Danger , Things That Burn , and The Gift That Arrives Broken...
    
    , Things That Burn
  • 2003: Ann Lauinger, Persuasions of Fall

Series

• University of Utah Anthropological Papers

This series is

“a medium for reporting to interested scholars and the people of Utah research in anthropology and allied sciences bearing upon the peoples and cultures of the Great Basin and the West. They include, first, specialized and technical record reports on Great Basin archeology, ethnology, linguistics, and physical anthropology, and second, more general articles on anthropological discoveries, problems, and interpretations bearing upon the western region, from the High Plains to the Pacific Coast, insofar as they are relevant to human and cultural relations in the Great Basin and surrounding areas.”

The first Anthropological Paper was published in 1950 and new books continue to be published through the present.

• Tanner Lectures on Human Values
  Tanner Lectures on Human Values
  The Tanner Lectures on Human Values is a multi-university lecture series in the humanities, founded on July 1, 1978, at Clare Hall, Cambridge University, by the American scholar Obert Clark Tanner...
  
  

This annual lecture series was established by philanthropist Obert Clark Tanner with the hope that the “lectures will contribute to the intellectual and moral life of mankind.” Lecturers from a variety of cultures and fields are chosen on the basis of their leadership, integrity, and commitment to human values. The lectures consider the relationships between scientific and scholarly advancements and moral values and are published in an annual volume by the University of Utah Press.
Past lecturers include: E. O. Wilson

E. O. Wilson

Edward Osborne Wilson is an American biologist, researcher , theorist , naturalist and author. His biological specialty is myrmecology, the study of ants....

, Carlos Fuentes

Carlos Fuentes

Carlos Fuentes Macías is a Mexican writer and one of the best-known living novelists and essayists in the Spanish-speaking world. He has influenced contemporary Latin American literature, and his works have been widely translated into English and other languages.-Biography:Fuentes was born in...

, Freeman Dyson

Freeman Dyson

Freeman John Dyson FRS is a British-born American theoretical physicist and mathematician, famous for his work in quantum field theory, solid-state physics, astronomy and nuclear engineering. Dyson is a member of the Board of Sponsors of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists...

, Paul Farmer

Paul Farmer

Dr. Paul Edward Farmer is an American anthropologist and physician. He is currently the Kolokotrones University Professor at Harvard University, formerly the Presley Professor of Medical Anthropology in the Department of Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School, an attending physician and Chief...

, Steven Pinker

Steven Pinker

Steven Arthur Pinker is a Canadian-American experimental psychologist, cognitive scientist, linguist and popular science author...

, and Toni Morrison

Toni Morrison

Toni Morrison is a Nobel Prize and Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist, editor, and professor. Her novels are known for their epic themes, vivid dialogue, and richly detailed characters. Among her best known novels are The Bluest Eye, Song of Solomon and Beloved...

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• Utah Series in Middle East Studies

Originally named the Utah Series in Turkish and Islamic Studies, this series now has a broader focus to publish books in the area of history, politics, and society of the Middle East. M. Hakan Yavuz is the Series Editor.