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W. PAUL REEVE

Professor

History

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  • Professor
    History

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

  • HONOR/AWARD
    Best Book in Utah History for This Abominable Slavery
    1 Nov 2025
    Utah Historical Society
  • COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT & OUTREACH
    Presentation: From Black to White: The Racial Passage of the Enoch and Mary Jordi Able Children
    8 Oct 2025
    Delivered an invited presentation to the Cache Valley Historical Society, Logan, Utah
  • HONOR/AWARD
    Caughey Western History Prize for the most distinguished book on the American West, This Abominable Slavery
    1 Oct 2025
    Western History Association
  • COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT & OUTREACH
    Presentation: This Abominable Slavery: Race, Religion, and the Battle over Human Bondage in Antebellum Utah
    22 Sep 2025
    Invited presentation, Holladay Historical Commission, Holladay, Utah
  • COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT & OUTREACH
    Presentation: Rethinking the Latter-day Saint Racial Story
    14 Sep 2025
    Invited Presentation, Santaquin/Juab County, Single Adult Second Sunday Fireside, Santaquin, Utah
  • HONOR/AWARD
    Ken Demas Best Book Award for This Abominable Slavery
    1 Jun 2025
    Mormon History Association
  • HONOR/AWARD
    Sabbatical
    1 Apr 2025
    College of Humanities, University of Utah
  • COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT & OUTREACH
    Tanner Conversation: This Abominable Slavery: Race, Religion, and the Battle over Human Bondage in Antebellum Utah
    7 Mar 2025
    Panel Discussion, with Christopher Rich, Jordan Watkins, and Alice Faulkner Burch, Tanner Humanities Center
  • COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT & OUTREACH
    Presentation: Be One: Celebrating the Contributions of Black Latter-day Saints
    23 Feb 2025
    Invited Presentation: A Black History Month Devotional, Phoenix, Arizona
  • COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT & OUTREACH
    Presentation: Century of Black Mormons
    22 Feb 2025
    Alumni donor event, Phoenix, Arizona
  • COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT & OUTREACH
    Presentation: Let’s Talk About Race and Priesthood
    28 Jan 2025
    Millcreek Book Club, Millcreek, Utah
  • COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT & OUTREACH
    Panel Discussion: All Are Alike Unto God: Insights from the 1978 Revelation
    25 Jan 2025
    Dialogue Foundation, Atherton, California
  • PROFESSIONAL BOARD OR COMMITTEE PARTICIPATION
    Brigham Young Racial Reconciliation Ministry (opens in a new tab)⁠
    1 Jan 2023
    Advisory Board
  • PROFESSIONAL BOARD OR COMMITTEE PARTICIPATION
    Journal of Mormon History
    1 Jan 2023
    Editorial Board
  • PROFESSIONAL BOARD OR COMMITTEE PARTICIPATION
    Utah State University Arrington Lecture Board
    1 Nov 2022
    Board
  • HONOR/AWARD
    Greg Kofford Best Historical Article
    1 Sep 2022
    John Whitmer Historical Association
  • HONOR/AWARD
    Ardis E. Parshall Best Public History Award
    1 Jun 2022
    Mormon History Association
  • HONOR/AWARD
    Best Journal of Mormon History article
    1 Jun 2022
    Mormon History Association
  • HONOR/AWARD
    Fellow
    1 Nov 2021
    Utah Division of State History, The Board of State History
  • HONOR/AWARD
    Faculty Fellowship
    1 Aug 2021
    University of Utah
  • HONOR/AWARD
    Elijah Able Service Award
    1 May 2021
    Sons and Daughters of the United States Middle Passage
  • HONOR/AWARD
    James Clayton Fellowship
    1 Jul 2019
    History Department, University of Utah
  • PROFESSIONAL BOARD OR COMMITTEE PARTICIPATION
    Sema Hadithi African American Heritage and Culture Foundation (opens in a new tab)⁠
    1 Jan 2019
    Advisory Board
  • HONOR/AWARD
    James Clayton Fellowship
    1 Jul 2018
    History Department, University of Utah
  • PROFESSIONAL BOARD OR COMMITTEE PARTICIPATION
    BYU-Idaho, History Department
    9 Dec 2016 - 31 Dec 2016
    External Review Board