JOSHUA LENART
Clinical Associate Professor
Civil & Environmental Engineering
- Clinical Associate ProfessorCivil & Environmental Engineering
- 801-587-4578 (Work)
BIO
Dr. Joshua Lenart is an Associate Professor (Clinical) in the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering and the Communication, Leadership, Ethics, and Research (CLEAR) Program where he teaches technical and professional communication for the Price College of Engineering. His teaching expertise includes administrative and organizational writing, grant writing, teambuilding, and strategic communications. His research expertise utilizes utilize quantitative and qualitative analysis, and focuses on natural resource management policy as it relates to landscape-scale impacts on wildlife habitat, hydrologic systems, community resilience, adaptation planning, and long-term land use conservation.
For the past fifteen years, he has led various transdisciplinary research projects examining land, water, and wildlife resource management conflicts vis-à-vis policy, stakeholder input, feasibility and environmental impact assessment, & collective impact engagement. Dr. Lenart holds a B.A. in English from The Ohio State University, a M.A. in Composition Pedagogy from Montana State University, and a Ph.D. in Rhetoric and Writing Studies from the University of Utah.
INSTITUTIONAL APPOINTMENTS
- Clinical Associate ProfessorCivil & Environmental Engineering1 Jul 2026 - present
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
- Associate InstructorUniversity of Utah, CLEAR Program, Price College of Engineering, Salt Lake City, United StatesAug 2014 - Jun 2026
- Adjunct FacultyWestminster College, Masters of Professional Communication Program, Salt Lake City, United StatesAug 2013 - May 2014
- Graduate Teaching FellowUniversity of Utah, Department of Rhetoric and Writing Studies, Salt Lake City, United StatesAug 2007 - May 2013
- Adjunct FacultyHawai‘i Pacific University, Department of English, Honolulu, United StatesAug 2006 - May 2007
- Graduate Teaching AssistantMontana State University, Department of English, Bozeman, United StatesAug 2003 - May 2006
DEGREES
- PhD, Rhetoric & Professional Writing StudiesUniversity of Utah, Salt Lake City, United StatesAug 2007 - May 2013
- MA, Composition PedagogyMontana State University, Bozeman, United StatesAug 2003 - May 2005
- BA, English Language and World LiteraturesThe Ohio State University, Columbus, United StatesSep 1997 - Jun 2001