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ERIN CASTRO

(She/Her/Ella)

Associate Professor

Educational Leadership & Policy

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  • Associate Professor
    Educational Leadership & Policy

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

  • HONOR/AWARD
    Utah Lieutenant Governor's Office Public Service Award
    1 Apr 2025
  • PROFESSIONAL BOARD OR COMMITTEE PARTICIPATION
    Coleridge Initiative
    1 Mar 2025
    Higher Education in Prison Advisory Board
  • PROFESSIONAL BOARD OR COMMITTEE PARTICIPATION
    National Association of Higher Education Systems
    1 Feb 2025
    Higher Education in Prison Community of Practice
  • HONOR/AWARD
    Lieutenant Governor’s Public Service Award (opens in a new tab)⁠
    11 Oct 2024
    Utah Philanthropy Day
  • PROFESSIONAL BOARD OR COMMITTEE PARTICIPATION
    American Institutes for Research
    1 May 2024
    Higher Education in Prison Technical Assistance Intermediaries Community of Practice
  • HONOR/AWARD
    College of Education Research Award
    10 Apr 2024
    College of Education, University of Utah
  • HONOR/AWARD
    College of Education Social Justice and Transformation Award
    1 Apr 2021
    University of Utah
  • HONOR/AWARD
    Beacons of Excellence Award
    1 Apr 2019
    University of Utah Prison Education Project
  • HONOR/AWARD
    Pete Suazo Community Service Award
    1 Nov 2018
    Utah Minority Bar Association
  • HONOR/AWARD
    Development Faculty Fellow
    1 Jan 2018
    Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs
  • PROFESSIONAL BOARD OR COMMITTEE PARTICIPATION
    Lumina Foundation
    1 Jan 2018 - 1 Dec 2020
    Advisory Committee, Lumina Working Group on Prison Higher Education and Reentry
  • COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT & OUTREACH
    University of Utah Prison Education Project.
    1 Jul 2017
  • HONOR/AWARD
    Early Career Teaching Award
    1 Mar 2017
    University Teaching Committee, University of Utah
  • HONOR/AWARD
    MUSE Professor, Undergraduate Studies
    1 Nov 2016
    Project MUSE, University of Utah
  • HONOR/AWARD
    College of Education Early Career Teaching Award
    2 May 2016
    University of Utah
  • PROFESSIONAL BOARD OR COMMITTEE PARTICIPATION
    Alliance for Higher Education in Prison
    1 Apr 2016 - 1 Apr 2018
    Strategic Organizing Committee for the Establishment of a National Organization for Higher Education in Prison
  • PROFESSIONAL BOARD OR COMMITTEE PARTICIPATION
    American Educational Research Association
    24 Aug 2015
    Division J Social Justice Outreach Committee
  • HONOR/AWARD
    Faculty Fellow
    1 Aug 2014
    Undergraduate Studies, University of Utah
  • PROFESSIONAL BOARD OR COMMITTEE PARTICIPATION
    American Educational Studies Association
    1 Nov 2013 - 1 Nov 2014
    Critics Choice Book Award
  • COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT & OUTREACH
    McNair Scholars Program
    1 Jul 2013
    Faculty Panel Member & Mentor
  • HONOR/AWARD
    Outstanding Student Medal Recipient
    1 Apr 2012
    University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign