Carolyn Bliss
Director of LEAP Program, Learning, Engagement, Achievement, and Progress
Assistant Professor (Lecturer), Learning, Engagement, Achievement, and Progress
Affiliated Faculty, Honors College
Assistant Professor (Lecturer), English
English
Languages & Communication Bldg
255 S Central Campus Dr Rm 3500
Salt Lake City, Ut 84112
Office Phone: (801) 581-3283
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Degrees:
1981 Ph.D. English Cornell University
1979 M.A. English Cornell University
1972 M.A. English University of Utah
1969 B.A., magna cum laude English University of Utah
Carolyn Bliss was born and grew up in Iowa, but came to the University of Utah for her undergraduate studies and first graduate degree. After working for several years as a technical writer for the School of Medicine, she earned another M.A. and her Ph.D. in English at Cornell, then taught at Radford University in Virginia. She returned to the University of Utah in 1987, first in its Liberal Education Program, then in the LEAP Program since its beginning in 1994, and as LEAP Program Director since 2005. She also team teaches an Honors course. She is married to a former high school science teacher and has two grown sons.
Research Statement
Dr. Bliss's research interests are in general and liberal education, undergraduate learning communities, the role of the humanities in medical and pre-medical education, and modern and postmodern Anglophone literatures, particularly the work of Australian writers.
Research Keywords, Regions of Interest and Languages:
Keywords:
Biography and Autobiography (2); Comparative Literature (5); Fictional Language or Literature; Medical Education (2); Minority Education (2); Modern Language and or Literature (3); Undergraduate Education (5)
Regions:
Australia (4)
Research Projects
Humanities in undergraduate premed education [details]
Peter Carey and Patrick White [details]
Current Courses
LEAP 1100-5 LEAP Seminar in Humanities
UUHSC 2500-1 Health Professional Seminar for Advanced LEAP Students
Courses I Teach
HONOR 3060 Black, White, and Gray: Construction of Race in South Africa and Australia
LEAP 1100 LEAP Seminar in Humanities
LEAP 2004 Ethical Issues in Health (LEAP 2004-2)
LEAP 2004 Ethical Issues in Health
UUHSC 2500 Health Professional Seminar for Advanced LEAP Students
UUHSC 3001 Health Sciences Research Seminar for Advanced Leap Students
UUHSC 4001 Service Learning Through Community Partnerships II
Awards
2008
First Year Advocate Semifinalist - National Resource Center for the First Year Experience and Students in Transition
(For my work with the LEAP program.)
2006
Beehive Society Faculty Honor Roll - Beehive Society
2005
Program Award for Diversity - University of Utah
(For my work with the LEAP program)
1999
Utah Humanities Council Merit Award - Utah Humanities Council and Utah Governor
(For Australian literature project.)
1997
Presidential Teaching Scholar - University of Utah
(For outstanding teaching.)
1996
President - American Association of Australian Literary Studies