Past Presentations

Uintah Basin Speaker Series

Watch past presentations on YouTube, where speakers share insightful and relevant topics that impact the community.

2025-2026 | 2024-2025 | 2023-2024 | 2022-2023 | 2021-2022 | 2020-2021

2025-2026 Presentations

Value & Vision of Early Childhood Education

Erin Brown, Shirlene Law, Lisa Boyce

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Mental Health Basin Resources

Lisa Haslem

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Dominguez-Escalante and Spanish Mapping of the North American West

Charlotte Tery

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2024-2025 Presentations

Sovereignty in Permitting:

Oil and Gas Development, Cacti and Land Northern Utah Reservation

Ataya Cesspooch

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Women in Leadership:

A Conversation on Influencing Rural Utah

Panel Discussion
Tonya Murray, Moderator

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The Art of Rural Renewal:

Lessons from Epicenter

Panel Discussion
Tonya Murray, Moderator

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Drylands:

Environmental Change and Urban Growth

Dr. Hillary Hungerford

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Conflict Transformation

Clair Canfield

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Perspectives from the Bench

Judge Clark McClellan

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2023-2024 Presentations

The Archaeology of Dinosaur National Monument

Megan Willison

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Be a Good Neighbor:

Your Health Impacts Your Community

Dr. Ethan Petitt

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Overcoming Fear

Sid Smith

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The Impact of Stress on Cognitive Function

Les Harris

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GOT ART?

How Arts and Culture Creates Strong Communities and Innovative Thinkers

Robin McClellan

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From Rail to Road:

How Highways Won the West

Amanda Katz

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2022-2023 Presentations

Inclusive Leadership

Wes Porter

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The American Dream:

Why Education is Key in the Pursuit of Happiness

Rick Woodford

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Indigenous Agriculture at the Edge of Sustainability:

Why the Uinta Basin is Important for Archaeology

Dr. Judson Byrd Finley

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Using Your Knowledge and Expertise for Public Good

Mario I. Suárez

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Working Toward Inclusion at USU and Beyond:

Why We Need a New Plan

Christy Glass

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2021-2022 Presentations

History, Healing and Restoration

Darren Parry

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Eating Disorders in Utah:

The Current Research, Treatment and Prevention

Dr. Miyairi Steele

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Community Unity:

Interfaith Relationships

Kent & Lynne Smith

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Better Today:

Women, Leadership and Male Allyship

Dr. Susan Madsen

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The Story and Science of Dinosaur National Monument

Dan Johnson & Emily Spencer

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2020-2021 Presentations

Native Worldview and Its Impact on Today

Forrest Cuch

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Cultivating Resilience

Jesse Higgins

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Skinwalker Ranch:

On the World's Stage

Tommy Winterton

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Leading Purposefully

Shannon Dulaney

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Loving our Rainbows in a Black and White World

Jenn Tuckett

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