Ronald G. ColemanBefore joining the University of Utah faculty in 1973, Dr. Ronald Coleman taught in the San Francisco Unified School District from 1968 to 1970, and at Sacramento City College from 1970-1973.
Dr. Coleman is an associate professor of history and ethnic studies and former coordinator of the Ethnic Studies Program, a post he held from July 1984 to July 1991. He held the position of Associate Vice President for Diversity and Faculty Development from December 1989 to July 1999.
Dr. Coleman received a B.S. degree in sociology at the University of Utah. He received an M.A. degree in social science(history emphasis) California State University, Sacramento, and a Ph.D. degree in history at the University of Utah. R. Coleman was elected to Phi Kappa Phi in 1977.
Professor Coleman’s primary research focus is African American history. He has presented his work at a variety of history and ethnic studies conferences. Dr. Coleman is frequently invited to lecture on topics varying from African American history to contemporary race relations in the United States. His publications include articles on western black history. “Is There No Blessing for Me? Jane Elizabeth Manning James, A Mormon African American Woman” in African American Women Confront the West; “Blacks in Utah: An Unknown Legacy;” in The Peoples f Utah; “The Buffalo Soldiers: Guardians of the Uintah Frontier;” and “Black Pioneers in Utah, 1847-1869.” He has served as an educational consultant for the University of Vermont, California State University, Hayward; Utah Transit Authority, Federal Bureau of Investigation, National Trust for Historic Preservation and several school districts in the state of Utah.
Dr. Coleman contributes to the University and larger community. His activities have included membership on the University of Utah Senate; the Athletic Board; the faculty mentoring program; and the faculty affirmative action committee. He is a life member of the NAACP and on the Alberta Henry Education Foundation Board. He has served on the Board of Directors of the Utah Chapter of the National Conference for Community and Justice, Salt Lake County Sports Advisory Board and was a member of the Salt Lake City Civil Service Commission from 1983 to 1993. He currently serves on the Utah State Board of History, the Cottonwood Heights History Committee and the Afro American History and Genealogical Association/Utah Chapter.
Professor Coleman’s contributions to education and community have been recognized by a number of organizations. In 2001 he was inducted into the University of Utah Crimson Club Athletic Hall of Fame. He was the recipient of the Utah Humanities Council’s Governors Award for the year 2000. In 1990 the University of Utah awarded him the Calvin and Jeneal Hatch Prize in Teaching. In 1991 the Salt Lake Chapter of the NAACP named Dr. Coleman the Albert B. Fritz Civil Rights Worker of the Year. In 1993 Dr. Coleman received the Olaudah Equiano Award of Excellence from the University of Utah Ethnic Studies Program. The University of Utah Honors Program recognized Coleman with the Distinguished Honors Professor Teaching Award for the 2005/2006 academic year.
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