Your advising needs are important to us. The History Department has a number of options in place to ensure full access to academic advising through phone, video, or in-person appointments.
Please email us anytime at with questions that do not require a full half-hour appointment. Make sure to use your Umail email address to send your email, and check your Umail inbox for replies. We will only send replies to your Umail email address.
You do NOT need an appointment with an advisor to declare a minor. Email an academic advisor at history@utah.edu instead.
Amarilys Scott - Graduate Advisor
Education:
BA Anthropology | University of Puerto Rico
MA Anthropology | SUNY Albany
Languages:
Native Spanish speaker
Bio:
Amarilys is a higher education professional with over ten years of teaching and advising
experience in the Social Sciences and Humanities. A native Puerto Rican, she received
her B.A. from the University of Puerto Rico and her M.A. from SUNY Albany. Her main
goal is to help students successfully navigate their educational experiences and feel
empowered in the process. After all, we are the captains of our own ships. Outside
of work, Amarilys enjoys the simple things in life: spending time with her family,
cooking and eating, gardening, and relaxing while reading on her hammock.
Lex Putnam - Academic Advisor
Education:
BA History | BA Linguistics | BS Gender Studies
Bio:
Graduating from the U in 2024, Lex Putnam has BAs in history and linguistics, and
a BS in gender studies. Now, he is gainfully employed at the U as an undergraduate
advisor for history and philosophy. He is passionate about increasing accessibility
to academia, and helping students find resources to facilitate success even when life
happens. When he’s not working, you can find him engaged in personal research, perusing
19th century dictionaries and grammar books, curled up with a crossword puzzle or rockhounding
in the Utah desert.