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Podcast: Speak Your Piece: a podcast about Utah's history
Episode: Dr. Cassandra Clark, "Landscapes of the Mind" (Season 2 Ep. 4 - Part 2)
Description: Dr. Cassandra Clark is an adjunct professor at the Salt Lake Community College and is a Public History Marketing Content Coordinator for the Utah Department of Heritage and Arts. She completed her doctorate in American History at the University of Utah in August 2020. Her dissertation title is: “Landscapes of the Mind: The Brain, Space and Scientific Race Theories, and the Environment in the Intermountain West, 1840-1950.” Dr. Clark’s research focuses on western history, history of mental health, race, and scientific race theory. In today podcast we will be discussing Dr. Clark’s dissertation which focuses on the histor...