Elaine Englehardt

Faculty Member

Professor Elaine Englehardt

Biography

Elaine E. Englehardt is the Distinguished Professor of Ethics and a Professor of Philosophy at Utah Valley University (UVU). She has taught philosophy, ethics and communication classes at UVU for more than 40 years. She is in her second (three-year) term as President of the Society for Ethics Across the Curriculum. She is author of ten books, and has written numerous peer reviewed articles. She has served in various administrative positions at UVU including Vice President, Dean and Director. Her PhD is from the University of Utah. She has written and directed seven multi-year, national grants. Four large grants are in Ethics Across the Curriculum from the Department of Education's FIPSE; and three are in Interdisciplinary Ethics from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Her first NEH grant funded the beginning of the Ethics and Values core interdisciplinary course at UVU. From this work, she is considered the founder of the Ethics Across the Curriculum movement.

She served on Utah's Judicial Conduct Commission for 8 years, Utah Humanities Council for 7 years and the Utah County Planning and Zoning Commission for 10 years. For 20 years Dr. Englehardt taught the Chanel 9 distance education television course "Ethics and Values" produced by UVU as well as numerous videos on a variety of topics in ethics. She has written and presented almost 200 papers and directed 8 grants.

Education

Ph D, University of Utah, 1994

Major: Communication and Philosophy

MA, Brigham Young University, 1984
BA, Brigham Young University, 1974

Teaching

PHIL 205H

Ethics and Values IH, Spring 2024

PHIL 205H

Ethics and Values IH, Spring 2024

PHIL 3040

Media Ethics, Spring 2024

Presentations

Englehardt, Elaine (Presenter & Author), Society for Ethics Across the Curriculum, "Organizational Ethics", University of Oregon. (November, 2004)
Englehardt, Elaine (Presenter & Author), Workshop, "Ethics Across the Curriculum", University of Dayton. (February, 2004)
Englehardt, Elaine (Presenter & Author), Speaker, "Ethics Integration", Notre Dame University. (November, 2003)
Englehardt, Elaine (Presenter & Author), FIPSE National Conference, "Developing Grant Opportunities". (September, 2003)
Englehardt, Elaine (Presenter & Author), Society for Professional and Practical Ethics", "Integrating Ethics Assessments", Chicago IL. (September, 2003)
Englehardt, Elaine (Presenter & Author), Array, "Peace and Patriotism_ A Year after Sept. 11", Utah Valley University, Orem, UT. (September 11, 2002)

Awards

Lifetime Achievement Award

Utah Valley University Alumni Association - September 9, 2021

Awarded to an individual who has demonstrated a career of exceptional leadership, scholarship, teaching and service.

Award of Excellence

Utah System of Higher Education Exemplary Use of Technology Award

Outstanding Distance Education Professor

Utah System of Higher Education

Outstanding Professor

National Outstanding Distance Education Program

Paul Newman top ten Service Project

Parade Magazine

Governor's Award in the Humanities

The Utah Humanities Council

Awarded for a lifetime of outstanding contributions to the Humanities