Sarah Hall

Faculty Member

Dr. Sarah Hall

Biography

Dr. Sarah Hall holds a BA in English and Master of Public Administration from Brigham Young University and a PhD in Global Health from Arizona State University. She is currently an Associate Professor at Utah Valley University. She has worked as Executive Director for Empower Playgrounds, Marketing Director for Utah County Crisis Line, Program Director for A Child's Hope Foundation, and Tanzania Country Director for HELP International. She has worked as a volunteer for the Red Cross Pillowcase Project, In Harm's Way in Indonesia, MicroBusiness Mentors, and Utah Medical Reserve Corp. Additional consulting and volunteer work has taken Dr. Hall to South Africa, Botswana, Ghana, Kenya, Tanzania, Thailand, Indonesia, and Mexico. Projects included topics such as HIV/AIDS, malaria, disaster preparedness, teacher education, and vaccination. Dr. Hall's current research projects include albinism in Tanzania, tsunami preparedness in Indonesia, and access to medical care for Deaf populations.

Education

Ph D, Arizona State University, 2015

Major: Global Health

MPA, Brigham Young University, 2008

Major: Public Administration

BA, Brigham Young University, 2006

Major: English

Teaching

HLTH 440G

Health and Diversity GI, Spring 2024

HLTH 3260

Health Behavior Theory and Practice, Spring 2024

HLTH 3260

Health Behavior Theory and Practice, Spring 2024

Presentations

Hall, Sarah , Lefevor, Tyler , Skidmore, Samuel , Graham, Kristen , Hatch, Daniel , Koenig, Bryan , Utah Public Health Association Annual Conference, "The Influence of Spirituality/Religion, Family Support, and Sexual Orientation on Depression Among Utah College Students", Utah Public Health Association, Orem, UT. (April 11, 2024)
Hall, Sarah (Presenter & Author), Morin, Dave (Author Only), Hall, Joshua (Author Only), Fugal, Adriele (Author Only), American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, "Sunscreen storytelling_ Investigating effects of social media video styles on sunscreen perceptions", American Public Health Association, Minnesota. (March, 2024)
Hall, Sarah , 2nd Annual Symposium on Teaching and Learning_ Research and Practice, "Maximizing Online Student Engagement_ Leveraging Digital Tools for Effective Practices", Utah Valley University, Orem, UT. (March 28, 2024)
Porter, Evelyn , Hall, Sarah , Campbell, Monica , Bi, Rachel , Brown, Kim P. , Waite, Bryan , Whaley, Brian , UWHEN, "Rising Together_ A Discussion with UVU Department Chairs", Utah Women in Higher Education Network, Utah Valley University. (February 28, 2024)
Loosli, Faith (Presenter & Author), Hall, Sarah (Author Only), Arocho, Rachel (Author Only), American Public Health Association Annual Conference, "From Genetic Loss to Genetic Justice_ Understanding and Addressing Inequities in Adoption, Assisted Conception, and Parental Absence", American Public Health Association, Atlanta, GA. (November, 2023)
Hall, Sarah M (Presenter & Author), Hall, Joshua B (Author Only), American Public Health Association Film Festival, "Enhancing patient-provider communication_ Strategies for working with Deaf patients", American Public Health Association, Atlanta. (November, 2023)

Scholarly/Creative Works

Hall, Sarah , "Barriers to sunscreen use by sex and generation_ Implications for Sun Safety Messaging" .
Hall, Sarah , "The impact of message format on perceptions of credibility and intentions to wear sunscreen among white participants in the United States" .
Balsara, Khusbu , Hall, Sarah , Fugal, Adriele , "Decolonizing global mental health in the context of cultural competency_ A scoping review" .
Hall, Sarah , Ballard, Michael , (2023) "Deaf and hard-of-hearing patients’ preferred communication modalities in clinical settings_ Implications for healthcare providers" . Oxford: Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education. https://academic.oup.com/jdsde/advance-article/doi/10.1093/deafed/enad061/7504768?utm_source=authortollfreelink&utm_campaign=jdsde&utm_medium=email&guestAccessKey=af4f6b6f-6281-41dc-a330-b2ac4c8aabe8
Hall, Sarah , Ballard, Michael , Loosli, Faith , Steadman, Mindy , (2023) "Preparing Students to Emerge as Healthcare Leaders in Serving Deaf Communities" (Issue: 2, vol. 7). Orem, UT: Journal of Student Leadership.
Hall, Sarah , Ballard, Michael , Array, Array , (2023) "Training videos for medical providers on working with Deaf patients" .

Awards

Higher Education Academy Associate Fellow

Higher Education Academy - August, 2023

The Higher Education Academy (HEA)is an international, non-profit organization that promotes teaching excellence in higher education. HEA is a subsidiary of UK-based Advance HE. There are more than 150,000 HEA fellows in the world. UVU is the first American institution to be accredited by the HEA to offer fellowship recognition to faculty, administrators, and staff supporting learning. Fellowships are earned through written reflection and interaction with an HEA Mentor to demonstrate how one’s teaching/supporting learning practices fulfill the dimensions of the UK Professional Standards Framework (PSF). The PSF is the heart of the Higher Education Academy fellowship recognition program. This internationally recognized articulation of the necessary actions, values, and knowledge to effective teaching/supporting learning provides the framework for peer dialogue and personal reflection of practices.

Best Online Design

Office of Teaching and Learning - March, 2023

Was awarded 3rd place in Best Design for an online course for HLTH 440G. Three university-level Best Online Design awards are given annually to recognize excellence in the development and design of online courses. The legwork on this included over one hundred hours of course preparation. This included researching topics and creating readings for class, writing scripts and recording professional lectures, finding supplementary learning material, doing recorded interviews with community members, creating weekly quizzes and discussions, creating a 17-assignment cafeteria-style option with detailed descriptions and rubrics for each, providing 40 categorized documentary options I worked with the library to stream through Canvas, and creating a reading list of optional books. It is highly organized, interactive, relevant to current issues, and full of student choice. The prep for this was pretty intense.

Faculty Excellence Award

College of Health and Public Services - March, 2023

Awarded the Faculty Excellence Award. One of these awards are given in the college annually.

The criteria is_
1. Demonstrated excellence in teaching through activities that advance the quality and practice of teaching and learning, and/or application of effective and/or unique teaching strategies, including (but not limited to) active learning, learning communities, student portfolios, creative assessment, and innovative uses of technology.
2. Demonstrated an exceptional level of service through committee participation and leadership, or community and service learning.
3. Have a record of research publications in peer-reviewed journals and/or research-oriented texts or participation in national and/or international conferences through presentation of papers published in conference proceedings and/or digests.

Best Hybrid Delivery

UVU University Flexible Learning Council - March, 2021

Won 2nd place in Best Hybrid Delivery for development of HLTH 4300 (Health Ethics). The hybrid course included professionally recorded weekly lectures, quizzes, contemporary discussions, and ethical debates of hot topics.

Dean's Award of Excellence

UVU College of Health and Public Service - February, 2018

Received the Dean's Award of Excellence for Engagement for involvement of students in real-world projects. This included bringing several students to Indonesia and involving them in tsunami preparedness research and intervention programs. It also involved mentoring student interns and honors students and involving students in class projects that linked them to community organizations to provide "real-world" deliverables.

Excellence in Flexible Teaching and Learning

UVU Office of Teaching and Learning (OTL) - April, 2017

Was awarded an "Excellence in Flexible Teaching and Learning" award for development of a hybrid version of HLTH 3260 (Theory-Based Approaches to Modifying Health Behavior). Created professional animated lectures through storyline for each module that included attention activities like matching and concentration games. Created interactive review activities for each week to help students memorize the theories. Included videos, case studies of theory application, and discussion posts of contemporary issues for each module. Created mnemonic aids, songs, and other retention activities to make it fun.