Ronald L. Holt (born 1949) is a professor of

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who in 1992 was the Democratic candidate for Utah's 1st congressional district. He was awarded a Fulbright Fellowship for

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in 2004. In 2008 he was the lead

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on an Army ( 101st 4th Brigade) Human Terrain Team in Afghanistan. In 2010–12 he was the Culture and Foreign Language Advisor on the staff of the commanding general at the Maneuver Center of Excellence at Fort Benning, GA. In August 2012 he returned to his tenured position in the Department of

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and Anthropology at

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. Holt wrote a dissertation titled ''Beneath These Red Cliffs: An

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of the Utah Paiutes''. It was subsequently published in 1992.

Career

Holt earned a

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degree in Anthropology and

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from Texas Tech University during 1974. He earned a

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with honors in Anthropology two years later. He received a Ph.D. in Anthropology from the

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during 1987. Holt was an instructor and

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at the

from 1979 to 1981. He taught at Southern Utah State College during the 1981-1982

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. He returned to the University of Utah as an Anthropology instructor through 1986. He accepted a position in the Anthropology Department at

during 1986.

References

External links

Ronald L. Holt profile
at the

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