Ben Cater, Ph.D.

 Dr. Ben Cater possesses undergraduate and graduate training in U.S. History and Literature as well as in Latin American Studies.  He completed his M.A. degree at the University of Montana, Missoula, where he studied the religious history of the American West through a generous grant from the A.B. Hammond Fellowship for Western American Studies.  At the University of Utah, where he completed his Ph.D., he received the Floyd O'Neill Scholarship in Western American Studies to study the religious and socioeconomic effects of the health industry of Progressive Era Salt Lake City.  He is currently revising his dissertation for publication with the University of Utah Press. Besides teaching courses in Foundational Exploration and the Humanities Honors Program, he directs both programs from the Academic Dean's Center.