Since the implementation of the anti-DEI bill, Utah college students have been attempting to make sense of their cultural displacement within higher education.

I was recently let go, after working in higher education for three years, following the termination of my department. During that time, staff members and I, many of whom were student employees, had cultivated a culturally responsive and student-centered environment. We observed how the college sought to comply with HB261 by renaming DEI-focused offices and closing others, which was not a standalone action by our institution. The University of Utah committed to its compliance by closing the Center for Equity and Student Belonging, the LGBT Resource Center, and the Women’s Resource Center under new centralized centers .

Since the

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