# Source: University of Utah — James Mayfield Instructor Profile

**Type:** source
**Status:** Useful
**Confidence:** Medium
**Source Type:** official-page
**URL:** https://continue.utah.edu/osher/instructor/592479
**Archive:** https://web.archive.org/web/20260811220000/https://continue.utah.edu/osher/instructor/592479
**Archived:** 2026-08-11
**Publisher:** University of Utah Continuing Education
**Raw:** raw/university-of-utah-james-mayfield-instructor-profile/2026-08-11-d6e8e94958ec.txt
**Retrieved:** 2026-08-12
**Updated:** 2026-08-11
**Relates:** cites [CHOICE Humanitarian](choice-humanitarian.md) · https://greatutah.work/pages/choice-humanitarian.md · https://continue.utah.edu/osher/instructor/592479

## Summary

University of Utah Continuing Education / Osher Lifelong Learning instructor biography for **James B.
Mayfield**, describing his University of Utah career and cofounder role at CHOICE Humanitarian.

## Useful Claims

- Mayfield is described as **professor emeritus** after teaching at the **University of Utah for nearly
  forty years**, with specialization in **rural development** and **world poverty**.
- The page states: **"As the cofounder of Choice Humanitarian, James has led expeditioners on two- to
  three-week trips into Mexico, Guatemala, Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, Egypt, Kenya, India, and Nepal."**
- This is the university's biography of an affiliated instructor, not CHOICE's own program page.

## Verbatim

> "James B. Mayfield is presently a professor emeritus, having taught at the University of Utah for nearly forty years."
> — Instructor bio opening

> "As the cofounder of Choice Humanitarian, James has led expeditioners on two- to three-week trips into Mexico, Guatemala, Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, Egypt, Kenya, India, and Nepal."
> — Instructor bio

## Reliability Notes

Official `.edu` page about a faculty emeritus — secondary to CHOICE's own site for program model
details, but stronger than unattributed lead-file prose for Mayfield's University of Utah tie and
cofounder claim. Country list on this page (nine named) differs from the homepage's "seven countries"
— both are self-reported through different speakers and are not reconciled here.

## Related Pages

- [CHOICE Humanitarian](choice-humanitarian.md)
- [Source: CHOICE Humanitarian Official Website](choice-humanitarian-official-website.md)