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Alberta Madrid

Adjunct Faculty
Art History
Comparative Arts & Letters
alberta.madrid@byu.edu
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The Spiritual Experience of Art

October 14, 2025 03:00 PM
When was the last time you found Christ in a piece of art? Learn from these Education Week lectures about how you can find Christ in all the art you encounter—even the pieces that aren’t about Him.
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Finding the Best Literature

October 06, 2025 03:00 PM
Looking for some great reads? BYU literature professors at this year’s Education Week have you covered.
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Anne Watson

Adjunct Faculty
Comparative Arts and Letters
watsona3@byu.edu
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Keri Rowe

Adjunct Faculty
Comparative Arts and Letters
kerdmann@byu.edu
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Caroline Johnson

Adjunct Faculty
Comparative Arts and Letters
cjohns74@byu.edu
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Religious Environmentalism

May 07, 2025 12:00 PM
Can religion really help solve climate change? Professor George Handley says we need to make it part of the solution.
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Maidens of Mischief

March 20, 2025 12:00 PM
In her P. A. Christensen Lecture, Professor Belnap looked to the influential women in 19th-century France to explain how disruption can cause social reform.
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Rachael Givens Johnson

Assistant Professor
Interdisciplinary Humanities
Comparative Arts and Letters
rachael_johnson@byu.edu
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Bethany Gustafson

Adjunct Faculty
Comparative Arts and Letters
gusto4@byu.edu
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Finding Faith Outside

November 15, 2024 12:00 PM
Award-winning author David James Duncan explains that spirituality and environmentalism aren’t just related—they’re actually the same.
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Fail Your Way to Success

November 12, 2024 12:00 PM
At LDSPMA, humanities alumni Brigham Taylor shared how his biggest failures led to his greatest successes—including creating the Pirates of the Caribbean.
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Katie Stirling

Adjunct Faculty
Comparative Arts and Letters
Email: kmn6@byu.edu
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Art and Architecture Inspires

August 28, 2024 12:00 PM
These Education Week lectures will open your mind to the ways art and architecture can change you.
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Christ as a Mother

August 21, 2024 09:00 AM
Student researcher Cheynie Wray analyzes depictions of Jesus Christ as a savior, advocate, redeemer. . . and a mother.
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Many Perspectives, Many Solutions

August 12, 2024 12:00 PM
To solve environmental issues, it’s important to examine every angle—that’s where the humanities come in.
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Mastering the Classics

July 05, 2024 09:00 AM
Classical Studies students put their knowledge of Latin and Greek to the test—literally.
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Meet the Kennedy Center’s Newest Coordinators

June 25, 2024 12:00 PM
Africana Studies and Global Women’s Studies receive new faculty coordinators—and they both come from the College of Humanities.
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