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Hannah Scott

Humanities Communications Writer
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Witnessing and Fixing the Archives

By Hannah Scott
March 31, 2022 12:13 PM
At the 2022 P. A. Christensen Lecture, Dr. Kristin Matthews analyzed the focus of contemporary Black American women’s poetry on historical archives and documents.
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Becoming Enriched, Accomplished Women in Academia

By Hannah Scott
March 22, 2022 11:33 AM
At the BYU 2022 English Symposium, a panel of women involved in the English Department advised students about pursuing higher education and believing in themselves.
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BYU Administrator Receives Patriot Award

By Hannah Scott
February 28, 2022 08:19 AM
BYU College of Humanities Language Assessment Coordinator Dave Nielsen received the Patriot award from the United States Department of Defense on February 4, 2022. The award is presented to employers and supervisors nominated by Service members of the National Guard Reserve for going above and beyond to directly support the employed Service member and their family.
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Kings, Courtesy, and Sociolinguistics

By Julie Irvine
February 14, 2022 08:28 AM
The 2021 recipient of the annual Barker Lectureship highlighted the complex ins and outs of proper discourse between nobility in 17th-century Spain.
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More than Muses: Recovering Women’s Voices

By Hannah Scott
February 08, 2022 11:27 AM
The writings of silenced women are being recovered and magnified by Drs. Halling and Hegstrom in a remarkable new database.
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Dave Farland: Writer, Teacher, and Lifelong Mentor

By Hannah Scott
February 07, 2022 02:01 PM
BYU has so many wonderful alumni and emeriti who have served the community; it would be impossible to recognize everyone. But from time to time, we recognize a few individuals who have lived particularly exemplary lives of service, mentorship, and impact. Dave Wolverton (Farland) was such an individual—not just to the Latter-day Saint writing community but to any aspiring writer—and is worthy of mentioning as an example to us all.
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Trying Galileo: Breathing New Life into Centuries-old Debates

By Hannah Scott
January 27, 2022 08:37 AM
Would you find Galileo guilty of heresy? Would you put him to death? These are questions that students grappled with in their two-week mock trial for Philosophy 210 class.
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Identifying and Rooting Out Racism in Writing

By Hannah Scott
January 11, 2022 11:31 AM
Adjunct Professor Madeleine Dresden highlights common racist tropes and stereotypes in writing and offers solutions and alternatives for more diverse and inclusive writing for BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) communities.
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Becoming a Voice of Light

By Hannah Scott
January 11, 2022 11:20 AM
Aspiring authors, filmmakers, editors, and artists gathered to hone their skills and receive inspiration at the annual Latter-day Saint Publishing and Media Association Conference.
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