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Dan Harker

Asian and Near Eastern Languages
Email: danharker16@gmail.com
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Chifir Wins Long Story Short Award

By Ellie Smith
April 20, 2022 10:56 AM
Jesse Richmond’s Chifir becomes Juried Winner in the Short Fiction Category and is being published by Short Edition along with Kath Richard’s The Widow Interim and Braden Robinson’s roses.
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Mothers as Feminists

By Ellie Smith
April 19, 2022 04:53 PM
You don’t have to choose just one.
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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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Tackling the Identity Question

By Simon Laraway
March 28, 2022 04:23 PM
Everyone’s got one, but what does it really mean to have an identity? Is identity something we choose or something we possess naturally? The answer is more complex than you might think.
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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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Anyone Can Be a Cinephile

By Savannah Taylor
February 01, 2022 09:31 AM
Explore new directors, cultures, and themes this semester with International Cinema.
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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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Looking Beyond the Pandemic: Questions from the Field of Medical Ethics

By Julie Irvine
January 24, 2022 02:52 PM
Philosophy and the field of medicine have complementary roles in helping us ask difficult questions and propose workable solutions to today’s pressing concerns.
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Michael Easterling

Comparative Arts and Letters
Email: michael_easterling@byu.edu
JKB 3005N
801-422-9128
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Suzy Bills Helps Editors Get More Done

By Savannah Taylor
January 12, 2022 09:35 AM
Are you struggling with productivity and time management? Try these six suggestions to get focused.
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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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Kalisha Grimsman

Art History and Curatorial Studies
Comparative Arts and Letters
Email: kalisha_grimsman@byu.edu
JKB 3005H
801-422-0320
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Natalie Nielson-Riep

Asian and Near Eastern Languages
Email: nilaoshibyu@gmail.com
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Want to Escape to France? Visit the MOA

By Savannah Taylor
January 06, 2022 09:30 AM
Walk the streets of Paris this winter without leaving Provo. (Sadly, no food or drinks allowed.)
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Amanda Smith

English
Email: amanda_smith@byu.edu
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Owen Witesman

Comparative Arts and Letters
Email: owen@witesman.com
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