Major: Editing & publishing
Hometown and state: Rupert, Idaho
Position on Mormon Insights Staff: Managing editor and web & copyrights team member
Dream Job: Editor/writer for a lifestyle magazine
One item on your bucket list: Learn to surf
If you could be any superhero, who would you be?: Buzzfeed says Professor X; Playbuzz says Iron Man. Honestly, I’m good with either one.
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Suzy Bills
Major and minor: Major in history; minors in editing and dance
Hometown and state: Glendale, Arizona
Position on Mormon Insights Staff: Editor in chief
Dream job: I’ve got it! I LOVE teaching editing at BYU.
Unique hobbies: I run 80-90 miles a week. (Okay, maybe that’s a crazy hobby.)
Favorite conference talk: Picking a favorite conference talk is like picking a favorite child. I love them all. But a top pick is “Come What May, and Love It,” by Joseph B. Wirthlin.
What is something hard that you have done in your life? Run a 50-mile race with 8,850 feet in elevation gain.
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Major and minor: Major in editing & publishing; minors in English and digital humanities & technology
Hometown and state: Orem, Utah
Position on Mormon Insights Staff: Copy editor and design team member
Dream Job: University professor
Unique hobbies: I’m great at all sports that use a racket…except for racquetball.
If you could be any superhero, who would you be?: Dr. Strange, because I could teleport to all the places I want to go around the world, I could time travel, and I could just teleport my enemies to a different place and not even have to fight them!
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Major and minor: Major in history; minor in editing
Hometown and state: Provo, Utah
Position on Mormon Insights Staff: Substantive editor and social media & analytics director
Dream Job: History professor
One item on your bucket list: I want to see the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul.
Do you speak any foreign languages?: I speak Japanese.
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Major and minor: Major in interdisciplinary humanities; minor in editing
Hometown and state: Caledonia, Michigan
Position on Mormon Insights Staff: Copy editor and PR team director
Dream Job: Content manager
Unique hobbies: Playing rugby (played for BYU’s team)
If you could have dinner with any person, who would it be?: Jane Austen
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Major: Editing & publishing
Hometown and state: Jacksonville, North Carolina
Position on Mormon Insights Staff: Assistant managing editor and web & copyrights director
Dream Job: Book editor
If you could have dinner with any person (living or dead, real or imagined), who would it be?: Anne Shirley (from Anne of Green Gables)
What must you always have on your person?: Water bottle and chapstick!
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Major and minor: Major in editing & publishing; minor in English
Hometown and state: Burke, Virginia
Position on Mormon Insights Staff: Assistant managing editor and PR team member
Dream Job: Production or managing editor at a publishing house
If you could have dinner with any person (living or dead, real or imagines), who would it be?: Benjamin Franklin
Most memorable thing you’ve done in the past year: Went to the Wizarding World of Harry Potter and cried (from joy) the entire time
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Major: Editing & publishing
Hometown and state: New Rockford, North Dakota
Position on Mormon Insights Staff: Assistant managing editor and social media team member
Dream Job: Book publisher
Favorite book: Frankenstein (is it pretentious to use the full title? Frankenstein; or The Modern Prometheus)
Favorite band: The Paper Kites
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Major and minor: Major in art; minor in editing
Hometown and state: Gainesville, VA
Position on Mormon Insights Staff: Art director and substantive editor
Dream Job: Freelance editor and author
One item on your bucket list: I want to go on a cruise to Italy.
Favorite book: The Cry of the Icemark, by Stuart Hill
Major and minor: Major in microbiology; minor in editing
Hometown and state: Sapulpa, Oklahoma
Position on Mormon Insights Staff: Substantive editor and design team member
Dream Job: I want to be a physician assistant and start a nonprofit women’s health clinic in underserved communities.
Unique hobbies: Rock climbing, canyoneering, and dog training
What must you always have on your person?: Chapstick, gum, and my wallet!
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