Spring 2019 Staff

Jenna Ahern

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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Anna Canlas

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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Emma Chapman

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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Abigail Crimm

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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Taylor Nelson

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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Leslie Owusu

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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Anna Rose Smith

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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Renee Stevens

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

Samantha Worrall

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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