Writing
Research papers, essays, and reflections written at Brigham Young University, 2025 to 2026. Each opens as the original document, page by page, with a PDF to download.
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13 pages
Roake v. Brumley: Judicial Delay Undermines Religious Freedom
On mandatory Ten Commandments displays in Louisiana public-school classrooms, constitutional liberty, and the cost of postponing judicial review.
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11 pages
Making America Feel Like Home: Family, Conflict, and Belonging on Television
Reads Leave It to Beaver, All in the Family, Friends, and Modern Family as representations of national belonging, domestic authority, care, and exclusion.
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16 pages
Happiness—Free of Charge
A literary and creative essay developed within anthology coursework.
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4 pages
A Voice for Women, a Defense of Family: Barbara B. Smith and a Decade of Change
Ongoing historical research on Smith’s Relief Society leadership, women’s opportunities, and family responsibility during the ERA era.
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6 pages
Special Collections Mixtape: Gail S. Halvorsen at Tempelhof
A 1948 Berlin Airlift photograph read for empathy, public trust, and civic memory, from the research behind the Candy Bomber library installation.
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4 pages
Opinion: The Value of the Detour
A response to Dr. Nancy Major’s lecture on careers that do not run in straight lines.
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1 page
Seeing Religious Freedom in the Scriptures
Samuel the Lamanite and Ammon as scriptural models of religious liberty.
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1 page
Hear Him
On prayer, gratitude, and the pull between school, family, and the people she loves.