✨We’re back with the MHA Scholarship Spotlight Series!✨ This is a space for weekly highlights of scholars and independent researchers from our community until MHA Conference 2026. If you want to be featured, please fill out the form on our bio. Ignacio M. García is a prominent Mexican American author, educator, and historian who recently retired from Brigham Young University (BYU), where he served as the Lemuel Hardison Redd, Jr. Professor of Western & Latino History. He is also a past president

Here’s the first ✨MHA Scholarship Spotlight Series✨ of 2026! This week, Rachel B. Birch tells us more about her presentation at last year’s conference in Ogden, Utah. In her own words: “Rachel Bodily Birch is a third year History Ph.D. student at George Mason University. Her historical scholarship centers on nineteenth and twentieth century American religion focusing on Western women’s religious print culture. Birch’s practical experiences draw from digital public history work through archival r

The ✨MHA Scholarship Spotlight Series✨ is back and today Nathan Cordner will share his research on data visualization. In his own words: “Nathan Cordner is an assistant professor of computer science at Utah Valley University. His research focuses on data visualization and developing practical algorithms for data analysis. Outside of work Nathan enjoys reading, hiking, baking, playing the piano and french horn, and spending time with his family.“ This space is dedicated to weekly highlighting sch

‘Elder: A Mormon Love Story’

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