Contributors

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CHRISTINE COOPER-ROMPATO received her PhD in Medieval Studies from the University of Connecticut. She is professor of English at Utah State University, where she teaches and researches medieval literature and religious studies. Her most recent book is Spiritual Calculations: Number and Numeracy in Late Medieval English Sermons (2022), and she is currently working on several projects involving the medieval poet Geoffrey Chaucer's reception in the nineteenth century. Cooper-Rompato also publishes on American history, and her articles on the earliest women patent holders in Utah and Utah in the Green Book appeared in earlier volumes of UHQ.DAVID A. HALES is the former director and librarian of Westminster College's Giovale Library. He is professor of Library Science emeritus, University of Alaska Fairbanks. He holds a bachelor's degree from Brigham Young University, a Master of Library Science from Drexel University, and a master's degree from the University of Pennsylvania. He has been active in many professional organizations and has served as president of four associations. Hales has delivered papers at library science and history conferences and has published extensively in library science, genealogy, and history journals, including UHQ and Alaska History. He is the co-author of Alaska Sources: A Guide to Historical Records and Information Resources.SARAH LANGSDON is head of Special Collections and associate professor at Weber State University, where she has worked since 1999. She holds a Master in History from Utah State University and a Master of Library Science with a focus on archives from San Jose State University. She is the co-author of five books on the history of Ogden, including Legendary Locals of Ogden, Utah and Ogden: The Charles Maccarthy Photographs. She is active in organizations such as the Conference of Intermountain Archivists, Utah Manuscripts Association, and the Oral History Association. Langsdon's research interests include the history of Ogden, Twenty-Fifth Street, women, crime, and oral history.ALISON MCNEAL is professor emeritus, Slippery Rock University. She holds a PhD in American Literature from Kent State University. At Slippery Rock, she helped to establish two interdisciplinary minors, one in Asian Studies and another in European Studies through the support of federally funded NEH grants. She has reviewed scores of books for Choice, ranging from critical theory to Gender Studies. McNeal taught in China and went to the Middlebury Language School for Mandarin Studies in 2012. Currently, she facilitates a community book group for her local public library and belongs to a poetry circle.SUSAN SESSIONS RUGH is professor of American History and dean of Undergraduate Education at Brigham Young University. Her book, Are We There Yet? The Golden Age of American Family Vacations, received national attention for its nostalgic portrayal of midcentury road trips. Her 2006 article, “Branding Utah: Industrial Tourism in the Modern West,” won the Best Utah History Article Award from the Utah Division of State History and the Michael P. Malone Award from the Western History Association. She has received research fellowships from the Charles Redd Center for Western Studies and the Autry Museum of Western Heritage and was recognized by Utah Humanities with the Mayor's Award in the Humanities.LINDA MURIEL ZABRISKIE was born and educated in Mt. Pleasant, Utah. In 1968, she graduated from Utah State University with a degree in English; she went on to teach at Delta High School, Wasatch Academy, North Sanpete High School, Beaver High School, Milford High School, Roland Hall, and at Kearns High School for twenty years. At the age of sixty-six, Zabriskie received a PhD in History from the University of Utah. In addition to her dissertation about Elbert Thomas, Zabriskie wrote about the First Presbyterian Church in Mt. Pleasant, for which she had a special affection, and Wasatch Academy, with which she had a long relationship. She passed away in December 2015.