Managing Editor

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Ellie Howell

Major: Undecided
Year in School: Sophomore
Hometown: Seattle, WA
Favorite Book: Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
Favorite Thing About Working with Schwa: Reading interesting articles and working with awesome people

Editor in Chief

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Abby Ellis

Major: Editing and Publishing
Minor: Business
Year in School: Junior
Hometown: Kaysville, UT
Favorite Book: The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Favorite Thing About Working with Schwa: Being able to help with every step of the publishing process with some really awesome, talented students. The topic of linguistics is really fascinating and I love to see all the different submissions that get sent in.

Managing Editor

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Isabel Tueller

Major: Linguistics
Minor: Editing
Year in School: Junior
Hometown: Laie, HI
Favorite Book: Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
Favorite Thing About Working with Schwa: All the new things I get to learn, both from the articles themselves and from the editing practice

Senior Editors

Josh Stevenson

Major: Linguistics
Minor: Editing
Year in School: Senior
Hometown: Purcellville, VA
Favorite Book: Balkan Ghosts by Robert Kaplan
Favorite Thing About Working with Schwa: Working with great people and having linguistic fun.

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Jana Wilde

Major: Editing and Publishing
Minor: Philosophy
Year in School: Senior
Hometown: Arnold, MD
Favorite Book: The Shadowhunter Chronicles by Cassandra Clare
Favorite Thing About Working with Schwa: It’s super chill.

Talia Erickson

Major: Editing and Publishing
Year in School: Senior 
Hometown: Cedar Hills, UT
Favorite Book: Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Favorite Thing About Working with Schwa: Putting what we learn in class into practice.

Staff Editors

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Karlie Kelsch

Major: Editing and Publishing
Minor: Family History
Year in School: Junior
Hometown: Colorado Springs, CO
Favorite Book: Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen
Favorite Thing About Working with Schwa: Learning lots of fun facts about linguistics from the articles.

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Rachel Johns

Major: Editing and Publishing
Year in School: Sophomore
Hometown: American Fork, UT
Favorite Book: The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy
Favorite Thing About Working with Schwa: Learning more about linguistics and the editing process.

Jenni Overy

Major: Editing and Publishing
Minor: Digital Humanities and Technology
Year in School: Junior
Hometown: Manly, IA
Favorite Book: Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo
Favorite Thing About Working with Schwa: Learning from fellow editors!