Staff Highlight: Alaina Dunn

ALAINA WANGSGAARD DUNN (alaina_wangsgaard@byu.edu) IS AN EDITOR AT THE BYU RELIGIOUS STUDIES CENTER.

Alaina Dunn joined the Religious Studies Center as an editor in July 2022. She was born in Nebraska but grew up in Washington State. Her love of words eventually led her to receive a degree from BYU in Editing and Publishing, which she completed in April 2021. During that time, she honed her craft by taking on a variety of internships, working variously as an editor and social media assistant for a local science fiction and fantasy publishing house; a copyeditor and typesetter for a nationally published biology journal; and an editor and writer for the internationally published Liahona magazine. Her writing has been published in the Liahona several times. Since graduating, Alaina has worked as a freelance editor and designer, leading a team to prepare a fantasy novella for publication through Covenant Communications. She also recently served as head editor and designer for a collection of self-published gothic short stories written by one of her favorite authors—her husband. In her time at the RSC she has been grateful to work on a variety of religious publications, combining her love of religious topics and skillful editing. In her (limited) free time, Alaina loves dissecting bad movies with her husband, writing novels, and cooking.