Sarah Reed

Sarah Reed is Assistant Professor of History at BYU. She joined the department after completing a PhD in German with a minor in Women’s Studies at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where she wrote a dissertation on Mormonism in nineteenth-century German literature. Her research areas include German-American studies, Scandinavian-American studies, Mormon literature, and women writers. She has published on the Austrian writer Sidonie Grünwald-Zerkowitz, the Norwegian-American author Nephi Anderson, and on German-American studies topics. She lives in Provo with her husband Matt and a foster pipe organ.

Joe Everett

Joseph B. Everett, MLS, AG, is the Family and Local History Librarian at the BYU Library. He has over 25 years combined experience in the genealogical field at BYU, FamilySearch, and Ancestry.com. Joe manages the collections and patron services of the BYU Family History Library and serves as a faculty liaison to professors in BYU's Family History program and others involved in family history on campus. He is an Accredited Genealogist in German and Russian research and has a breadth of experience in other geographic areas.

 Recent Publications:

Since 2020, Joe has been the associate editor of Dr. Roger Minert’s German Immigrants in American Church Records series. He has published articles for the Association of Professional Genealogist Quarterly, including one for a forthcoming 2022 issue titled “DAR Revolutionary War Grave Indexes.” He has published in library journals as well including articles on Eastern European genealogy in Slavic & East European Information Resources and a 2021 article on experiential learning for student employees in Journal of Library Administration which incorporated family history projects.