John Robert Lewis Scholar
Cohort 1
(2021 - 2022)
Undergraduate Institution: Brigham Young University
Graduate Institution: -
Occupation: Paralegal at Qualtrics, Notary Public
Career Goals/Interests: Human rights, LGBTQ+ rights, social justice, political depolarization
Current Region: Provo, UT
JRL Program Bio: Amy Griffin grew up in Highland, Utah and is a senior in the Broadcast Journalism program at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. She conducted original research for her honors thesis Pixels & the Polls: The impact of female role models in television media on perceived electability of women, for which she was awarded the Annaley Naegle Redd Student Award in Women’s History. Amy is a presidential scholar at her university, she anchors and reports for the live student television newscast, serves as a research assistant for Dr. Sarah Coyne on studies involving the Latter-day Saint religion and effects on body image as well as the LGBTQ+ population, works on the communications team for the International Center for Law and Religion Studies at BYU Law School, and serves as an event organizer for her state’s branch of Braver Angels. Amy plans to attend law school and then continue to dig up and tell stories that matter.
Oral History Project: In a Church School That Loves Acronyms, Some Letters Are Less Desirable Than Others
