Staff 2024

Lover of fruit-themed sweaters, Miah is an English ed major who can almost constantly be found listening to Japanese rock, making strawberry desserts, enjoying retail therapy with her friends, or reading in a bundle of blankets underneath twinkle lights.

Megan is studying English and graphic design who greatly enjoys nerding over modernist and contemporary novels. Her mind is full of random fun facts from a variety of horror movies, graphic novels, video essays,

and an unholy amount of Google searches. It should be noted that er heart glasses are an integral part of her personality.

Miah

co-Editor-in-Chief

Megan

co-Editor-in-Chief

Charlie

Charlie is an SUU student whose major in interdisciplinary studies explores the subjects of English, Sociology, and Spanish. Charlie is very interested in the stories and life experiences found in literary journals and is very enthusiastic about gently picking pieces apart to get to their marrow.

Assistant Editor

Pixie is majoring in English with a rhetoric and writing emphasis and minors in Art and Film Studies. A horror fanatic and Joan Didion enthusiast, they can often be found spiraling in niche Wikipedia articles, analyzing movies, crafting oddities, and pretending to be a real person.

Pixie

Kylee

When not binge-watching Tv shows with her cat, Kylee enjoys reading and collecting old vinyl records (on a quest to find the ones with the perfect amount of crackle and pop). A transfer from Snow College, she is pursuing a degree in English with a creative writing emphasis. Post graduation, she plans on working in editing and publishing.

Web/Head CNF Editor

Ali

Head Event Manager

Ali is a rhetoric major and enjoys every second of it! Her favorite part of being a staff member on the Kolob Canyon Review is interacting with so many talented writers and pieces. In her free time, she loves trying new foods, hiking, swimming, and, of course, reading.

Mindy Herrod is a Senior at SUU and a Creative Writing Major and Photography Minor. You’ll probably find her with the Thunderbird Marching Band or going on a very needed shopping spree with her roommates (because she can do what she wants). She loves writing, reading, and musical theater.

Haley is a poet and aspiring novelist studying elementary education with a minor in creative writing. If she isn't shadowing a teacher, you can find her planning her next alt-rock concert, hunting down the black cat Squishmallow (still in progress), or reading a fantasy romance novel with some tea.

Haley

Head Poetry Editor

Hailea is an English Creative Writing Major with a Family Services minor. She loves to read pretty much anything you’ll give her, except horror. She hopes to have books published in the future, but currently has CNF pieces published in KCR and the Global Review.

Hailea

Event Manager

Rene is majoring in English with an emphasis in creative writing. They enjoy knitting, coffee, podcasts, and writing—usually separately, but they have been known to listen to fiction podcasts while knitting. Her favorite things are Les Misérables and cheating at Go Fish.

Mindy

co-Social Media Manager

Katharine

Advertising Manager

Rene

co-Social Media Manager

Katharine Tesar is an English Literature and Psychology double major who loves Studio Ghibli, Animorphs, and highlighters. She can be found blasting Taylor Swift in her roommate's car or daydreaming on a hike about her writing ideas.

Frances

Head Fiction Editor

Frances is a music major with a strong affection for writing. She plays the violin, and loves writing analytical essays. Although she isn’t studying English, she is working on a technical writing certification, and has been a writing tutor since fall 2021. She loves reading high fantasy novels, gaming, classic rock, and 70s-80s movies. Rock on!

Isaac loves reading, Writing, and learning about reading and writing. He aspires to be a long form author and appreciates speculative fiction almost as much as he appreciates living so close to so many national parks.

Isaac

Fiction Editor

Jamison Conforto is a writer, animator, and plant enthusiast. He is currently writing a poem every day as part of an ill-advised New Year's Resolution. He can be found wandering fields, in your local Taco Bell, or trespassing on construction sites.

Kate

Kate is a dual major studying anthropology and creative writing. Post-grad, she plans to disappear into the woods, look at old trash for a living, and continue writing bad poetry. Her spider plant, Saorise, is more productive than she is, currently having around 40 spiderlings. If you want one, let her know. Please. They’re taking over.

CNF Editor

Kk is a Junior English creative writing major. With her love of writing, she also has the ambition to learn Enough Japanese to become a translator. Like any weeb, her past times include watching anime, playing video games, and reading everything from manga, classic literature, webcomics to cheesy YA novels.

Jamison

Poetry Editor

KK

Poetry Editor

Sarah is a sophomore at SUU, majoring in English. You can usually find her either reading a book up the canyon, or jamming to music in the kitchen. In her spare time, she enjoys consuming both contemporary fiction and copious amounts of coffee. She hopes to eventually have a career in publishing and a lot of stories from her own adventures.

Shauri is a CNF writer and reluctant poet focusing on experiences, travel, and the occasional waking dreamland. She shows up to class with a Coke or complicated lemonade about 78.3% of the time. Find her work in Sink Hollow and The Southern Quill.

Sarah

Editor

Shauri

Mascot

Nano

Nano Taggart is serving his fourth year as faculty advisor of KCR. He's a founding editor of the poetry magazine Sugar House Review and is a co-recipient of a grant from the Utah Division of Arts & Museums. You can see some of his writing in places like Diagram, Weber—The Contemporary West, Verse Daily, and elsewhere. He loves hot sauce and (probably) your dog(s).

Faculty Advisor

Case

Case has always had a passion for reading and writing and can often be found rereading any of Brandon Sanderson’s books. If he is not reading or writing, he is playing video games and getting way too invested in their lore. He enjoys Destiny, Warframe, and Monster Hunter. His favorite movies include both Into the Spider-Verse, Across the Spider-Verse, The Princess Bride, and both Venom movies. He loves Autumn and the rain it brings.

Editor

Design Team

From Las Vegas, DJ is a Senior majoring in graphic design. He is especially interested in publication design and branding. He is often found working with the risograph, Letterpress, or other physical processes. He loves the creative process and seeing ideas come to life.

DJ Wilson

Art Director

Jack Powell is a senior in the graphic design program at SUU. He forgot to write a bio so here’s a quick one: Visual textures are good, food is good, he likes publication and print design, he doesn’t quite know how to read, he only drinks chocolate milk and apple juice, he is scared of the ocean. ok, that's it. thanks.

Jack Powell

Merch Man

Aimee Barton

Aimee is from Hurricane Utah and a junior studying graphic design. Her favorite areas of design are print and publication. When Aimee isn’t behind her blinding neon orange laptop, she is spending time with family and friends, working in the resource room, or printing in the letterpress studio.

Assistant Art Director

Sophie is a senior at SUU studying graphic design. She is interested in going into branding and publication design. Along with graphic design, she loves painting, drawing, and photography. She is a big fan of naps, Dr. Pepper, and spending time outdoors with friends and family.

Sophie Stilson