We are delighted to recognize the recipients of our 2025 scholarship awards: Harrison Endicott, Grace Guentzel, Makoto Hunter, and Phoebe Turvaville. These outstanding scholars were selected based on their academic excellence, promising research, and potential contributions to the field. Each recipient was actively involved throughout the conference—not only assisting with its logistics and operations but also presenting their own research as part of the formal program. Their presence reflects the vitality of the next generation of historians, and their work enriches our shared academic community.
Harrison Endicott is a sophomore undergraduate student at Brigham Young University. His primary field of study is history, with an emphasis on religious history in the early American Republic, and his minor field of study is English. He is a member of Phi Alpha Theta, the History Honor Society. His work includes the winner of the 2022 BYU Department of History Cultural History Award: “Home, Sweet Home,” an unpublished paper that examines songs and sociality among American Civil War soldiers. Harrison is currently working as the research assistant to Jeff Hardy on a project analyzing trends in Latter-day Saint hymnody.
Grace Guentzel holds a BS in Economics, a BA in History, and a BA in Business (Global Politics) from Arizona State University, where she is currently pursuing her MA in History. Her research interests include the intersection of religion and politics in post-Soviet Russia, as well as Jewish and Latter-day Saint history. She was a finalist in the Philadelphia Jewish Film and Media Social Media Contest and posts weekly history videos on TikTok and Instagram, where she has garnered over 80,000 followers and 60 million views combined.
Makoto Hunter is a graduate student in history at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She researches the overlap of antipolygamy and antiprostitution in Progressive Era policy and culture.
Phoebe Turvaville is a second-year student at Brigham Young University pursuing a degree in History with minors in Music and Art History & Curatorial Studies. Throughout her life, she has engaged in a study of history through personal research and time spent at numerous historical sites, both near her home in North Carolina and abroad in her favored European locale. She believes if everyone studied history more, the world would be a better place. To that end, she is working towards a career in museum education and historic site preservation.
Read what scholarship recipients say about their experience.
