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Matt Kester
Degree Completed:
phd
Program End Year:
2008
Current Occupation:
Associate Professor, BYU - Hawaii
Email:
mkester@umail.ucsb.edu
Dissertation Title:
Remembering Iosepa: History, Place, and Religion in the American West
Faculty Advisor(s):
Paul Spickard