Aaron Gorner
Provo,UT
Summary
Dedicated and avid reader, writer, and learner. I love to work with people, to help them locate the beauty in their thoughts and ideas, and to collaborate in the process of creation and education.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
Work History
Writing Consultant
BYU Research and Writing Center
09.2023 - Current
- Performed over 2000 one one-on-one consultations with students
- Collaborate to improve their writing and the clarity of their thinking
- Work on a committee for database resources and website design
- Extensive training with tutoring multilingual writers and working with multicultural identities
- Training with scaffolding methods and tutor praxis
Honors Student Instructor
BYU Honors Program
09.2023 - Current
- Teach class of 40 Bi-weekly
- Instruct in honors-level writing
- Hold office hours and work with students
- Design class and publish grades on online software
Content Writer
Neal A. Maxwell Institute For Religious Scholarship
09.2021 - 01.2023
- Wrote content for 2022 Abide Podcast
- Edited episode manuscripts and cataloged sources for the website
- Conducted research and presented at regular meetings
- Interviewed on 5 episodes
Researcher
Department of Ancient Scripture
08.2021 - 04.2022
- Read and translated Hebrew documents into English for research convenience
- Conducted research on Syro-Hittite cities
- Reviewed literature and cataloged sources
- Authored summaries
Research and Writing
Trevan Hatch, Religion and Family History
05.2021 - 08.2021
- Organized databases on Excel and systematized data collection
- Coordinated weekly meetings and kept records of proceedings
- Catalogued over 2000 scholarly sources for publication in encyclopedia project
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Comparative Literature, French, Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Brigham Young University
Provo, UT04.2026
Skills
- Creative writing
- Writing workshops
- Proofreading proficiency
- Content development
- Marketing communications
Awards
- 2021, BYU Kennedy Scholar
- 2022, Harold B. Lee Library Research Grant
Publications
Gorner, Aaron, BY. “Mazar's Modified Chronology: The Preservation of Solomonic Possibilities” (2023). BYU Student Works. 361.
Gorner, Aaron, BY. “Milton, Immortality, and Obtaining Eliot’s ‘Significant Emotion’”. Criterion: A Journal of Literary Criticism vol. 17 no. 1 (2024).
Gorner, Aaron, BY. "The Siren's Song: Dante's Differentiation from Virgil in Purgatorio II, XIX, and XXX." Spectrum 13 (2024).
Gorner, Aaron, BY. “Thou Swear’st Thy Gods in Vain: The Victory of Christ as Deus Ex Machina in King Lear over Apollo in Euripides’s Orestes.” Criterion: A Journal of Literary Criticism, vol. 19 no. 1 (2025).
Presentations
- 2021, Good Understanding and A Beautiful Countenance: 1 Samuel 25 and the True Biblical Voice
- 2022, Middle Ground: What Mazar's Modified Chronology Reveals about the Future of Biblical Archaeology
- 2023, David and the Lion: Atonement Theory Without Satisfaction
- 2025, Thou Swear'st Thy Gods in Vain
2021 Kennedy Scholar
Award given to student who embodies the aims of the Kennedy Center for International Studies
Languages
French
Full Professional
Hebrew
Limited Working
Timeline
Writing Consultant
BYU Research and Writing Center
09.2023 - Current
Honors Student Instructor
BYU Honors Program
09.2023 - Current
Content Writer
Neal A. Maxwell Institute For Religious Scholarship
09.2021 - 01.2023
Researcher
Department of Ancient Scripture
08.2021 - 04.2022
Research and Writing
Trevan Hatch, Religion and Family History
05.2021 - 08.2021
Bachelor of Arts - Comparative Literature, French, Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Brigham Young University
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