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Natalie White

Salutatorian

Natalie White, a political science major, is the daughter of Scott and Kelly Sheffield and the second of four girls. She grew up in Pennsylvania and later moved to Provo, Utah before going on a mission to Fresno, California. She worked as a TA and RA for Dr. Ken Stiles in the Political Science Department, focusing on international relations theory. She interned at the BYU Law School and helped create a corpus linguistics database for the founding fathers. She became a Global Politics Research Fellow and worked closely with Dr. Wade Jacoby on populism research in the United States and Great Britain. Natalie presented research at two conferences on campus. Natalie is a Business Management minor and has worked for several small businesses in Provo. This fall, she will begin law school at the J. Reuben Clark School of Law at BYU. She would like to thank her husband, parents, and sisters for their support. She would like to express appreciation to the incredible political science faculty for their encouragement and mentorship, and special thanks to Professor Wade Jacoby.