Recently Published

Dissertation 

Spears, Robyn Shahan. “First Latter-day Saint Women Baptized in Europe and Oceania: Ann Cottam Dawson (1785-1849) and Teri’i (ca. 1800-ca. 1860).” PhD diss., University of Arkansas, 2024.

Thesis

Spears, Robyn Shahan. “Arkansas Aprons: Food Power and Women in Arkansas, 1857 to 1891.” ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2020.

Articles

Spears, Robyn Shahan. “The Ann Dawson Letter: The Only Extant Document by the First Female Baptized in Europe,” Journal of Mormon History 51, no. 2 (Spring 2025): 138-146. 

Spears, Robyn Shahan. “The Voice of Terii: First Latter-day Saint Female in Oceania,” Latter-day Saint Historical Studies 24, No. 2, (Fall 2023). 

Book Review

Spears, Robyn. Review of Jennifer Jensen Wallach, Every Nation Has Its Dish: Black Bodies and Black Food in Twentieth-Century America (University of North Carolina Press, 2019). Arkansas Historical Quarterly 80 (Winter 2021): 505-507. 

Talks

IN THE NEWS

“Doctoral Candidate Spears Claims Over $30,000 in Grants, Will Defend Dissertation in September,” UARK News, Fayetteville, Arkansas.

“Robyn Spears to Conclude Spring Graduate Speaker Series,” UARK News, Fayetteville, Arkansas.