BA Brigham Young University, MFA Emerson College

Email: merritt.mecham@utah.edu

Merritt Mecham is a writer based in Salt Lake City. Her work has appeared in Bright Wall / Dark Room, The Female Gaze, RogerEbert.Com, and City Weekly, Salt Lake City’s Alt Weekly newspaper. She has a Master of Fine Arts degree in Writing for Film & Television from Emerson College. Prior to joining the College of Fine Arts, Merritt worked for the U’s Film & Media Department, Sundance Film Festival, and KSL NewsRadio. Outside of work, Merritt is an avid movie-theater-goer, and enjoys collecting hobbies— from beading to painting to cooking to embroidery.