Elder grew up in Washington and Utah and attended Brigham Young University. Being a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the dating environment of the freshman dorms inspired her to do this project on the social awkwardness of Latter-day Saint men who return home from proselytizing missions and try to fit back into the dating scene.
From the description of Awkward returned missionary stories : the anti-RM folklore of BYU freshmen, 2005. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 367544817