Boyd Petersen

Boyd Jay Petersen is former editor of Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought, and served as the Program Coordinator for Mormon Studies at Utah Valley University, where he taught courses on Mormon Literature and Religious Studies. His book, Hugh Nibley: A Consecrated Life, won the best biography award from the Mormon History Association in 2003, and he has published widely in the emerging field of Mormon Studies. He holds a PhD in Comparative Literature from the University of Utah and an MA in Comparative Literature from the University of Maryland.