a cultural history of the book of mormon: volume one: setting, a foundation, of stones to stumble over
Daymon Smith holds a PhD from the University of Pennsylvania in Anthropology, with a focus on historical uses of language.  He had authored numerous articles and books on Mormonism, and so on.  Let's assume you'll just Google him, and find his blog at daymonsmith.wordpress.com, and see his other books and accolades and honors and titles and church callings listed there . . .