Steven C. Harper
Steven Craig Harper (born 1970) is a professor of church history and doctrine at Brigham Young University. He was a historian for the Church History Department of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. From 2019, he is the Editor-in-Chief of "BYU Studies Quarterly". Biography. Harper is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). He served a mission for the LDS Church in Canada Winnipeg Mission. Harper earned his B.A. in history from BYU in 1994. While a student at BYU he worked as an editorial  assistant at "BYU Studies" in the compilation of the journals of William E. McLellin for publication. Harper earned an M.A. in American history from Utah State University in 1996, and a Ph.D. in early American history from Lehigh University in 2001. During his graduate studies Harper also took a summer seminar in Latter-day Saint history directed by Richard L. Bushman. He taught history and religion at BYU-Hawaii from 2000 to 2001 and joined the faculty in the Department of Church History and Doctrine at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah in 2002. Since that time he has also  served as an editor of "The Joseph Smith Papers", working on volumes in the Revelations and Translations Series and the Documents Series. At the start of 2019 Harper became editor-in-chief of "BYU Studies Quarterly". Harper has also been co-editor of "Prelude to the Restoration: Apostasy to the Restored Church" with Fred E. Woods, Andrew H. Hedges, Patty Smith and Thomas R. Valletta. In 2010 "Preserving the History of the Latter-day Saints" that he co-edited with Richard E. Turley, Jr. was published. In 2012 "Exploring the First Vision" that he co-edited with Samuel Alonzo Dodge . In 2008 "Regional Studies in Latter-day Saint Church History: The Pacific Isles" that Harper co-edited with Fred E. Woods, Reid L. Neilson, Craig K. Manscill and Mary Jane Woodger was published.