Steven C. Harper

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Steven Craig Harper
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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.

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.[1]

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.[2] 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.[3] During his graduate studies Harper also took a summer seminar in Latter-day Saint history directed by Richard L. Bushman.[4]

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.[3]

At the start of 2019 Harper became editor-in-chief of BYU Studies Quarterly.

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