Sources
- confetti books entry
- Joseph Smith Papers editor bio
- Claremont Mormon Studies association mention of participation
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Grant Revon Underwood | |
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| Born | May 4, 1954 Glendale, California, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
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| Alma mater | Brigham Young University University of California, Los Angeles |
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| Discipline | History |
| Institutions | Brigham Young University Brigham Young University–Hawaii |
Grant Revon Underwood [1] is a historian of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) and a professor at Brigham Young University (BYU). He is also the author of The Millennial World of Early Mormonism and the editor of Voyages of Faith:Explorations in Mormon Pacific History.
Underwood was born in Glendale,California and raised in Anaheim,California. He served as a missionary for the LDS Church in Argentina from 1973 to 1975.
Underwood and his wife,the former Sheree Jolley,are the parents of seven children. In the LDS Church he has served in several callings,including twice as a bishop.
Underwood received his B.A. in 1977 [2] and M.A. in 1981, [3] both in history,from BYU. He received his Ph.D. in history from the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) in 1988. His advisor was Daniel Walker Howe. [4]
During his BYU graduate studies,Underwood worked as an LDS Seminary teacher at Thunderbird High School in Phoenix,Arizona from 1977 to 1981. [4] [5] While studying at UCLA,he taught at the LDS Institute of Religion in Los Angeles (1981–86),and later became Director of the Institute in Pomona,California (1986–92). [4] He was then a religion professor at Brigham Young University–Hawaii from 1992 to 1999,where he was elected Teacher of the Year multiple times. [6] In 2000 he joined the faculty of BYU in Provo,Utah as a professor of history and Research Historian with the Joseph Fielding Smith Institute for Latter-day Saint History. [4] In 2009 Underwood was on leave from BYU and working on the Joseph Smith Papers Project.
Underwood has been active in the Mormon History Association,serving on its Council from 1987 to 1990 and on the Board of Editors for the Journal of Mormon History from 1984 to 1987. [7] In Hawaii,he was active in the Mormon Pacific Historical Society and served on its board of directors. [6] In 2007 Underwood created a Mormon studies unit for the American Academy of Religion and served as co-chair. [2] [8]
Having background in Hawaii and Pacific Mormon history,Underwood is a Tour Director for the Hawaiian excursion from the company LDS Travel Study. [6]
The Millenarian World of Early Mormonism
Underwood has also written several articles on a broad variety of topics related to the history of the LDS Church,especially related to the doctrinal views of the LDS Church and its members in the nineteenth century. He has also written Mormon history book reviews for academic journals.
The following is a list of some of Underwood's publications:
Underwood, Grant (March 19, 1994). "Frontiers in Mormon Pacific History". Mormon Pacific Historical Society Proceedings, Fifteenth Annual Conference (15): 54–55.
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