Biography
Alexander L. Baugh is a professor and former chair of the Department of Church History and Doctrine at Brigham Young University, where he has been a full-time faculty member since 1995. He received his BS from Utah State University and his MA and PhD degrees from Brigham Young University. He specializes in researching and writing about the Missouri period of early Church history (1831–39). He is the author, editor, or coeditor of twelve books, including three volumes of the Document series of The Joseph Smith Papers (Documents, volumes 4, 5, and 6). In addition, he has published more than eighty historical journal articles, essays, and book chapters. He is a member of the Mormon History Association and the John Whitmer Historical Association, having served as president of the latter organization in 2006–7. He is also the past editor of Mormon Historical Studies and past codirector of research for the BYU Religious Studies Center. He is married to the former Susan Johnson, and they are the parents of five children. He and his wife reside in Highland, Utah.
Research Interests
Early LDS Church HistoryHistory of the LDS Church in Missouri, 1831-1839
Teaching Interests
Joseph Smith the the Restoration (REL C 341)Foundations of the Restoration (REL C 225)
Doctrine and Covenants, Sections 1-76 (REL C 324)
Doctrine and Covenants, Sections 77-138, OD 1-2 (REL C 325)
Doctrine and Covenants (REL C 320)
Professional Citizenship
- Member, Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society (2015 - Present)
- Member, Missouri Mormon Frontier Foundation (1997 - Present)
- Member, John Whitmer Historical Association (1995 - Present)
- Member, Mormon History Association (1994 - Present)
- Editorial Review Board Member, Mormon History Association (2021 - 2023)
- Board Member, History of the Saints Board (2013 - 2021)
- Other, John Whitmer Historical Association (2018 - 2020)
- Board Member, Mormon History Association (2016 - 2019)
- Other, Mormon Historical Studies (2006 - 2014)
- Board Member, Mormon Historic Sites Foundation (1999 - 2011)
- Other, John Whitmer Historical Association (2008 - 2011)
- Other, Mormon History Association (2008 - 2009)
- Other, John Whitmer Historical Association (2006 - 2007)
- Other, Mormon Historical Studies (2000 - 2006)
- Officer (specify in Other), John Whitmer Historical Association (2005 - 2006)
- Other, Mormon History Association (2002 - 2006)
- Other, Mormon History Association (1999 - 2002)
- Other, John Whitmer Historical Association (1999 - 2001)
- Other, Nauvoo Journal (1997 - 1999)
- Other, Mormon History Association (1995 - 1998)