Biography
Rob Eaton is a Visiting Teaching Professor. Rob and his wife, Dianne Hansen Eaton, have four children and live in Payson, Utah.
Rob earned his BA at Brigham Young University in international relations and graduated with distinction from Stanford Law School. He practiced law and worked as a health insurance executive in Seattle for 10 years. After teaching seminary and Institute for three years, he joined the religious education faculty of BYU-Idaho in 2004. From 2009 – 2013, he was the associate academic vice president for online learning and Pathway, which now serves over 60,000 students in over 180 nations.
Rob and his wife served as mission leaders from 2013 – 2016. From 2017 – 2020, he again served as an associate academic vice president. In that role, he helped develop and teach a semester-long course for new faculty at BYU-Idaho. Rob is the author or co-author of multiple books, including President Henry B. Eyring’s biography, and was the compiler of Return: Four Phases of Our Mortal Journey Home, by Elder Robert D. Hales. Most recently, he is the co-author of Improving Learning and Mental Health in the College Classroom.