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Boyd Jay Petersen (born February 23, 1962) is program coordinator for Mormon Studies at Utah Valley University (UVU) and teaches English and literature at UVU and Brigham Young University (BYU). He has also been a biographer of Hugh Nibley, a candidate for the Utah House of Representatives, and president of the Association for Mormon Letters. He was named editor of ''Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought'' for the term 2016-2020. ==Biography== Petersen was born in Provo, Utah, and raised as a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). From 1980-1981, he was a proselyting missionary in Paris, France. After his mission, Petersen attended Brigham Young University (BYU), receiving his bachelor's degree in French and international relations in 1988. In 1995, he received an M.A. in comparative literature from the University of Maryland at College Park. In 2007, he completed his Ph.D. in comparative literature from the University of Utah's Department of Languages and Literature. Petersen has been an intern for the U.S. House of Representatives, in the staff of the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, and a Senior Information Specialist for the Congressional Research Service at the Library of Congress. In 1984, Petersen married Zina Nibley, a daughter of Hugh Nibley. They have four children and reside in Provo, Utah.〔 Petersen has been a lecturer in the honors program at BYU, and for the English and Humanities Departments at Utah Valley University, where he received a Faculty Excellence Award in 2006.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher=Utah County Democrats )〕 Through his familial relationship to Hugh Nibley, Petersen authored the 2002 biography ''Hugh Nibley: A Consecrated Life''. Petersen has also published articles in several journals, including ''BYU Studies'', ''Sunstone'', ''Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought'', and the ''Journal of Mormon History''.〔 Petersen is the program coordinator for Mormon Studies at Utah Valley University. He has also been on the board of directors for the Association for Mormon Letters (AML), Mormon Scholars in the Humanities, and ''Segullah'', a Mormon-themed literary journal.〔 He served as AML's president from 2009-2010. He is book review editor for the ''Journal of Mormon History'', and was named editor for ''Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought'' for the 2016-2020 term. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Boyd Petersen」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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