Boyd Jay Petersen was born on February 23,1962 and is program coordinator for Mormon Studies at Utah Valley University and teaches English and literature at UVU and Brigham Young University.
11 Facts About Boyd Petersen
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Boyd Petersen has been a biographer of Hugh Nibley, a candidate for the Utah House of Representatives, and president of the Association for Mormon Letters.
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Boyd Petersen has been an intern for the US House of Representatives, in the staff of the US Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, and a Senior Information Specialist for the Congressional Research Service at the Library of Congress.
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In 1984, Boyd Petersen married Zina Nibley, a daughter of Hugh Nibley.
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Boyd 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.
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Boyd Petersen has published articles in several journals, including BYU Studies, Sunstone, Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought, and the Journal of Mormon History.
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Boyd Petersen is the program coordinator for Mormon Studies at Utah Valley University.
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Boyd Petersen has been on the board of directors for the Association for Mormon Letters, Mormon Scholars in the Humanities, and Segullah, a Mormon-themed literary journal.
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In March 2008, Boyd Petersen announced his candidacy for District 64 of the Utah State House of Representatives, running as a socially conservative Democrat in a heavily conservative region.
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Boyd Petersen opposed Republican Rebecca Lockhart on a platform of ethics and health care reform, as well as improved public education.
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In 2012, Boyd Petersen ran again against Lockhart, who had since become the Speaker of the House.