Project Team
Current Project Team
The final volume of the print edition of The Joseph Smith Papers was published in June 2023. We expect the web edition of the papers to be completed by December 2026.
CHURCH HISTORY DEPARTMENT EXECUTIVES
Kyle S. McKay
Executive Director, Church History Department, and Church Historian and Recorder
Hugo E. Martinez
Assistant Executive Director, Church History Department
Matthew J. Grow
Managing Director, Church History Department
DIRECTOR OF PUBLICATIONS
Matthew S. McBride
GENERAL EDITORS
Matthew C. Godfrey
R. Eric Smith
Ronald K. Esplin
MANAGING HISTORIAN
Brent M. Rogers
ASSOCIATE MANAGING HISTORIAN
Spencer W. McBride
EDITORIAL MANAGER
R. Eric Smith
ASSOCIATE EDITORIAL MANAGERS
Petra Javadi-Evans
Nicole Christensen Fernley
PRODUCT MANAGER
Nathan N. Waite
SENIOR RESEARCH AND REVIEW EDITOR
Mark Ashurst-McGee
PROJECT ARCHIVIST
Sharalyn D. Howcroft
WEB EDITORIAL LEAD
Sharon Nielsen
WEB TEAM
Melissa Garrison
McKinsey Kemeny
Elizabeth Kuehn
Catherine Reese Newton
Naomi White Raffensparger
Joshua Rust
Beverley Vermeulen
Contributors over the Course of the Project
In addition to the individuals identified above, the following individuals contributed to the Joseph Smith Papers.
CHURCH HISTORY DEPARTMENT EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS
Marlin K. Jensen (2004–2012)
Steven E. Snow (2012–2019)
LeGrand R. Curtis Jr. (2019–2022)
CHURCH HISTORY DEPARTMENT ASSISTANT EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS
Paul K. Sybrowsky (2008–2011)
Marcus B. Nash (2011–2014)
James J. Hamula (2014–2016)
J. Devn Cornish (2016–2019)
Kyle S. McKay (2019–2022)
CHURCH HISTORY DEPARTMENT MANAGING DIRECTORS
Richard E. Turley Jr. (2000–2010)
Reid L. Neilson (2010–2019)
NATIONAL ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS
Richard Lyman Bushman
Terryl L. Givens
Dean C. Jessee
Mary-Jo Kline
Laurie F. Maffly-Kipp
Sara Martin
Susan Holbrook Perdue
Stephen J. Stein
Harry S. Stout
DIRECTORS OF PUBLICATIONS
Reid L. Neilson (2009–2010)
Matthew J. Grow (2010–2019)
Dean C. Jessee (2007–2013)
Richard Lyman Bushman (2007–2013)
Matthew J. Grow (2013–2021)
MANAGING EDITOR
Ronald K. Esplin (2001–2012)
MANAGING HISTORIANS
Andrew H. Hedges (2012–2013)
Matthew C. Godfrey (2013–2021)
ASSOCIATE MANAGING EDITOR
Jeffrey N. Walker (2010–2013)
ASSOCIATE EDITOR
Ronald O. Barney (2010–2011)
ASSOCIATE MANAGING HISTORIANS
Matthew C. Godfrey (2012–2013)
Robin Scott Jensen (2013–2021)
Brent M. Rogers (2016–2021)
ASSOCIATE EDITORIAL MANAGERS
Nathan N. Waite (2012–2024)
Riley M. Lorimer (2014–2022)
PRODUCT MANAGERS
David L. Willden (2004–2014)
Ben Ellis Godfrey (2014–2021)
Benjamin H. Wood (2021–2024)
SENIOR RESEARCH AND REVIEW EDITOR
Richard L. Jensen
RESEARCH AND REVIEW EDITORS
Richard Lloyd Anderson
Jill Mulvay Derr
Andrew H. Hedges
Joseph Johnstun
Max H Parkin
Larry C. Porter
Steven R. Sorensen
VOLUME EDITORS
Mason K. Allred
Richard Lloyd Anderson
Mark Ashurst-McGee
Alexander L. Baugh
Christopher James Blythe
Karen Lynn Davidson
Gerrit J. Dirkmaat
Brett D. Dowdle
Ronald K. Esplin
Chad O. Foulger
Matthew C. Godfrey
Matthew J. Grow
David W. Grua
Steven C. Harper
William G. Hartley
Brian M. Hauglid
Andrew H. Hedges
Christian K. Heimburger
Sharalyn D. Howcroft
Richard L. Jensen
Robin Scott Jensen
Dean C. Jessee
J. Chase Kirkham
Riley M. Lorimer
Michael Hubbard MacKay
Jeffrey D. Mahas
Matthew S. McBride
Spencer W. McBride
Jessica M. Nelson
Max H Parkin
Adam H. Petty
Tyson Reeder
Brenden W. Rensink
Brent M. Rogers
Royal Skousen
Alex D. Smith
Richard E. Turley Jr.
Grant Underwood
Jordan T. Watkins
David J. Whittaker
Robert J. Woodford
EDITORIAL STAFF
Linda Hunter Adams
Angela Ashurst-McGee
Suzy Bills
Kathryn Tanner Burnside
Mark G. Coulson
Leslie Sherman Edgington
Alison Kitchen Gainer
Kaytee Johnson
Shannon Kelly Jorgensen
Kelley Konzak
Caroline Bliss Larsen
Constance Palmer Lewis
Larry E. Morris
Taylor Kalia Orr
Rachel Osborne
Amanda Owens
Alison Palmer
Jay A. Parry
Sarah Gibby Peris
Keaton Reed
Heather Seferovich
Caitlin Shirts
Stephanie Steed
Angela M. Thompson
Jeremy Walker
Jed Woodworth
PROJECT ARCHIVISTS
Robin Scott Jensen
Jeffrey O. Johnson
DOCUMENT SPECIALISTS
Mark Ashurst-McGee
Ronald O. Barney
Christy L. Best
Jeffrey G. Cannon
Joseph F. Darowski
Kay Darowski
Scott H. Faulring
Sharalyn D. Howcroft
Dean C. Jessee
Michael Hubbard MacKay
Jeffrey D. Mahas
Sharon E. Nielsen
Max H Parkin
Brent M. Rogers
Glenn N. Rowe
TRANSCRIPTION SPECIALISTS
Lee Ann Clanton
Naoma Eastley
Sandra Strange
RESEARCH SPECIALISTS
Brian P. Parton
Noel R. Barton
Steven Motteshard
The project acknowledgments page provides a comprehensive list of all known project contributors.