Kenneth L. Alford, PhD, is a professor of Church history and doctrine at Brigham Young University. After serving almost thirty years on active duty in the U.S. Army, he retired as a colonel in 2008. He served in numerous military assignments, including the Pentagon, eight years teaching computer science at the United States Military Academy at West Point, and four years as department chair and professor teaching strategic leadership at the National Defense University in Washington, DC. He has served as the BYU Religious Education Teaching Fellow and is an Honorary Life Member of the Utah State Historical Society. He has received the Richard Lloyd Anderson Research Award and the Harvey B. and Susan Easton Black Outstanding Publication Award. He is the current H. Ephraim Hatch Teaching and Learning Faculty Fellow. His books include Old Testament Insights; Dreams as Revelation; Utah and the American Civil War: The Written Record; Saints at War: The Gulf War, Afghanistan, and Iraq; and Civil War Saints. Ken and his late wife, Sherilee, have four children and eighteen grandchildren.

Krystal V. L. Pierce, PhD, is an assistant professor in the Department of Ancient Scripture at BYU. She received a PhD in Egyptology and Near Eastern languages and cultures from UCLA and an MA and BA in Egyptian archaeology and Near Eastern studies from UC Berkeley. She has taught classes on Egyptology and ancient Near Eastern studies at the BYU Jerusalem Center, UCLA, and UC Berkeley. She has participated in archaeological excavations at several sites in Egypt and Israel and is currently head registrar for the Tel Shimron Excavations in the Galilee region of Israel. She has authored several articles and chapters on the Book of Mormon, Bible, and ancient Near East. Her most recent publications are the coedited books Approaching Holiness: Exploring the History and Teachings of the Old Testament (BYU RSC/Deseret Book, 2021) and Excavations at the Seila Pyramid and Fag el-Gamous Cemetery (Brill, 2020). Krystal and her husband, Professor George Pierce, have two children.

Mary Jane Woodger, EdD, is a professor of Church history and doctrine at Brigham Young University. She has written and published over twenty books, including three books about the life and teachings of David O. McKay. She has also authored numerous articles on doctrinal, historical, and educational subjects. These articles have appeared in various academic journals, as well as in the Journal of Mormon History, Mormon Historical Studies, the Ensign, and the Religious Educator. Awards she has received include the Richard Lloyd Anderson Research Award, the Best Article of the Year Award from the Utah Historical Society, the Brigham Young University Faculty Women’s Association Teaching Award, the Harvey B. and Susan Easton Black Outstanding Publication Award, and the Alice Louise Reynolds Women-in-Scholarship Honor. Woodger’s current research interests include twentieth-century Church history, Latter-day Saint women’s history, and Church education.