Advancements

Kerry Muhlestein was appointed associate professor of ancient scripture, effective September 1.

Charles Swift was appointed associate professor of ancient scripture, effective September 1.

Mary Jane Woodger was appointed professor of Church history and doctrine, effective September 1.

Appointments

Susan Easton Black was elected president of BYU’s chapter of Phi Kappa Phi, an honors society that involves all disciplines.

Brad W. Farnsworth, former president of the Spain Madrid Mission and administrative vice president of BYU, has been appointed a member of the ancient scripture faculty.

Craig K. Manscill has been appointed to teach at the BYU Jerusalem Center for Near Eastern Studies during 2009–10.

Roger P. Minert was granted continuing faculty status effective September 1.

Craig J. Ostler was named Religious Education Teaching Fellow for 2009–11.

Brent L. Top was appointed chair of the Department of Church History and Doctrine, and Steven C. Harper was appointed associate chair on July 1.

Awards

Dan Belnap received the Susan Easton and Harvey Black Outstanding Publication Award in Ancient Scripture for his book Fillets of Fatling and Goblets of Gold.

Richard D. Draper received the Robert J. Matthews Teaching Award at the Religious Education spring social.

J. Spencer Fluhman won the Mormon History Association’s T. Edgar Lyon Article of the Year Award for “An ‘American Mohamet’: Joseph Smith, Muhammad, and the Problems of Prophets in Antebellum America,” Journal of Mormon History 34 (Summer 2008).

Robert C. Freeman received the B. West Belnap Citizenship Award at the Religious Education spring social.

Linda Godfrey, secretary in the Department of Church History and Doctrine, received the President’s Appreciation Award for her service.

Steven C. Harper received the Susan Easton and Harvey Black Outstanding Publication Award in Church History and Doctrine for his book Making Sense of the Doctrine and Covenants.

[Blank] received the university’s Karl G. Maeser Teaching Award on August 25.

Joany O. Pinegar, administrative assistant at the Religious Studies Center, received an award in recognition of her five years of service to Religious Education.

Clyde J. Williams received the Richard L. Anderson Research Award at the Religious Education spring social.

Outreach

Fred E. Woods taught a four-credit course on Mormon doctrine, history, and culture at the University of Iceland using Eldur Á Ís (Fire on Ice), published jointly by the Religious Studies Center and the University of Iceland Press. He was interviewed by the Icelandic newspaper Morgunbladid and by a national television program in Iceland called Kastljos (Spotlight). He lectured at the Culture House, the finest museum in Iceland, where his documentary Fire on Ice was warmly received. He also met with Karl Sigurbjornsson, the Lutheran bishop of Iceland.

In Memoriam

Clark V. Johnson, professor emeritus of Church history and doctrine, passed away on July 25, 2009.

Daniel H. Ludlow, former dean of Religious Education, passed away on February 14, 2009.

Truman G. Madson, professor emeritus of religion and philosophy, passed away on May 28, 2009.

Robert Clayton Patch, professor emeritus of Religious Education, passed away on November 24, 2008.