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About Interpreter

Founded in 2012, The Interpreter Foundation is an independent organization that supports The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. We publish a peer-reviewed academic journal, host conferences, and publish books. We offer a wide array of resources to provide deep insights into scripture, the Restoration, and a wide range of related topics.

The Interpreter Foundation is faithfully supportive of the Church of Jesus Christ, but is not owned, controlled by, or officially affiliated with the Church. The material published by the Interpreter Foundation is the sole responsibility of the respective authors and should not be interpreted as representing the views of The Interpreter Foundation or of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Mission Statement

Supporting The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints through scholarship. The Interpreter Foundation supports the Church in the following ways:

Promotion: We provide tools to encourage and facilitate personal learning by study and faith, and disseminate accurate information to the public about the Church.
Explanation: We make the results of relevant scholarship more accessible to non-specialists.
Defense: We respond to misunderstandings and criticisms of Church beliefs, policies, and practices.
Faithfulness: Our leadership, staff, and associates strive to follow Jesus Christ and be true to the teachings of His Church.
Scholarship: Our leadership, staff, and associates incorporate standards of scholarship appropriate to their academic disciplines.

The Interpreter Team

Board of Directors

Daniel C. Peterson

President

Daniel C. Peterson (PhD, University of California at Los Angeles) is a professor emeritus of Islamic studies and Arabic at Brigham Young University, where he founded the University’s Middle Eastern Texts Initiative. He has published and spoken extensively on both Islamic and Latter-day Saint subjects. Formerly chairman of the board of the Foundation for Ancient […]

Steven T. Densley, Jr.

Executive Vice President

Steve Densley, Jr. is a Utah attorney (J.D., Brigham Young University). He graduated with University Honors from BYU with a combined B.A./M.A. in public policy and political science. As an undergraduate, he was an assistant editor of the Pi Sigma Alpha Review. In law school, he was a member of the Law Review and the […]

Jeffrey M. Bradshaw

Vice President of Special Projects

Jeffrey M. Bradshaw (PhD, Cognitive Science, University of Washington) is a Senior Research Scientist at the Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition (IHMC) in Pensacola, Florida (www.ihmc.us/groups/jbradshaw. His professional writings have explored a wide range of topics in human and machine intelligence (www.jeffreymbradshaw.net). Jeff has been the recipient of several awards and patents and […]

Allen Wyatt

Vice President of Operations

Allen Wyatt, an internationally recognized expert in small computer systems, has written more than 60 books explaining different facets of working with computers. He is the president of Sharon Parq Associates, a computer and publishing services company. Before serving with the Interpreter Foundation, Allen served as vice president of FAIR and founding president of the […]

Matthew L. Bowen

Matthew L. Bowen was raised in Orem, Utah, and graduated from Brigham Young University. He holds a PhD in Biblical Studies from the Catholic University of America in Washington, DC, and is currently an associate professor in religious education at Brigham Young University-Hawaii. He is also the author of Name as Key-Word: Collected Essays on Onomastic […]

Kristine Wardle Frederickson

Kristine Wardle Frederickson (PhD, History, University of Utah) has taught over 25 university courses in the History, Women’s Studies, Honors, and Religion departments at Brigham Young University and Utah Valley University. She was an op-ed writer for ten years for The Deseret News and Mormon Times. She is the author of Extraordinary Courage: Women Empowered by the Gospel of […]

Jeffrey Dean Lindsay

Jeffrey D. Lindsay recently returned to the United States after almost nine years in Shanghai, China. Jeff has been providing online materials defending the Church for more than twenty years, primarily at JeffLindsay.com. His Mormanity blog on Church-topics began in 2004 and was recently converted to ArisefromtheDust.com. He is currently vice president for The Interpreter Foundation and […]

Shirley Smith Ricks

Shirley Smith Ricks (PhD, family studies, BYU) has worked since 1989 as an editor at the Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship, and retired from the Religious Studies Center at BYU in 2021. She has helped produce numerous books and periodicals, including several volumes of the […]

Management and Advisors

Deborah Peterson
Secretary/Treasurer
Kent Flack
Assistant Treasurer
Newell D. Wright
Communications Advisor
K. Paul MacArthur
Legal Advisor
Emily Rogers
Typesetting
Tyler R. Moulton
Media and Technology
Kyler Rasmussen
Media and Technology
Russell D. Richins
Media and Technology
Alan Sikes
Media and Technology
Kimberley Sorenson
Media and Technology
Kevin Christensen
Board of Advisors
Louis C. Midgley
Board of Advisors
Gregory L. Smith
Board of Advisors
Ed Snow
Board of Advisors
Ted Vaggalis
Board of Advisors

Board of Editors & Contributing Editors

David M. Calabro
Board of Editors
Craig L. Foster
Board of Editors
Taylor Halverson
Board of Editors
Benjamin L. McGuire
Board of Editors
Martin S. Tanner
Board of Editors
Bryan J. Thomas
Board of Editors
A. Keith Thompson
Board of Editors
John S. Thompson
Board of Editors
Robert S. Boylan
Contributing Editor
Jennifer C. Lane
Contributing Editor
David J. Larsen
Contributing Editor
Ugo A. Perego
Contributing Editor
Kyler Rasmussen
Contributing Editor
Stephen D. Ricks
Contributing Editor
Lynne Hilton Wilson
Contributing Editor
Mark Alan Wright
Contributing Editor

Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship

Daniel C. Peterson
Editor
Allen Wyatt
Managing Editor
Godfrey Ellis
Executive Editor
Brant A. Gardner
Executive Editor
Rebecca Lambert
Executive Editor
Tanya Spackman
Editorial Services Manager
Eden Buchert
Source Checking
Elizabeth Wyatt
Source Checking
Deidre Marlowe
Source Checking
Verlanne Johnson
Copy Editing
Julie Russell
Copy Editing
Kaitlin Cooper Swift
Copy Editing
Richard Flygare
Audio Production
Victor Worth
Audio Production

Interpreter Podcast

Martin S. Tanner
Producer and Host
Kevin Christensen
Host
Kristine Wardle Frederickson
Host
John Gee
Host
Terry Hutchinson
Host
Mark Johnson
Host
Brent Schmidt
Host
S. Hales Swift
Host
John S. Thompson
Host
Bruce Webster
Host

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All journal publications and video presentations are available for free by digital download and streaming. The price of hard copy versions of journal articles covers only the cost of printing; books are typically priced to help cover both upfront pre—publication expenses and royalties to authors when applicable. In some cases, the Foundation may subsidize publication costs to keep retail prices affordable.