Brian Birch received his Bachelors and Masters degrees in Philosophy from the University of Utah (1990, 1992) and completed a Ph.D. in Philosophy of Religion and Theology from Claremont Graduate University in 1998. He specializes in the philosophy of religion, ethics, religious pluralism, and comparative Christian thought. He is the founding editor of Teaching Ethics and Element: The Journal of the Society for Mormon Philosophy and Theology. His current book project is entitled Mormonism Among Christian Theologies for Oxford University Press.

Boyd Peterson received his Bachelors degree from Brigham Young University in French and International Relations. He went on to obtain a Masters from the University of Maryland and a Ph.D. from the University of Utah, both in Comparative Literature. His  research emphases are Romanticism and religious literature. He regularly teaches Literature of the Sacred and Mormon Literature in the Department of English and Literature. He is the author of Hugh Nibley: A Consecrated Life and currently serves as President of the Association for Mormon Letters and as Book Review Editor for the Journal of Mormon History. 

Gae Lyn Henderson received her Masters in English from Brigham Young University and her Ph.D. in the same from the University of Utah. She has served as the Writing Program Coordinator here at UVU and teaches both upper and lower division writing courses.

David Knowlton is a sociocultural anthropologist who specializes in the anthropology of Latin America (with a focus on the Andes), the anthropology of Mormonism, and social theory. His current interests include the social organization of the transnational space of religion, the socioeconomic correlates of religious membership in Latin America, the phenomenology of Mormon life, and the relationship between neoliberalism and social movements in Bolivia. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Texas, Austin.

Michael Minch specializes in the connections between moral, political, and democratic theory. He also works on issues of theological ethics, environmental political theory, and ecotheology. He received his Bachelors degree from Grand Canyon University and, after graduate study at Drew University, he completed his Ph.D. from the University of Utah in political science. Michael currently serves as the director of UVU's Peace and Justice Studies Program and teaches courses in Christianity and Politics, Political Philosophy, and Introduction to Christian Theology.

Dennis Potter is an associate professor of philosophy at Utah Valley University where he specializes in the philosophy of religion, the philosophy of logic, and the Vienna Circle. Dennis has published articles on philosophical theology and on the nature of diagrammatic argument in mathematics. His current research is focused on the philosophy of Baruch Spinoza and its contemporary applications. He pursued graduate study in philosophy at the University of Notre Dame and Florida State University, where he completed a Masters degree. 

Alex Stecker began his education at Brigham Young University, earning a degree in History and Political Science and afterwards pursuing a Masters in Near Eastern and Judaic Studies at Brandeis University. He went on to obtain a DDS in New Testament Studies from Oxford University and a Ph.D. Rabbinical Studies & Archaeology from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He currently is a Senior Lecturer in History and teaches classes in Jewish History and ancient religious texts. 

Jen Wahlquist began her higher education at Brigham Young University where she earned a Bachelors degree in English and a Masters degree in American Literature. She has served as chair of the Department of English and Literature and teaches classes in Women's Literature, Mormon Literature, and Shakespeare.  

Ken White began his education at the University of Utah, earning a Bachelors degree in Russian. He went on to complete a Masters degree in Japanese and a Ph.D. in Buddhist Studies, both from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is currently a lecturer in the Department of Philosophy and Humanities and his classes include: Introduction to Western Religions, Introduction to Eastern Religions, and East Asian Buddhist Philosophy.