The Basics
- First Name
- Jessica
- Middle Name/M.I.
- Last Name
- Nelson
- City
- Salt Lake City
- State/Territory/Province
- UT
- Country
- Website, Blog or Social Media Link
- Media Availability
- Yes
Professional Information
- Categories of Difference
- Title
- Volume Editor
- Institutional Affiliation
- Joseph Smith Papers, LDS Church History Dept.
- Highest Degree Relevant to Mormon Studies
- MS
- Discipline of Degree
- History
- Biographical Sketch
During my master’s program, I studied race, religion, and politics in the context of the racial priesthood and temple ban in Utah from 1960-1978. I currently work as a volume editor for the Joseph Smith Papers. I look forward to returning to graduate school where I hope to study race, religion, and genealogy in twentieth century America.
Mormon Studies Expertise
- Methods/ Approaches
- History, Religious Studies
- Chronological Focus
- 19th century, 20th century
- Geographic Focus
- United States and/or Canada
- Research Topics
- Politics/Political Issues/Political Engagement, Race/Ethnicity, Women's History
- Key Words
- Bibliography