The BYU Slavery Project is a collaborative project of faculty and students studying the legacies of slavery and the founding of Brigham Young University.
Steering Committee
Rebecca de Schweinitz
Associate Professor of History, BYU
Matthew Mason
Professor of History, BYU
Christopher Jones
Assistant Professor of History and Family History, BYU
Brenden W. Rensink
Associate Director, Charles Redd Center for Western Studies; Associate Professor of History; and Steering Committee Chair
Advisory Board
Anthony Bates
Director of Student Leadership and BYUSA Student Advisory Council Coordinator, BYU
Ryan Gabriel
Assistant Professor of Sociology, BYU
Farina King
(Diné), Assistant Professor of History, Northeastern State University
Louise Wheeler
Assistant Clinical Professor in Counseling and Psychological Services, Brigham Young University
Maurice Crandall
(Yavapai-Apache), Assistant Professor of Native American Studies, Dartmouth College
Janan Graham-Russell
Ph.D. Candidate in the Study of Religion, Harvard University
Cameron McCoy
Assistant Professor of History, U.S. Air Force Academy
Support from the following Brigham Young University entities:
- College of Family, Home, and Social Sciences
- Department of History
- Charles Redd Center for Western Studies
- Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
