Benjamin Park

Benjamin Park received his PhD from the University of Cambridge and teaches at Sam Houston State University. He is the author or editor of five books, including Kingdom of Nauvoo: The Rise and Fall of a Religious Empire on the American Frontier, which won the Best Book Prize from the Mormon History Association, and American Zion: A New History of Mormonism, which won the Philip Schaff Prize for Best Book in the History of Christianity from the American Society of Church History. He also edited DNA Mormon: Perspectives on the Legacy of Historian D. Michael Quinn, published by Signature Books in 2022. He has served as president of the Mormon History Association and runs a popular YouTube Channel.