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316–D JSB, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602 • (801) 422-6497 • [email protected]

KENNETH L. ALFORD

PROFESSOR OF CHURCH HISTORY AND DOCTRINE COLONEL, U.S. ARMY (RETIRED)

EDUCATION

Ph.D. in Computer Science May 2000 George Mason University Dissertation — “Parallel Information Retrieval and Visualization on Large,

Unstructured Document Collections Using Web Link Information”

M.C.S. in Computer Science May 1986 University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign

M.A. in International Relations June 1982 University of Southern California

B.A. in Political Science April 1979 Brigham Young University Valedictorian, College of Social Sciences Highest Honors, Honors Program Magna Cum Laude University Scholar

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE (Academic faculty employment highlighted)

Professor, Church History and Doctrine Department, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah.

2016–Present

Associate Professor, Church History and Doctrine Department, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah.

2008–2016

Professor and Department Chair, Leadership and Information Strategy Department, Industrial College of the Armed Forces, National Defense University, Washington, DC.

2005–2008

Professor, Leadership and Information Strategy Department, Industrial College of the Armed Forces, National Defense University, Washington, DC.

2004–2005


Associate Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, United States Military Academy, West Point, New York.

2003–2004

Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, United States Military Academy, West Point, New York.

2000–2003

Executive Officer, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, United States Military Academy, West Point, New York.

2001–2004

Ph.D. Graduate Student and Senior Military Student Advisor, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia.

1997–2000

Acquisition Division Chief, U.S. Army CECOM (Communication–Electronics Command) Acquisition Center—Washington, Alexandria, Virginia (managed $5.6 billion in federal automation contracts).

1995–1997

Adjunct Faculty, Park College, Parkland, Missouri. 1994–1995

Group Leader, U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.

1994–1995

Information Systems Analyst, U.S. Army Directorate of Information Systems for Command, Control, Communication, and Computers (DISC4), Washington, DC (a computer project “think tank” for the Secretary of the Army and Chief of Staff, U.S. Army).

1992–1994

Assistant Professor, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, United States Military Academy, West Point, New York.

1990–1992

Instructor, Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, United States Military Academy, West Point, New York.

1989–1990

Instructor, Department of Geography and Computer Science, United States Military Academy, West Point, New York.

1988–1989

Graduate Student and Senior Military Student Advisor, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, Illinois.

1986–1988

Assistant School Secretary and Computer Officer, U.S. Army Soldier Support Institute, Training and Doctrine Command, Fort Harrison, Indiana (coordinated six Army and one Department of Defense schools and the Office of the Commandant).

1983–1986

Platoon Leader, Executive Officer, Chief of Enlisted Records, Chief of Officer Records, Chief of Personnel Actions, and Chief of Personnel Management, U.S. Army 261st Personnel Service Company, Heilbronn, West Germany.

1979–1982


COURSES TAUGHT

BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY PROVO, UTAH

History 199R: Academic Internship 2016 Department of History

Religion C 695R: Directed Readings in Church History 2011 Department of Church History and Doctrine, Religious Education

Religion A 327: The Pearl of Great Price 2014 Department of Ancient Scripture, Religious Education

Religion C 325: Doctrine & Covenants (Sections 77–138) 2010–Present Department of Church History and Doctrine, Religious Education

Religion C 324: Doctrine & Covenants (Sections 1–76) 2009–Present Department of Church History and Doctrine, Religious Education

Religion C 261: Introduction to LDS Family History 2008–2009 Department of Church History and Doctrine, Religious Education

Religion C 225: Foundations of the Restoration 2018–Present Department of Church History and Doctrine, Religious Education

NATIONAL DEFENSE UNIVERSITY WASHINGTON, DC

Strategic Leadership 2005–2008

Regional Security Study: Northeast Asia 2007

Communications Technology Industry Study 2007

Information Technology Industry Study 2005–2006

Introduction to Strategic Resources 2005

Leadership and Transformation 2004

UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY WEST POINT, NEW YORK

CS 489: Advanced Individual Study in Computer Science 1991 Course Director, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

CS 408A: Computer Information Systems Design II 2001, 2004 Course Director, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

CS 407A: Computer Information Systems Design I 2000, 2003 Course Director, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science


CS 400: Computer Science Seminar 2001, 2004 Course Director, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

CS 383: Computer Systems 2000–2001 Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

CS 382B: Advanced Personal Computing 1989–1992, 2002–2003 Course Director, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

EF 155: Introduction to Computing (Advanced Placement) 1989 Course Director, Department of Geography and Computer Science

EF 105: Introduction to Computing 1988–1989 Department of Geography and Computer Science

MS 402: Advanced Military Science 2003 Department of Military Science

MS 202: Leadership 1992 Department of Military Science

MS 102: Basic Military Science 1991 Department of Military Science

INSTITUTE OF RELIGION (VOLUNTEER INSTRUCTOR) ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA

Religion 342: Latter-day Saint History, 1845–1900 2005, 2008

Religion 341: Latter-day Saint History, 1805–1844 2004, 2007

Religion 333: Teachings of the Living Prophets 2005, 2007

Religion 325: The Doctrine & Covenants (Sections 77–138) 2007

Religion 324: The Doctrine & Covenants (Sections 1–76) 2006

Religion 304: Writings of Isaiah 2005–2006

Religion 302: The Old Testament (1 Kings–Malachi) 2000

Religion 301: The Old Testament (Genesis–2 Samuel) 1999

Religion 212: The New Testament 2000

DAILY SEMINARY (VOLUNTEER INSTRUCTOR) INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA AND SPRINGFIELD, VIRGINIA

The Old Testament 1983–1984, 1998–1999

The Doctrine & Covenants and Church History 1985–1986, 1997–1998

The Book of Mormon 1996–1997

The New Testament 1995–1996


PARK COLLEGE (ADJUNCT FACULTY) FORT LEAVENWORTH, KANSAS

CS 490: Computer Science Senior Project 1995

CS 360: Database Management 1994

CS 255: Data Structures 1995

PUBLICATIONS

BOOKS

[Forthcoming] Kenneth L. Alford, ed., Saints at War: The Gulf War, Afghanistan, and Iraq (Provo, Utah: BYU Religious Studies Center and Deseret Book, 2020).

[Forthcoming] Vance Theodore, Kenneth L. Alford, Blake Boatright, and Roger Keller, eds., Latter-day Saint Military Chaplains: Development, History, and Ministry (Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University Press, 2019). [Graduate program textbook]

[Forthcoming] Mary Jane Woodger, Kenneth L. Alford, and Craig K. Manscill, eds., Dreams as Revelation (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Company, 2019).

Kenneth L. Alford, ed. Utah and the American Civil War: The Written Record (Norman, Oklahoma: Arthur H. Clark Company, an imprint of University of Oklahoma Press, 2017). 864 pages.

Kenneth L. Alford and Richard E. Bennett, eds. An Eye of Faith: Essays in Honor of Richard O. Cowan (Provo, Utah: Religious Studies Center and Deseret Book, 2015). 403 pages.

Kenneth L. Alford, ed. Civil War Saints (Provo, Utah: Religious Studies Center and Deseret Book, 2012). 558 pages.

Scott C. Esplin and Kenneth L. Alford, eds. Salt Lake City: The Place Which God Prepared (Provo, Utah: Religious Studies Center and Deseret Book, 2011). 352 pages.

BOOK CHAPTERS

[Forthcoming] Kenneth L. Alford, “They Were Called: LDS Chaplains from the Spanish-American War to WWI” in Vance Theodore, Kenneth L. Alford, Blake Boatright, and Roger Keller, eds., Latter-day Saint Military Chaplains: Development, History, and Ministry (Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University Press). [Graduate program textbook]

[Forthcoming] Kenneth L. Alford, “Endorsement Polices and Guidelines for Latter-day Saint Chaplains” in Vance Theodore, Kenneth L. Alford, Blake Boatright, and Roger Keller, eds., Latter-day Saint Military Chaplains: Development, History, and Ministry (Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University Press). [Graduate program textbook]


[Forthcoming] Kenneth L. Alford, “Advice to Latter-day Saint Chaplains and Their Spouses” in Vance Theodore, Kenneth L. Alford, Blake Boatright, and Roger Keller, eds., Latter-day Saint Military Chaplains: Development, History, and Ministry (Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University Press). [Graduate program textbook]

[Forthcoming] Kenneth L. Alford, “Notes from the Field: Chaplain Interviews” in Vance Theodore, Kenneth L. Alford, Blake Boatright, and Roger Keller, eds., Latter-day Saint Military Chaplains: Development, History, and Ministry (Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University Press). [Graduate program textbook]

Tyler J. Griffin and Kenneth L. Alford, “Breaking the Cramming Cycle and Improving Memory,” in MaryEllen Weimer, ed., 2017 Teaching Professor Annual Collection (Madison, Wisconsin: Magna Publications, 2018), 147–148.

John Hilton III and Kenneth L. Alford, “Have You Considered Using Open Textbooks?,” The College Teacher's Handbook: A Resource Collection for New Faculty (Madison, WI: Magna Publications, 2018), 132–134.

Kenneth L. Alford and Tyler J. Griffin, “Creating an Effective Mentoring Program,” Faculty Development: A Resource Collection for Academic Leaders (Madison, WI: Magna Publications, 2018), 76–91.

Kenneth L. Alford, “Foreword: Faculty Development,” Faculty Development: A Resource Collection for Academic Leaders (Madison, WI: Magna Publications, 2018), 5–7.

Kenneth L. Alford, “Utah Territory and the Civil War: A Summary History” in Kenneth L. Alford, ed., Utah and the American Civil War: The Written Record (Norman, Oklahoma: Arthur H. Clark Company, an imprint of University of Oklahoma Press, 2017), 35–62.

Kenneth L. Alford, “History of the War of the Rebellion Records” in Kenneth L. Alford, ed., Utah and the American Civil War: The Written Record (Norman, Oklahoma: Arthur H. Clark Company, an imprint of University of Oklahoma Press, 2017), 63–66.

Kenneth L. Alford, “Records Overview” in Kenneth L. Alford, ed., Utah and the American Civil War: The Written Record (Norman, Oklahoma: Arthur H. Clark Company, an imprint of University of Oklahoma Press, 2017), 67–76.

Kenneth L. Alford, “Active Learning that Works: What Students Think” in Maryellen Weimer, ed., Active Learning: A Practical Guide for College Faculty (Madison, Wisconsin: Magna Publications, 2017), 40-43.

Kenneth L. Alford and Craig K. Manscill, “Hyrum Smith’s Liberty Jail Letters,” in Foundations of the Restoration: Fulfillment of the Covenant Purposes, Craig Ostler, Michael H. MacKay, and Barbara Morgan, eds. (Provo, Utah: Religious Studies Center and Deseret Book, 2016), 187–204.

Kenneth L. Alford, “Organizing the Church in Afghanistan” in The Worldwide Church: The Global Reach of Mormonism, Michael Goodman and Mauro Properzi, eds. (Provo, Utah: Religious Studies Center and Deseret Book, 2016), 49–70.


Kenneth L. Alford, “Utah’s Role in Protecting the Mormon Trail during the Civil War” in Far Away in the West: Reflections on the Mormon Pioneer Trail, Scott C. Esplin, Richard E. Bennett, Susan E. Black, and Craig K. Manscill, eds. (Provo, Utah: Religious Studies Center, 2015), 205–230.

Kenneth L. Alford, “Prophets Rendering Christlike Service: Looking to Peter as an Example” in An Eye of Faith: Essays in Honor of Richard O. Cowan, Kenneth L. Alford and Richard E. Bennett, eds. (Provo, Utah: Religious Studies Center and Deseret Book, 2015), 213–233.

JeanMarie Stewart and Kenneth L. Alford, “Visions of Faith: Early Church Pioneers in Ghana” in An Eye of Faith: Essays in Honor of Richard O. Cowan, Kenneth L. Alford and Richard E. Bennett, eds. (Provo, Utah: Religious Studies Center and Deseret Book, 2015), 349–363.

Kenneth L. Alford, “Robert and Mary Henderson,” in Signs, Wonders, and Miracles: Extraordinary Stories from Early Latter-day Saints, Glenn Rawson and Dennis Lyman, eds. (American Fork, UT: Covenant Communications, 2015), 195–197.

Kenneth L. Alford, “The Utah War, 1857–1858: ‘A Dark Time for the Saints’” in Mormon Wars, Glenn Rawson and Dennis Lyman, eds. (American Fork, UT: Covenant Communications, 2014), 91–116.

Kenneth L. Alford, “Joseph F. Smith and the First World War: Eventual Support and Latter-day Saint Chaplains” in Joseph F. Smith: Reflections on the Man and His Times, Brian Reeves and Craig K. Manscill, eds. (Provo, Utah: BYU Religious Studies Center and Deseret Book, 2013), 434–455.

Kenneth L. Alford and D. Bryce Baker, “Parallels between Psalms 25–31 and the Psalm of Nephi,” in Ascending the Mountain of the Lord: Temple, Praise, and Worship in the Old Testament, David R. Seeley, Jeffrey R. Chadwick, and Matthew J. Grey, eds. (Provo, Utah: BYU Religious Studies Center and Deseret Book, 2013), 314–330.

Kenneth L. Alford, “Ben E. Rich: Sharing the Gospel Creatively,” in Go Ye Into All the World: The Growth and Development of Mormon Missionary Work, Reid Nielsen and Fred E. Woods, eds. (Provo, Utah: BYU Religious Studies Center and Deseret Book, 2012), 341–363.

Kenneth L. Alford, “I Will Send You Elijah the Prophet,” in You Shall Have My Word: Exploring the Text of the Doctrine and Covenants, Scott C. Esplin and Rachel Cope, eds. (Provo, Utah: BYU Religious Studies Center and Deseret Book, 2012), 34–49.

Joseph R. Stuart and Kenneth L. Alford, “Utah Goes to War: Lot Smith's Utah Cavalry,” in Civil War Saints, Kenneth L. Alford, ed. (Provo, Utah: BYU Religious Studies Center and Deseret Book, 2012), 127–141.

Kenneth L. Alford and William P. MacKinnon, “What's in a Name? The Establishment of Camp Douglas,” in Civil War Saints, Kenneth L. Alford, ed. (Provo, Utah: BYU Religious Studies Center and Deseret Book, 2012), 161–183.


Brant Ellsworth and Kenneth L. Alford, “Mormon Motivation for Enlisting in the Civil War,” in Civil War Saints, Kenneth L. Alford, ed. (Provo, Utah: BYU Religious Studies Center and Deseret Book, 2012), 183–201.

Kenneth L. Alford, “Indian Relations in Utah during the Civil War,” in Civil War Saints, Kenneth L. Alford, ed. (Provo, Utah: BYU Religious Studies Center and Deseret Book, 2012), 203–225.

Kenneth L. Alford, “Utah and the Civil War Press,” in Civil War Saints, Kenneth L. Alford, ed. (Provo, Utah: BYU Religious Studies Center and Deseret Book, 2012), 267–283.

Kenneth L. Alford, “Mormons and the Grand Army of the Republic,” in Civil War Saints, Kenneth L. Alford, ed. (Provo, Utah: BYU Religious Studies Center and Deseret Book, 2012), 317–339.

Kenneth L. Alford, “Latter-day Saints and the Civil War,” in Civil War Saints, Kenneth L. Alford, ed. (Provo, Utah: BYU Religious Studies Center and Deseret Book, 2012), ix–xvii.

Kenneth L. Alford, “Delivered by the Power of God—Nephi’s Vision of America’s Birth.” in The Things Which My Father Saw: Approaches to Lehi’s Dream and Nephi’s Vision, Daniel L. Belnap, Gaye Strathearn, and Stanley A. Johnson, eds. (Provo, Utah: BYU Religious Studies Center and Deseret Book, 2011), 264–281.

Kenneth L. Alford, “Camp Douglas—Keeping a Watchful Eye on Salt Lake and the Saints.” in Salt Lake City: The Place Which God Prepared, Scott C. Esplin and Kenneth L. Alford, eds. (Provo, Utah: BYU Religious Studies Center and Deseret Book, 2011), 179–201.

Kenneth L. Alford and Robert C. Freeman, “The Salt Lake Theatre: Brigham’s Playhouse.” in Salt Lake City: The Place Which God Prepared, Scott C. Esplin and Kenneth L. Alford, eds. (Provo, Utah: BYU Religious Studies Center and Deseret Book, 2011), 97–117.

Kenneth L. Alford, “A History of Mormon Catechisms” in A Firm Foundation: Essays on the Administrative and Organizational History of the LDS Church, Arnold K. Garr and David Whittaker, eds. (Provo, Utah: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2011), 223–244.

Prior to arrival at BYU:

Kenneth L. Alford, E. Ressler, et. al. “A History of Computing at the United States Military Academy” in West Point Bicentennial History Anthology, Lance Betros, ed. (Abilene, Texas: McWhiney Foundation Press, 2004), 561–585.

G. Conti, K. Alford, et. al. “A Comprehensive Undergraduate Information Assurance Program” in Security Education and Critical Infrastructures. (C. Irvine and H. Armstrong, Editors. Kluwer Academic Publishers: Boston, 2003), 243–260.


JOURNAL ARTICLES

[Forthcoming] Kenneth L. Alford, “‘We have now the Territory on wheels’: Direct and Collateral Costs of the 1858 Move South,” Journal of Mormon History 45, no. 2 (April 2019).

Kenneth L. Alford, “Poetry and Songs of the Utah War,” Pioneer 65, no. 3 (2018), 32–42.

R. Devan Jensen and Kenneth L. Alford, “‘William Stowell’s Utah War Ordeal,” Pioneer 65, no. 3 (2018), 22–31.

Kenneth L. Alford, “Calvin S. Smith: ‘Utah’s Fighting Chaplain’,” Utah Historical Quarterly 86, no. 3 (Summer 2018), 254–269.

Kenneth L. Alford, “Captain Medorem Crawford’s 1862 Military Escort Emigration Report,” Overland Journal 36, no. 2 (Summer 2018), 73–76.

Kenneth L. Alford, “A Battlefield Chaplain in ‘The Great War’,” Proceedings of the South Carolina Historical Association (2018), 45–56.

Kenneth L. Alford, “John E. Davis (William H. Norman)—A Galvanized Yankee in Utah,” Mormon Historical Studies 18, no. 2 (Fall 2017): 1–19.

R. Devan Jensen and Kenneth L. Alford, “‘I was not ready to die yet’: William Stowell’s Utah War Ordeal,” BYU Studies 56, no. 4 (Fall 2017): 29–52.

Kenneth L. Alford, “South Carolina and Utah: Conjoined as the nineteenth century’s ‘twin relics of barbarism’,” Proceedings of the South Carolina Historical Association (2017), 7-19. [Received the South Carolina Historical Association’s Biennial Daniel Hollis Prize]

Kenneth L. Alford, “‘And a Bitter Experience It Was’: The Utah War and the 1858 Move South.” Proceedings of the South Carolina Historical Association (2015), 17–31.

Kenneth L. Alford and Gerrit J. Dirkmaat, “Teaching with the 2013 Edition of the Doctrine and Covenants,” The Religious Educator 15, no. 1 (Winter 2014), 77–93.

Kenneth L. Alford. “Research Update: Civil War Saints,” BYU Religious Education Review (Fall 2013), 6–8.

Kenneth L. Alford and K. Nelson, “‘The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here’: Utah Veterans and the Gettysburg Reunion of 1913.” Utah Historical Quarterly 81, no. 1 (Summer 2013), 267–289.

Kenneth L. Alford, “Using the Joseph Smith Papers in the Classroom,” The Religious Educator 14, no. 3 (Summer 2013), 65–95.

Kenneth L. Alford, “The Utah War and the New York Times.” Proceedings of the South Carolina Historical Association (2013): 5–18.

Kenneth L. Alford, “Utah and the Civil War Press.” Utah Historical Quarterly 80, no. 1 (Winter 2012): 75–92.

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Kenneth L. Alford, “Camp Douglas: Keeping a Watchful Eye on Salt Lake and the Saints.” Pioneer 59, no. 3 (Fall 2012), 2–15, 18–21.

Kenneth L. Alford, “The Bear River Massacre: Precursors and Aftermath.” Pioneer 59, no. 3 (Fall 2012), 23–25.

Kenneth L. Alford, “Did Brigham Young Cut Down the Flagstaff at Fort Crittenden?” Pioneer 59, no. 3 (Fall 2012), 40.

T. E. Dunn, C. L. Lafferty, and Kenneth L. Alford, “Global Leadership: A New Framework for a Changing World.” Advanced Management Journal 77, no. 2 (Spring 2012), 4–14.

Kenneth L. Alford, “Latter-day Saint Poetry and Songs of the Utah War.” Mormon Historical Studies 12, no. 1 (Spring 2011), 1–28.

Christina Lafferty, Troy E. Dunn, and Kenneth L. Alford, “A Global Leadership Framework,” Society for Advancement of Management (SAM) International Business Conference. Conference Proceedings. Arlington, Virginia, April 2011.

Christina L. Lafferty and Kenneth L. Alford. “NeuroLeadership: Sustaining Research Relevance into the 21st Century.” SAM Advanced Management Journal 75, no. 3 (Summer 2010), 32–40.

Kenneth L. Alford. “Serving Students: A Conversation with Chad H. Webb.” The Religious Educator 10, no. 3 (Fall 2009), 237–246.

Kenneth L. Alford. “A Conversation with Roger R. Keller.” BYU Religious Education Review. Fall 2009, 18–19.

C. L. Lafferty, Kenneth L. Alford, M. Davis, and R. O. Connor. “‘Did You Shoot Anyone?’ A Practitioner’s Guide to Combat Veteran Workplace and Classroom Reintegration.” SAM Advanced Management Journal 73, no. 4 (Autumn 2008), 4–11.


Kenneth L. Alford and S. R. Ditmeyer. “Network–Centric Operations: Defense and Transportation Synergy.” CrossTalk: The Journal of Defense Software Engineering, January 2007, 20–23.

Kenneth L. Alford. “Email Etiquette.” CrossTalk: The Journal of Defense Software Engineering. January 2006, 16.

Kenneth L. Alford. “Handheld Computing.” CrossTalk: The Journal of Defense Software Engineering. June 2005, 4–8.

Kenneth L. Alford, F. Maymi, and R. Borhauer. “Software Engineering at West Point.” The DoD [Department of Defense] Software Tech News 6, no. 5. May 2003, 13–17.

Barry L. Shoop and Kenneth L. Alford. “Army Transformation: Uniformed Army Scientist and Engineer.” CrossTalk: The Journal of Defense Software Engineering. December 2002, 7–10.


J. Surdu and Kenneth L. Alford. “Platform Independent Tactical Data Entry Devices.” CrossTalk: The Journal of Defense Software Engineering. August 2002.

Kenneth L. Alford. “DoD Software and the National Information Infrastructure.” Data and Analysis Center for Software (DACS) Newsletter, Summer 1994.

Kenneth L. Alford. “Speaking Out: The Role of Systems Automation Officers in Achieving Force XXI Objectives.” Army Research, Development & Acquisition, March–April 1996, 54.

Kenneth L. Alford. “DoD and the Global Information Infrastructure.” CrossTalk: The Journal of Defense Software Engineering, August 1995.

Kenneth L. Alford. “DoD Software and the National Information Infrastructure.” CrossTalk: The Journal of Defense Software Engineering, July 1994.

Kenneth L. Alford. “A Closer View: DoD Software and the National Information Infrastructure.” Information Mission Area (IMA) ViewPoint, Spring 1994.

Kenneth L. Alford. “CIM Help Disk.” IMA ViewPoint. Spring 1993.

Kenneth L. Alford and M. L. Fichten. “IMA Bulletin Board Update.” IMA Viewpoint. January 1993.

Kenneth L. Alford and M. L. Fichten. “IMA Bulletin Board System.” IMA ViewPoint. October 1992.

Kenneth L. Alford and M. L. Fichten. “Information Mission Area Bulletin Board System.” CrossTalk: The Journal of Defense Software Engineering, January 1993.

R. C. Graham and Kenneth L. Alford. “Statistics for Chemists.” Intelligent Instruments and Computers, November/December 1990.

Kenneth L. Alford, “DoD Refuses to Support Ada Subsets and Supersets.” Government Computer News, September 25, 1987.

Kenneth L. Alford, “School Model 83.” Soldier Support Journal, January–February 1985.

ACADEMIC NEWSLETTERS

Kenneth L. Alford and Anthony R. Sweat, “Creative Course Design (Yes, You Can!),” The Teaching Professor 32, no. 3 (March 2018), 1, 6.

Kenneth L. Alford and Tyler J. Griffin, “Creating an Effective Mentoring Program: Part 7,” Academic Leader 33:9 (September 2017), 3.

Kenneth L. Alford and Tyler J. Griffin, “Creating an Effective Mentoring Program: Part 6,” Academic Leader 33:8 (August 2017), 8.

Kenneth L. Alford and Tyler J. Griffin, “Creating an Effective Mentoring Program: Part 5,” Academic Leader 33:7 (July 2017), 8.


Kenneth L. Alford and Tyler J. Griffin, “Creating an Effective Mentoring Program: Part 4,” Academic Leader 33:6 (June 2017), 8.

Kenneth L. Alford and Tyler J. Griffin, “Creating an Effective Mentoring Program: Part 3,” Academic Leader 33:5 (May 2017), 8.

Kenneth L. Alford and Tyler J. Griffin, “Creating an Effective Mentoring Program: Part 2,” Academic Leader 33:4 (April 2017), 3, 6.

Kenneth L. Alford and Tyler J. Griffin, “Creating an Effective Mentoring Program: Part 1,” Academic Leader 33:3 (March 2017), 8.

Tyler J. Griffin and Kenneth L. Alford, “Breaking the Cramming Cycle and Improving Memory,” The Teaching Professor (February 2017), 8.

Barbara Morgan Gardner and Kenneth L. Alford, “Using Interviews as an Alternative Assessment Method,” The Teaching Professor 30, no. 9 (November 2016), 6–7.

John Hilton III and Kenneth L. Alford, “Have You Considered Using Open Textbooks?,” The Teaching Professor 30, no. 7 (August/September 2016), 4–5.

Anthony R. Sweat and Kenneth L. Alford, “Getting Started with Blended Learning Videos,” The Teaching Professor 29, no. 10 (December 2015), 5, 7.

BOOK SECTIONS

Kenneth L. Alford, “Timeline of United States and Utah Territory History” in Kenneth L. Alford, ed., Utah and the American Civil War: The Written Record (Norman, Oklahoma: Arthur H. Clark Company, an imprint of University of Oklahoma Press, 2017), 19–33.

Kenneth L. Alford, “Timelines of the United States and LDS/Utah Territory,” Civil War Saints (Provo, Utah: BYU Religious Studies Center and Deseret Book, 2012), xix–xxxiii.

Kenneth L. Alford, “Appendix C: Identifying Latter-day Saint Civil War Veterans,” Civil War Saints (Provo, Utah: BYU Religious Studies Center and Deseret Book, 2012), 405–409.

Kenneth L. Alford, “Appendix D: Interpreting the LDS Civil War Veteran Records,” Civil War Saints (Provo, Utah: BYU Religious Studies Center and Deseret Book, 2012), 411–421.

Kenneth L. Alford, “Appendix E: Latter-day Saint Civil War Veterans,” Civil War Saints (Provo, Utah: BYU Religious Studies Center and Deseret Book, 2012), 423–533.

Kenneth L. Alford, “Appendix F: Special Interest Civil War Veterans,” Civil War Saints (Provo, Utah: BYU Religious Studies Center and Deseret Book, 2012), 535–543.


BOOK REVIEWS

Kenneth L. Alford, “Review of Allan Kent Powell, ed., Utah and the Great War: The Beehive State and the World War I Experience,” Journal of Mormon History 43, no. 4 (October 2017: 185-186.

Kenneth L. Alford, “Review of Duane Boyce, Even Unto Bloodshed—An LDS Perspective on War,” Journal of Mormon History 43, no. 1 (January 2017): 178–181.

Kenneth L. Alford, “Review of John Gary Maxwell, The Civil War Years in Utah: The Kingdom of God and the Territory that Did Not Fight,” BYU Studies 55, no. 4 (2016), 197–200.

Kenneth L. Alford, “Review of Sherman L. Fleek, Saints of Valor: Mormon Medal of Honor Recipients, 2d ed.,” Journal of Mormon History 42, no. 4 (October 2016), 208–212.

Kenneth L. Alford, “Review of Allan Kent Powell, ed. Nels Anderson’s World War I Diary,” BYU Studies 54, no. 1 (2015), 197–200.

ENCYCLOPEDIC ARTICLES

Kenneth L. Alford, encyclopedic entries for “Article of Faith 13, Generation, Holy Ghost, Moroni, Repentance, and Truth” in Dennis L. Largey, ed., The Pearl of Great Price Reference Companion. (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2017), 36–37, 138, 160–161, 210–211, 250–251, and 288–289.

Kenneth L. Alford, encyclopedic entries for “Arm of the Lord; Army, armies; Foundation(s); Free, freedom, freely; Fruit(s); and Serve, service” in Dennis L. Largey and Larry E. Dahl, eds., Doctrine and Covenants Reference Companion. (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2012), 39, 40, 217, 218, 219, and 581.

CREATIVE WORKS [Forthcoming] Kenneth L. Alford and Anthony R. Sweat, Foundations of the Restoration Video:

The Relief Society, Scott Gutke, ed. (BYU Online).

[Forthcoming] Kenneth L. Alford and Anthony R. Sweat, Foundations of the Restoration Video: The Book of Abraham, Scott Gutke, ed. (BYU Online).

[Forthcoming] Kenneth L. Alford and Anthony R. Sweat, Foundations of the Restoration Video: Continuing Revelation and the Family Proclamation, Scott Gutke, ed. (BYU Online).

Kenneth L. Alford and Anthony R. Sweat, Foundations of the Restoration Video: Church History Overview, Scott Gutke, ed. (BYU Online, 2019).

Kenneth L. Alford and Anthony R. Sweat, Foundations of the Restoration Video: The Western Exodus, Scott Gutke, ed. (BYU Online, 2019).

Kenneth L. Alford and Anthony R. Sweat, Foundations of the Restoration Video: The Restoration of the Priesthood and the Founding of the Church, Glenn Anderson, ed. (BYU Online, 2018).


Kenneth L. Alford and Anthony R. Sweat, Foundations of the Restoration Video: The School of the Prophets and Kirtland Revelations, Glenn Anderson, ed. (BYU Online, 2018).

Kenneth L. Alford and Anthony R. Sweat, Foundations of the Restoration Video: The Translation and Publication of the Book of Mormon, Glenn Anderson, ed. (BYU Online, 2018).

Kenneth L. Alford and Anthony R. Sweat, Foundations of the Restoration Video: The Joseph Smith Translation, Glenn Anderson, ed. (BYU Online, 2018).

Kenneth L. Alford and Anthony R. Sweat, Foundations of the Restoration Video: The First Vision, Glenn Anderson, ed. (BYU Online, 2018).

Anthony R. Sweat and Kenneth L. Alford, Foundations of the Restoration Video: History of the Doctrine and Covenants, Glenn Anderson, ed. (BYU Online, 2017).

Kenneth L. Alford, Colonial American History, Craig Ostler and John Livingstone, eds., video (BYU Hallowed Ground Sacred Journeys Project, 2012).

ACADEMIC PRESENTATIONS [Forthcoming] Kenneth L. Alford, “The Best Teaching Advice I Ever Received.” Teaching

Professor Conference, New Orleans, LA, June 7–9, 2019.

[Forthcoming] Kenneth L. Alford, “‘A collision at Salt Lake seems almost sure’: Utah Territory in March 1863.” Civil War and Reconstruction, Popular Culture Association Conference, Washington, DC, April 17–19, 2019.

[Forthcoming] Kenneth L. Alford and Tyler R. Griffin, “Unleashing the Power of ‘For Example…’” Magna Online Seminar, webinar, April 2, 2019.

[Forthcoming] Kenneth L. Alford, “South Carolinian Samuel Wragg Ferguson’s Utah Expedition and Civil War Adventures.” South Carolina Historical Association Conference, Aiken, SC, March 10, 2019.

Kenneth L. Alford, “Latter-day Saint Chaplains in the First World War.” Saints at War Conference. Provo, Utah, November 10, 2018.

Kenneth L. Alford, “Poetry and Songs of the Utah War.” Utah State Historical Conference. Salt Lake City, Utah, September 28, 2018.

Kenneth L. Alford, “Col. Patrick Edward Connor and the Massacre at Bear River,” Mormon History Association. Boise, Idaho, June 7–10, 2018.

Kenneth L. Alford, “Faculty Survival Tips 101.” Teaching Professor Conference. Atlanta, Georgia, June 1–3, 2018. Invited presentation.

Kenneth L. Alford and Devan Jensen, “William Stowell: Utah War Prisoner.” Sons of Utah Pioneers National Symposium. Salt Lake City, Utah, May 12, 2018.


Kenneth L. Alford and Anthony R. Sweat, “Creative Course Design (Yes! You Can)” Magna Online Seminar, webinar, April 8, 2018.

Kenneth L. Alford, “’I did not intend to take any prisoners’: Contemporary Accounts of the Massacre at Bear River”, South Carolina Historical Association Conference, Columbia, South Carolina, March 10, 2018.

Kenneth L. Alford, “Direct and Collateral Costs of the 1858 Move South.” Church History Symposium. Provo and Salt Lake City, Utah, March 1–2, 2018.

Kenneth L. Alford, Mary Jane Woodger, and Craig K. Manscill, “‘I have dreamed a dream’: Understanding Dreams as Revelation,” Religious Education Friday Forum, Provo, Utah, November 2017.

Kenneth L. Alford and Craig K. Manscill, “Joseph and Hyrum Smith’s Collaboration on D&C 121–123,” The Joseph Smith Papers Conference. Salt Lake City, Utah, October 18, 2017.

Kenneth L. Alford, “Utah and the American Civil War: The Written Record.” Utah State Historical Conference. Salt Lake City, Utah, October 11, 2017.

Kenneth L. Alford, “Hyrum Smith and the Nauvoo City Council Minutes.” John Whitmer Historical Association Conference. Nauvoo, Illinois, September 21–24, 2017.

Kenneth L. Alford, “Hyrum Smith's Illinois Correspondence.” John Whitmer Historical Association Conference. Nauvoo, Illinois, September 21–24, 2017.

Kenneth L. Alford, “Creating and Maintaining a Robust Faculty Mentoring Program.” Higher Education Teaching and Learning Conference. Paisley, Scotland, June 28–30, 2017.

Kenneth L. Alford and Anthony R. Sweat, “Creative Course Design.” Teaching Professor Conference. St. Louis, Missouri, June 3–5, 2017. Invited half-day workshop.

Kenneth L. Alford, “Calvin S. Smith: A Battlefield Chaplain in The Great War”, South Carolina Historical Association Conference, Greenville, South Carolina, March 11, 2017.

Kenneth L. Alford, “‘There is danger of a collision’: Mormons and Civil War Reporting,” Laie, Hawaii, 2016 Mormon Media Studies Symposium, November 3–4, 2016.

Kenneth L. Alford and Craig K. Manscill, “Hyrum Smith’s Liberty Jail Letters,” Sidney B. Sperry Symposium, Provo, Utah, October 28, 2016.

Kenneth L. Alford, “Creating an Effective Faculty Mentoring Program,” Leadership in Higher Education Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, October 6–8, 2016. Invited half-day seminar.

Devan Jensen and Kenneth L. Alford, “Cynthia Park Stowell: Wife of a Utah War POW,” Utah State History Conference, Salt Lake City, Utah, September 30, 2016.

Kenneth L. Alford, “The Utah War’s 1858 Move South Viewed through Women’s Eyes,” Mormon History Association Conference, Snowbird, Utah, June 10-12, 2016.

Kenneth L. Alford, “Creative Course Design,” Teaching Professor Technology Conference, Washington, DC, June 3-5, 2016. Invited speaker.


Kenneth L. Alford, “South Carolina and Utah: The Nineteenth Century Barbarism Twins?”, South Carolina Historical Association Conference, Columbia, South Carolina, March 19, 2016.

Kenneth L. Alford and Craig K. Manscill, “‘Faith, Hope, and Charity Here Imbodied Lie’—The Exemplary Life of Mercy Fielding Smith,” Church History Symposium, Provo, Utah, March 3, 2016.

Kenneth L. Alford and Taylor Halverson, “Using Technology to Breathe New Life into Dull Classes through Creativity, Innovation, and Design,” Teaching Professor Technology Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana, October 2–4, 2015. Invited half-day seminar.

Kenneth L. Alford, “‘And a Bitter Experience It Was’: The Utah War and the 1858 Move South,” Utah State Historical Conference, West Valley, Utah, October 2015.

Kenneth L. Alford, “‘Utah has Not Seceded’: Finding Utah in the Civil War,” Pacific Coast Branch of the American Historians Association, Sacramento, California, August 6–8, 2015.

Kenneth L. Alford, “What did Grandpa Do in the War? Finding 20th Century Military Records,” Conference on Family History and Genealogy, Provo, Utah, July 28–31, 2015. Invited speaker.

Kenneth L. Alford, “America’s Revolutionary Birth: Cold Weather and the Hand of Providence,” American Society of Civil Engineers International Cold Regions Engineering Conference, Salt Lake City, Utah, July 20–22, 2015. Invited plenary speaker.

Kenneth L. Alford, “Helping Students Succeed in a Large Classroom Setting,” Teaching Professor Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, May 31, 2015. Invited speaker.

Kenneth L. Alford, “William H. Norman aka John Eugene Davis—Galvanized Georgia Yankee,” Georgia Association of Historians Conference, Statesboro, Georgia, February 20–21, 2015.

Kenneth L. Alford and Tyler R. Griffin, “Helping Students Succeed in a Large Classroom,” Magna Online Seminar, webinar, November 20, 2014.

Kenneth L. Alford, “Civil War Diaries of Utah Soldiers,” Utah State Historical Conference, Salt Lake City, Utah, September 25–26, 2014.

Kenneth L. Alford, “Lot Smith Utah Cavalry Company,” Mormon History Association Conference, San Antonio, Texas, June 6–7, 2014.

Kenneth L. Alford, “Here We Are Now, Entertain Us,” Teaching Professor Conference, Boston, Massachusetts, May 31, 2014. Invited plenary speaker.

Kenneth L. Alford, “Civil War Diaries of the Lot Smith Utah Cavalry Company,” Civil War and Reconstruction, Popular Culture & American Culture Association Conference, Chicago, Illinois, April 16–19, 2014.

Kenneth L. Alford, “The Utah War and the Move South,” South Carolina Historical Association Conference, Columbia, South Carolina, March 15, 2014.


Kenneth L. Alford, “Establishing the Gospel in Afghanistan,” The Worldwide Church: The Global Reach of Mormonism (2014 Church History Symposium), Provo, Utah, March 6, 2014.

Kenneth L. Alford and Tyler R. Griffin, “Teaching Underprepared and Unprepared Students: Strategies that Work,” Magna Online Seminar, webinar, November 13, 2013.

Kenneth L. Alford and D. Bryce Baker, “Parallels between Psalms 25–31 and the Psalm of Nephi (2 Nephi 4).” Ascending the Mountain of the Lord: Temple, Praise, and Worship in the Old Testament (2013 Sperry Symposium), Provo, Utah, October 26, 2013.

Kenneth L. Alford, “The Grand Army of the Republic’s Anti-Polygamy Campaign.” Mormon History Association Conference, Layton, Utah, June 7–8, 2013.

Kenneth L. Alford and Tyler Griffin, “Teaching Unprepared Students: Strategies that Work.” Teaching Professor Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana, May 31–June 1, 2013. Invited speaker.

Kenneth L. Alford, “Saving Utah from Itself: The Grand Army of the Republic’s Anti-Mormon Campaign.” Civil War and Reconstruction, Popular Culture Association, Washington, DC, March 27–30, 2013.

Kenneth L. Alford, “I Will Send You Elijah the Prophet.” Sidney B. Sperry Symposium, Provo, Utah, October 26–27, 2012.

Kenneth L. Alford, “Mormons and the Grand Army of the Republic.” Utah State Historical Conference, Salt Lake City, Utah, September 22, 2012. Invited speaker.

Kenneth L. Alford, “Seeing Your Classroom as Students See It.” Herzing University Faculty Seminar, online seminar, August 9, 2012. Invited speaker.

Kenneth L. Alford, “The Far West Courts-Martial of Joseph Smith.” Mormon History Association Conference, Calgary, Canada, June 1–3, 2012.

Kenneth L. Alford, “What Students Really Think.” Teaching Professor Conference, Washington, DC, June 1–3, 2012. Invited plenary speaker.

Kenneth L. Alford, “Active Learning: What Students Think.” Teaching Professor Conference, Washington, DC, June 1–3, 2012. Invited speaker.

Kenneth L. Alford, “Finding Latter-day Saint Civil War Veterans.” High-Tech Heritage Conference, Amherst, Massachusetts, May 1–3, 2012.

Kenneth L. Alford, “Civil War Newspapers and the Utah Territory.” Civil War and Reconstruction area, Popular Culture & American Culture Association Conference, Boston, Massachusetts, April 11–14, 2012.

Kenneth L. Alford, “The Utah War and the New York Times.” South Carolina Historical Association Conference, Columbia, South Carolina, March 3, 2012.

Kenneth L. Alford, “Latter-day Saint Chaplains in the First World War.” Church History Symposium, Provo, Utah, March 2012.


Kenneth L. Alford, “Latter-day Saint Service in the Gulf War, Afghanistan, and Iraq.” Saints at War Conference, Provo, Utah, November 11, 2011.

Kenneth L. Alford, “‘Delivered by the Power of God’—Nephi’s Vision of America’s Birth.” Sidney B. Sperry Symposium, Provo, Utah, October 2011.

Kenneth L. Alford, “Deciphering Military Service Records,” BYU Family History and Genealogy Conference, Provo, Utah, July 2011.

Kenneth L. Alford, “Family History Websites You May Have Missed,” BYU Family History and Genealogy Conference, Provo, Utah, July 2011.

Kenneth L. Alford, “Mormons and the American Civil War Press,” 2011 Mormon History Association Conference, St. George, Utah, May 2011.

Kenneth L. Alford, “Increasing Student Participation: Half-day Seminar.” Teaching Professor Conference. Atlanta, Georgia, May 20–22, 2011. Invited 4–hour workshop speaker.

Christina Lafferty, Troy E. Dunn, and Kenneth L. Alford, “A Global Leadership Framework,” Society for Advancement of Management (SAM) International Business Conference, Arlington, Virginia, April 2011.

Kenneth L. Alford, “Ben E. Rich: Sharing the Gospel Creatively,” Religious Education Friday Forum, Provo, Utah, March 2011.

Kenneth L. Alford, “Increasing Student Participation—in the Classroom and Online.” Teaching and Technology Forum, Murray, Kentucky, October 7, 2010. Invited speaker.

Kenneth L. Alford, “Deciphering Military Service Records.” 2010 BYU Conference on Family History and Genealogy. Provo, Utah, July 27–30, 2010.

Kenneth L. Alford, “Tools and Techniques for Increasing Student Participation: Half-day Seminar.” Teaching Professor Conference. Cambridge, Massachusetts, May 21–23, 2010. Invited half-day seminar.

Kenneth L. Alford, “Family History Websites You May Have Missed,” Computerized Family History Conference, Salt Lake City, Utah, April 26–27, 2010.

Kenneth L. Alford, “Latter-day Saint Experiences in Wartime Afghanistan,” BYU Studies Symposium, Provo, Utah, March 12–13, 2010.

Kenneth L. Alford, “The History of Mormon Catechisms,” Church History Symposium, Provo, Utah, February 26, 2010.

Kenneth L. Alford, “The History of Mormon Catechisms,” Friday Faculty Forum, Religious Education, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, February 2010.

Kenneth L. Alford, “Increasing Student Participation: A New Bag of Tricks.” Teaching Professor Conference, Washington, DC, June 5–7, 2009. Invited speaker.

Kenneth L. Alford, “‘Gentile’ Poetry and Songs of the Utah War.” Mormon History Association 2009 Conference, Springfield, Illinois, May 21–23, 2009.


Kenneth L. Alford, “Creating Effective Presentations.” Systems & Software Technology Conference. Salt Lake City, Utah, April 20–23, 2009.

Kenneth L. Alford, “Fun Family History Websites You May Have Missed.” Computerized Family History and Genealogy Conference. Provo, Utah, March 14, 2009.

Kenneth L. Alford, “Poetry and Songs of the Utah War.” Mormon History Association 2008 Conference, Sacramento, California, May 22–24, 2008.

Kenneth L. Alford, “Increasing Student Participation: A New Bag of Tricks.” Teaching Professor Conference, Kissimmee, Florida, May 16–18, 2008.


Kenneth L. Alford, “The Utah War and the Eastern Press.” Weber State University Utah War Lecture Series, Ogden, Utah, March 24, 2008. Invited speaker.

C. L. Lafferty, Kenneth L. Alford, M. Davis, and R. O. Connor, “’Did You Shoot Anyone?’ A Practitioner’s Guide to Combat Veteran Workplace and Classroom Reintegration.” International Business Conference, Arlington, Virginia, April 3–6, 2008.

Kenneth L. Alford and C. L. Lafferty, “Creating Powerful Presentations.” International Business Conference, Arlington, Virginia, April 3–6, 2008.

Kenneth L. Alford, “Quiz Show: A Teaching Tool.” International Business Conference, Arlington, Virginia, April 3–6, 2008.

Kenneth L. Alford, “The Utah War and the Eastern Press.” Friday Forum, Religious Education, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, December 2007.

Kenneth L. Alford, “The Utah Expedition and the New York Times.” Mormon History Association Conference, Salt Lake City, Utah, May 24–27, 2007.

Kenneth L. Alford and C. Lafferty. “Preparing Powerful Presentations.” Society of Management Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada, March 26–29, 2007.

Kenneth L. Alford and Mark K. Davis, “Best-in-Class Leadership Benchmarking Study.” Society of Management Conference Proceedings, Las Vegas, Nevada, March 26–29, 2007.

Kenneth L. Alford, “Strategic Leadership Study.” American Psychological Association Conference. Fairfax, Virginia, March 1–2, 2007.

Kenneth L. Alford, “Leadership Program Development.” U.S. Department of Transportation "Leaders for Tomorrow" Symposium, Washington, DC, February 21, 2007.

Kenneth L. Alford, “Saints at War: Current Military Conflicts,” Friday Faculty Forum (December 2010), Religious Education, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah.

Kenneth L. Alford, “World War II: The Home Front.” World War II Symposium, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, October 13, 2006. Invited speaker.

Kenneth L. Alford, “The Department of Defense and Network Centric Railroading.” Systems and Software Technology Conference Proceedings, Salt Lake City, Utah, May 1–4, 2006.


Kenneth L. Alford, “Developing and Teaching a Graduate-Level Strategic Leadership Program.” Society for Advancement of Management (SAM) International Business Conference, Orlando, Florida, 6–9 April 2006.

Kenneth L. Alford, “Strategic Leadership.” American Psychological Association Division 19/21 Conference. Fairfax, Virginia, 2–3 March 2006.

Kenneth L. Alford and Mark K. Davis. “Survey of Senior Leader Development Programs.” American Psychological Association Division 19/21 Conference, Fairfax, Virginia, 2–3 March 2006.

C. Lafferty and Kenneth L. Alford. “Leadership and Information Strategy: A Curriculum for Future Strategic Leaders.” Educational Symposium for Research for Innovations, The George Washington University Graduate School of Education and Human Development, Washington, DC, February 25, 2006.

Kenneth L. Alford, “Strategic Leadership Programs for Senior Leadership.” Areva Corporation Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, 17 October 2005.

C. Reynolds and Kenneth L. Alford. “Specification And Managed Development of Information Technology Curricula” ACM Special Interest Group on Information Technology Education (SIGITE 2004) Proceedings, Salt Lake City, Utah, October 28–30, 2004.

J. M. Hill and Kenneth L. Alford. "A Distributed Task Environment for Teaching Artificial Intelligence with Agents," Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE 2004) Proceedings, Norfolk, Virginia, March 3–7, 2004.

Kenneth L. Alford, “Multidisciplinary Computer Science Design Projects.” American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference Proceedings, Salt Lake City, Utah, June 20–23, 2004.

Kenneth L. Alford, “Teaching Resources for Handheld Computers.” American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference Proceedings, Salt Lake City, Utah, June 20–23, 2004.

Kenneth L. Alford and A. Gandolfo. “Helping Teachers to Teach: Ideas from West Point.” American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference Proceedings, Salt Lake City, Utah, June 20–23, 2004.

Kenneth L. Alford, D. Arnett, et. al. “Terrain Visualization Software.” Systems and Software Technology Conference Proceedings, Salt Lake City, Utah, April 19–22, 2004.

Kenneth L. Alford, J. Eason, et. al. “Allied Coalition Information Exchange System.” Systems and Software Technology Conference Proceedings, Salt Lake City, Utah, April 19–22, 2004.

Kenneth L. Alford, “Video FAQs: Instruction on Demand.” Frontiers in Education (FIE 2003) Proceedings, Westminster, Colorado, November 5–8, 2003.

Kenneth L. Alford, “Adding PDAs to Your Teaching Toolkit.” Frontiers in Education (FIE 2003) Proceedings, Westminster, Colorado, November 5–8, 2003.


Kenneth L. Alford and A. S. Ruocco, “A Survey of Group Work within Computer Science Programs.” Frontiers in Education (FIE 2003) Proceedings, Westminster, Colorado, November 5–8, 2003.

Kenneth L. Alford, “Using PDA’s for Fun and (Student) Profit.” Conference and workshop laboratory presenter at the 2003 USMA Center for Teaching Excellence TALENT (Teaching and Learning Effectively using New Technologies) Conference. West Point, New York. April 5, 2003.

G. Conti, Kenneth L. Alford, et. al. “A Comprehensive Undergraduate Information Assurance Program.” 3rd World Conference on Information Security Education (WISE 3). Monterey, California, June 26–28, 2003.

Kenneth L. Alford and J. Surdu. “Using In-Class Debates as a Teaching Tool.” 32nd ASEE/ IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference Proceedings, Boston, Massachusetts. November 2002.

A. S. Ruocco and Kenneth L. Alford. “Information Assurance and Computer Science Accreditation are Not Mutually Exclusive.” Proceedings Third Annual IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Information Assurance Workshop, West Point, New York. June 2002.

Kenneth L. Alford, J. Surdu, et. al. “XML Implementation of Variable Message Format in Army C4I Systems.” Proceedings Fourteenth Annual Software Technology Conference, Salt Lake City, Utah. May 2002.

Kenneth L. Alford and A. S. Ruocco. “Integrating Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs) into a Computer Science Curriculum.” Proceedings of the 31st ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, Reno, Nevada. October 2001.

Kenneth L. Alford, C. Dunn, and A. S. Ruocco. “Information Assurance Pedagogy.” Proceedings Second Annual IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Information Assurance Workshop, West Point, New York. June 2001.

Kenneth L. Alford and R. W. Reese. “Taming the Final Ten Percent of Project Implementation.” Proceedings Thirteenth Annual Software Technology Conference, Salt Lake City, Utah. May 2001.

Y. Jing, Kenneth L. Alford, et. al. “Platform Independent Tactical Data Entry Devices.” Proceedings Thirteenth Annual Software Technology Conference, Salt Lake City, Utah. May 2001.

Kenneth L. Alford and J. Chen. “Parallel Information Retrieval Scalability using the Relational Model on Large Document Collections” Proceedings of the International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Processing Techniques and Applications (PDPTA’2000), July 2000, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1705–1711.

M. C. McCabe, Kenneth L. Alford, et. al. “IIT at TREC–8: Improving Baseline Precision.” Information Technology: The Eighth Text Retrieval Conference (TREC–8) Proceedings. E.M. Voorhees, ed. NIST Special Publication 500–246, 2000, 411–420.

Kenneth L. Alford and J. Chen. "Information Retrieval using a Database Management System in a Parallel Environment" Proceedings of the 1999 DoD High Performance Computing Modernization Program Users Group Conference, Monterey, California, June 1999.


J. X. Chen, O. Frieder, and Kenneth L. Alford. "Digital Library Information Categorization, Visualization, and Retrieval." Proceedings of the International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Processing Techniques and Applications (PDPTA'99), July 1999. Las Vegas, Nevada, 1404–1409.

O. Frieder, Kenneth L. Alford, et. al. “Expanding Relevance Feedback in the Relational Model.” The Seventh Text Retrieval Conference (TREC–7). Gaithersburg, Maryland, November 1998.

Kenneth L. Alford and M. L. Fichten. “Groupware: Doing More with Less.” Proceedings of the 9th Annual Software Technology Conference. Salt Lake City, Utah. May 1997, CD.

Kenneth L. Alford, “Global Information Initiative,” United States Air Force Scope Eagle Senior Executives Technical Conference, Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi. Invited speaker. January 1997, November 1996.

Kenneth L. Alford, “National Information Infrastructure,” United States Air Force Scope Eagle Senior Executives Technical Conference, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama. Invited speaker. August 1996, July 1996.

Kenneth L. Alford, “The Department of Defense and the Global Information Initiative,” United States Air Force Bold Stroke Executive Forum on Software Management, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama. Invited speaker. April 1996.

Kenneth L. Alford, “Global Information Infrastructure,” United States Air Force Bold Stroke Executive Forum on Software Management, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama. Invited speaker. November 1995.

Kenneth L. Alford, “Progress on the Information Superhighway.” Proceedings of the 8th Annual Software Technology Conference. Salt Lake City, Utah. April 1996.

Kenneth L. Alford, “World-Wide Information Superhighways.” Proceedings of the 7th Annual Software Technology Conference, Salt Lake City, Utah. April 1995.

Kenneth L. Alford, “National Information Infrastructure,” United States Air Force Bold Stroke Executive Forum on Software Management, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama. September 1995, May 1994.

Kenneth L. Alford, “DoD Software and the National Information Infrastructure.” Proceedings of the 6th Annual Software Technology Conference. Salt Lake City, Utah. April 1994.

D. E. Reich and Kenneth L. Alford. “Using E-Mail as a Teaching Assistant.” Proceedings of the 23rd Annual Frontiers in Education Conference. Washington, DC. November 1993.

Kenneth L. Alford, “Teaching in a Networked Computer Classroom.” Proceedings of the 22nd Annual Frontiers in Education Conference. Nashville, Tennessee. November 1992.

AUDIO–VISUAL AND ONLINE PUBLICATIONS Kenneth L. Alford, “How Can I Effectively Supervise Teaching and Research Assistants?”

in Katie Carney, ed., 20–Minute Mentor Series (Madison, WI: Magna Publishing, 2018), DVD.


Kenneth L. Alford, “How Can I Best Collaborate with Colleagues?” in Katie Carney, ed., 20–Minute Mentor Series (Madison, WI: Magna Publishing, 2018), DVD.

Kenneth L. Alford, “How Can I Most Effectively Fulfill My Citizenship Assignments?” in Katie Carney, ed., 20–Minute Mentor Series (Madison, WI: Magna Publishing, 2018), DVD.

Kenneth L. Alford and Anthony R. Sweat, “Creative Course Design (Yes, You Can!),” in Katie Carney, ed., Magna Seminars (Madison, WI: Magna Publishing, 2018).

Kenneth L. Alford and Tyler J. Griffin, “Establishing a Quality Faculty Mentoring Program,” in Katie Carney, ed., Magna Seminars (Madison, WI: Magna Publishing, 2018).

Kenneth L. Alford, “Saints at War Interview with Elder and Sister Bruce A. Carlson,” Special Collections Interview Series (Provo, UT: BYU Harold B. Lee Library), January 5, 2018, DVD.

Kenneth L. Alford, “Saints at War Interview with Major General and Sister Timothy R. Larsen,” Special Collections Interview Series (Provo, UT: BYU Harold B. Lee Library), December 8, 2017, DVD.

Kenneth L. Alford, “Saints at War Interview with Major General and Mrs. Brian L. Tarbet,” Special Collections Interview Series (Provo, UT: BYU Harold B. Lee Library), December 20, 2017, DVD.

Kenneth L. Alford, “Saints at War Interview with Elder and Sister Robert C. Oaks,” Special Collections Interview Series (Provo, UT: BYU Harold B. Lee Library), November 9, 2017, DVD.

Kenneth L. Alford, “How Can I Be an Effective Mentor?” in Katie Carney, ed., 20–Minute Mentor Series (Madison, WI: Magna Publishing, July 2017), DVD.

Kenneth L. Alford, “How Can I Write Better Letters of Recommendation?” in Katie Carney, ed., 20–Minute Mentor Series (Madison, WI: Magna Publishing, July 2017), DVD.

Kenneth L. Alford, “How Can I Effectively Mentor Students?” in Katie Carney, ed., 20–Minute Mentor Series (Madison, WI: Magna Publishing, July 2017), DVD.

Kenneth L. Alford, “Saints at War Interview with Staff Sergeant Jonathan Ryan Volcansek,” Special Collections Interview Series (Provo, UT: BYU Harold B. Lee Library), March 22, 2017, DVD.

Kenneth L. Alford, “Saints at War Interview with Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Lorenzo ‘Ren’ Allred,” Special Collections Interview Series (Provo, UT: BYU Harold B. Lee Library), August 27, 2015, DVD.

Kenneth L. Alford and Tyler J. Griffin, “Teaching in Large Classrooms,” in Nancy Kern, ed., Magna Seminars (Madison, WI: Magna Publishing, 2014).

Kenneth L. Alford and Tyler J. Griffin, “How Can I Create or Revive a Dynamic Faculty Inservice Program?” in 20–Minute Mentor Series, Nancy Kern, ed. (Madison, WI: Magna Publishing, 2014), DVD.

Kenneth L. Alford and Tyler J. Griffin, “How Can I Make My Teaching More Relevant?” in 20–Minute Mentor Series, Nancy Kern, ed. (Madison, WI: Magna Publishing, 2014), DVD.


Kenneth L. Alford and Tyler J. Griffin, “How Can I Effectively Use Technology in My Classroom?” in 20–Minute Mentor Series, Nancy Kern, ed. (Madison, WI: Magna Publishing, 2014), DVD.

Kenneth L. Alford and Tyler J. Griffin, “How Can I Help My Students Succeed in a Large Classroom?” in 20–Minute Mentor Series, Nancy Kern, ed. (Madison, WI: Magna Publishing, 2014), DVD.

Kenneth L. Alford and Tyler J. Griffin, “How Can I Survive Student Evaluations and Improve My Teaching?” in 20–Minute Mentor Series, Nancy Kern, ed. (Madison, WI: Magna Publishing, 2014), DVD.

Kenneth L. Alford, “The Utah War, 1857–1858’” in Mormon Wars, Glenn Rawson and Dennis Lyman, ed. (American Fork, UT: Covenant Communications, 2014), DVD.

Kenneth L. Alford, “Saints at War Interview with Chaplain (Colonel) Blake Boatright,” Special Collections Interview Series (Provo, UT: BYU Harold B. Lee Library), October 8, 2014, DVD.

Kenneth L. Alford, “Saints at War Interview with Sergeant First Class (Retired) Sammy Davis (Medal of Honor Recipient)” Special Collections Interview Series (Provo, UT: BYU Harold B. Lee Library), October 3, 2014, DVD.

Kenneth L. Alford, “Saints at War Interview with Chaplain (Colonel) Vance Theodore,” Special Collections Interview Series (Provo, UT: BYU Harold B. Lee Library), September 10, 2014, DVD.

Kenneth L. Alford, “Saints at War Interview with Elder William Jackson (Area Seventy),” Special Collections Interview Series (Provo, UT: BYU Harold B. Lee Library), May 6, 2014, DVD.

Kenneth L. Alford, “Saints at War Interview with Colonel Larre Draper,” Special Collections Interview Series (Provo, UT: BYU Harold B. Lee Library), May 7, 2014, DVD.

Kenneth L. Alford, “Saints at War Interview with Captain Christopher Fogt (2014 Olympic Bronze Medalist),” Special Collections Interview Series (Provo, UT: BYU Harold B. Lee Library), March 25, 2014, DVD.

Kenneth L. Alford, “Saints at War Interview with Brigadier General David B. Haight,” Special Collections Interview Series (Provo, UT: BYU Harold B. Lee Library), October 11, 2013, DVD.

Kenneth L. Alford, “Saints at War Interview with Clint Romesha (Medal of Honor Recipient),” Special Collections Interview Series (Provo, UT: BYU Harold B. Lee Library), September 9, 2013, DVD.

Kenneth L. Alford, “Saints at War Interview with Lieutenant Colonel Mark ‘Dewey’ Boberg,” Special Collections Interview Series (Provo, UT: BYU Harold B. Lee Library), June 25, 2013, DVD.

Kenneth L. Alford, “Saints at War Interview with Jeanne Tucker Sawyer,” Special Collections Interview Series (Provo, UT: BYU Harold B. Lee Library), June 13, 2013, DVD.


Kenneth L. Alford and Tyler J. Griffin, “Teaching Unprepared Students” in Faculty Focus, ed. Mary Bart (Magna Publishing, 2013). Online: facultyfocus.com.

Kenneth L. Alford, “The War on Polygamy.” Glenn Rawson (ed.), History of the Saints. KSL–TV. Interview segments included in one thirty-minute broadcast episode (2013).

Kenneth L. Alford and Tyler J. Griffin, “Teaching Underprepared and Unprepared Students: Strategies that Work,” in Nancy Kern, ed., Magna Seminars (Madison, WI: Magna Publishing, 2013).

Kenneth L. Alford, “How Can I Improve My PowerPoint Presentation Skills?” in 20–Minute Mentor Series, Nancy Kern, ed. (Madison, WI: Magna Publishing, 2013), DVD.

Kenneth L. Alford and Tyler J. Griffin, “How do I Create a Successful Faculty Mentoring Program?” in 20–Minute Mentor Series, Nancy Kern, ed. (Madison, WI: Magna Publishing, 2013), DVD.

Kenneth L. Alford and Tyler J. Griffin, “How Can I Be an Effective Mentor?” in 20–Minute Mentor Series, Nancy Kern, ed. (Madison, WI: Magna Publishing, 2013), DVD.

Kenneth L. Alford and Tyler J. Griffin, “How Can I Best Learn from My Mentor?” in 20–Minute Mentor Series, Nancy Kern, ed. (Madison, WI: Magna Publishing, 2013), DVD.

Kenneth L. Alford and Tyler J. Griffin, “How Can I Effectively Teach Unprepared Students?” in 20–Minute Mentor Series, Nancy Kern, ed. (Madison, WI: Magna Publishing, 2013), DVD.

Kenneth L. Alford, “Utah and the Civil War.” Glenn Rawson (ed.), History of the Saints. KSL–TV. Interview segments included in three thirty-minute broadcast episodes (2013).

Kenneth L. Alford, “The Utah War.” Glenn Rawson (ed.), History of the Saints. KSL–TV. Interview segments included in five thirty-minute broadcast episodes (2013).

Kenneth L. Alford, “How Can Objects and Analogies Improve My Teaching?” in Nancy Kern, ed., 20–Minute Mentor Series (Madison, WI: Magna Publishing, 2012), DVD.

Kenneth L. Alford, “Active Learning: What Students Really Think,” in Nancy Kern, ed., Magna Seminars (Madison, WI: Magna Publishing, 2012).

Kenneth L. Alford, “The Battles of Lexington and Concord,” in John P. Livingstone and Craig J. Ostler, eds., Hallowed Ground Sacred Journeys: New England (Provo, UT: BYU Religious Studies Center), online video presentation (2012).

Kenneth L. Alford, “QuizShow: Software for Classroom Use” in Mary Bart, ed., Faculty Focus. Magna Publishing. Online: facultyfocus.com (2012).

SUPPORTIVE SCHOLARSHIP

Kenneth L. Alford, “A Church History Sampler,” BYU Campus Education Week, August 22–

24, 2018 (3-day presentation series).


Kenneth L. Alford, “Teaching the Doctrine & Covenants,” BYU Campus Education Week, August 21–24, 2018 (4-day presentation series).

Kenneth L. Alford, “Learning from Adversity: Lessons from Church History,” BYU Campus Education Week, August 20, 2018.

Kenneth L. Alford, “Prophetic and Revelatory Dreams,” BYU Campus Education Week, August 20, 2018.

Mary Jane Woodger, Kenneth L. Alford, and Craig K. Manscill, “I have dreamed a dream: Understanding Dreams as Revelation,” Religious Education Friday Forum (November 2017).

Kenneth L. Alford, “Utah and the Civil War,” BYU Campus Education Week, August 22–25, 2017 (4-day presentation series).

Kenneth L. Alford, “Teaching the Book of Mormon,” BYU Campus Education Week, August 23–25, 2017 (3-day presentation series).

Kenneth L. Alford, “100 Years Ago: The Three LDS Chaplains in World War I,” BYU Campus Education Week, August 21, 2017.

Kenneth L. Alford, “God’s Hand in America’s Birth,” BYU Campus Education Week, August 21, 2017.

Kenneth L. Alford, “Teaching the New Testament,” BYU Campus Education Week, August 16–19, 2016 (4-day presentation series).

Kenneth L. Alford, “A History Sampler,” BYU Campus Education Week, August 16–19, 2016 (3-day presentation series).

Kenneth L. Alford, “Interesting Connections between the Joseph Smith Translation and the Doctrine and Covenants,” BYU Campus Education Week, August 15, 2016.

Kenneth L. Alford, “Mercy R. Thompson: Examples of Faith, Hope, and Charity,” BYU Campus Education Week, August 15, 2016.

Kenneth L. Alford, “Continually Hold Fast to the Iron Rod,” BYU Women’s Conference, April 28, 2016. (Invited presentation.)

Kenneth L. Alford, “Exciting Stories from Church History,” BYU Campus Education Week, August 18–21, 2015. (4-day presentation series).

Kenneth L. Alford, “Teaching the Old Testament,” BYU Campus Education Week, August 18–21, 2015 (3-day presentation series).

Kenneth L. Alford, “God's Hand in America's Birth,” BYU Campus Education Week, August 17, 2015.

Kenneth L. Alford, “Learning from Adversity: Lessons from Church History,” BYU Campus Education Week, August 17, 2015.


Kenneth L. Alford, “Latter-day Saint Chaplains in the First World War,” BYU Campus Education Week, August 18, 2014.

Kenneth L. Alford, “Suggestions for Teaching the Doctrine and Covenants and Church History,” BYU Campus Education Week, August 18–22, 2014 (3-day presentation series).

Kenneth L. Alford, “The Doctrine and Covenants: Selected Sections,” BYU Campus Education Week, August 18–22, 2014 (4-day presentation series).

Kenneth L. Alford, “Understanding the Joseph Smith Translation of the Bible,” BYU Campus Education Week, August 18, 2014.

Kenneth L. Alford, “Teaching with the 2013 Edition of the Doctrine & Covenants,” BYU Campus Education Week, August 21, 2014.

Kenneth L. Alford, “Teaching Unprepared Students,” Teaching Professor Conference, Boston, Massachusetts, May 31, 2014. (Conference plenary speaker.)

Kenneth L. Alford, “Using PowerPoint to Increase Student Participation,” Religious Education Friday Forum (October 2013).

Kenneth L. Alford, “Utah and the Civil War,” Harold B. Lee Library House of Learning Lecture (2013).

Kenneth L. Alford, “Research Discoveries,” Religious Education Friday Forum (March 2013).

Kenneth L. Alford, “Utah and the Civil War,” BYU Campus Education Week, August 20–23, 2013 (4-day presentation series).

Kenneth L. Alford, “Teaching the Book of Mormon,” BYU Campus Education Week, August 20–23, 2013 (3-day presentation series).

Kenneth L. Alford, “God’s Hand in America’s Birth,” BYU Campus Education Week, August 19, 2013.

Kenneth L. Alford, “The Utah War and the New York Times,” BYU Campus Education Week, August 19, 2013.

Kenneth L. Alford, “Civil War Saints,” Religious Education Friday Forum (September 2012).

Kenneth L. Alford, “Little Known Stories in American History,” BYU Campus Education Week, August 14–17, 2012 (4-day presentation series).

Kenneth L. Alford, “Teaching the New Testament,” BYU Campus Education Week, August 14–17, 2012 (3-day presentation series).

Kenneth L. Alford, “Church History: Selected Stories,” BYU Campus Education Week, August 16–19, 2011 (3-day presentation series).

Kenneth L. Alford, “Saints at War,” BYU Campus Education Week, August 16–19, 2011 (4-day presentation series).


Kenneth L. Alford, “Teaching the Old Testament,” BYU Campus Education Week, August 16–19, 2011 (4-day presentation series).

Kenneth L. Alford, “The Doctrine and Covenants: Selected Sections,” BYU Campus Education Week, August 17–20, 2010 (4-day presentation series).

Kenneth L. Alford, “Teaching the Doctrine & Covenants and Church History,” BYU Campus Education Week, August 17–20, 2010 (3-day presentation series).

Kenneth L. Alford, “Saints at War: The Gulf War, Afghanistan, and Iraq,” BYU Campus Education Week, August 17–20, 2010 (4-day presentation series).

Kenneth L. Alford, “Looking Back at the Utah War.,” BYU Campus Education Week, August 18–21, 2009 (4-day presentation series).

Kenneth L. Alford, “Scripture Mastery.,” BYU Campus Education Week, August 18–21, 2009 (3-day presentation series).

Kenneth L. Alford, “Teaching the Doctrine and Covenants and Church History.” BYU Campus Education Week, Provo, Utah, August 17–20, 2010 (4-day presentation series)

Kenneth L. Alford, “Saints at War: The Gulf War, Afghanistan, and Iraq.” BYU Campus Education Week, Provo, Utah, August 20, 2010.

Kenneth L. Alford, “Looking Back at the Utah War.” BYU Campus Education Week, Provo, Utah, August 19–21, 2009 (4-day presentation series).

Kenneth L. Alford, “Scripture Mastery.” BYU Campus Education Week, Provo, Utah, August 19–21, 2009 (3-day presentation series).


Kenneth L. Alford, F. Maymi, and R. Borhauer, “Software Engineering at West Point.” The DoD Software Tech News 6, no. 5. May 2003.

Kenneth L. Alford and Lyle Stamps, Book of Mormon Readers’ Theater, Volume 1 (1 Nephi–Mosiah). (Springfield, Virginia: Scripture Mastery Resources, 2001).

Kenneth L. Alford and Lyle Stamps, Book of Mormon Readers’ Theater, Volume 2 (Alma–Moroni). (Springfield, Virginia: Scripture Mastery Resources, 2001).

Kenneth L. Alford, “Speaking Out: The Role of Systems Automation Officers in Achieving Force XXI Objectives.” Army Research, Development & Acquisition, March–April 1996.

Kenneth L. Alford, “A Closer View: DoD Software and the National Information Infrastructure.” Information Mission Area (IMA) ViewPoint, Spring 1994.

Kenneth L. Alford, “DoD Software and the National Information Infrastructure.” Data and Analysis Center for Software (DACS) Newsletter, Summer 1994.

Kenneth L. Alford and M. L. Fichten, “IMA Bulletin Board Update.” IMA Viewpoint. January 1993.


Kenneth L. Alford, “CIM Help Disk.” IMA ViewPoint. Spring 1993.

Kenneth L. Alford and M. L. Fichten, “IMA Bulletin Board System.” IMA ViewPoint. October 1992.

Kenneth L. Alford, “School Model 83.” Soldier Support Journal. January–February 1985.

CITIZENSHIP POSITIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS Coordinator, Church History and Doctrine Department’s

Adjunct/Transfer/BYU-Salt Lake Faculty Inservice Program 2017–Present

REL C 225 Online Course Development Committee, 2016–Present Department of Church History and Doctrine, Religious Education, Brigham Young University

U.S. Army ROTC Advisory Board, BYU Region 2008–Present (Brigham Young University, Utah Valley University, Southern Utah University, and Dixie State University)

L. Tom Perry Special Collections Exhibit Committee 2017–2018 “Brigham Young University and the Great War” Exhibit open August–November 2018

Teaching Professor Conference – Conference Advisor (non-rotating board position) 2013–Present – Conference Plenary Speaker 2014 – Past Conference Chair 2012–2013 – Closing Session Speaker 2012 – Conference and Advisory Board Chair 2011–2012 – Advisory Board Member 2009–2011

Center for Teaching and Learning Advisory Council Brigham Young University – Chair 2017 – Co-Chair 2016–2017 – Member 2015–2016

Student Research Intern Project Advisor, 2016–2017 Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University

Religious Education Teaching Fellowship, 2015–2017 Brigham Young University

Religious Studies Center Review Board, 2015–2017 Religious Education, Brigham Young University

College Curriculum and Instruction Committee, 2015–2017 Religious Education, Brigham Young University


Chair, Church History Review Board, 2012–2016 BYU Religious Studies Center

Faculty Mentor (for Dr. Greg Wilkinson) 2014–2016 Church History and Doctrine Department

Master’s Thesis Committees – Brian Bevans, Religious Education 2015–2017 – Carrie L. Taylor, Religious Education 2010–2013 – Benjamin Reed, Religious Education (Chaplain’s Candidate Program) 2011–2012

Faculty Search and Screening Committee, 2014–2015 Marriage and Family Relations

Faculty Mentor (Summer Adjunct Faculty) 2014–2015 – Christopher Jones (Summer 2015) – Lance Sorenson (Summer 2014)

Faculty Search and Screening Committee, 2013–2015 Department of Church History and Doctrine

Faculty Search and Screening Committee, 2012–2013 L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University

Religious Education Student Symposium Committee, Brigham Young University – Chair 2010–2012 – Committee Member 2008–2009

CrossTalk: The Journal of Defense Software Engineering – Advisory Board 2011–2012 – Editorial Review Board 2001–2011

Regional Studies in Latter-day Saint Church History: Salt Lake City, 2009–2010 Church History and Doctrine Department Religious Education, Brigham Young University

Advanced Management Journal Editorial Review Board 2006–2016

Management in Practice Editorial Review Board 2006–2016

HONORS AND RECOGNITION South Carolina Historical Association Biennial 2017

Daniel Hollis Prize (for the best article published in the South Carolina historical journal during 2016–2017)

The Richard Lloyd Anderson Research Award 2015 Religious Education, Brigham Young University


MEG Research Grant, “Utah and the Civil War,” 2013 Brigham Young University

Harvey B. Black and Susan Easton Black 2013 Outstanding Publication Award, Religious Education, Brigham Young University

George Q. Cannon Honoree, 2010 Office of the President, Brigham Young University


U.S. Department of Defense Superior Service Medal 2008

Researcher of the Year. Industrial College of the Armed Forces, 2008 National Defense University, Washington, DC

U.S. Army Volunteer Service Medal 2008

U.S. Army Meritorious Service Medal 1985, 1988, 1994, 1997, 2002, 2004

Superintendent Service Recognition Award, 1989–1992, 2001–2003 United States Military Academy, West Point, New York

Finalist, Secretary of the Army Pace Award 1994

U.S. Army Achievement Medal 1993

Government Computer News “Computer Innovators” Award, 1993 Washington, DC

Honor Graduate, Adjutant General’s Corps Officer Advanced Course, 1983 Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana

Highest Academic Average Award, Adjutant General’s Corps 1983 Officer Advanced Course, Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana

U.S. Army Commendation Medal 1982

Valley Forge Freedom Foundation Award, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania 1981, 1982

Distinguished Military Graduate, Army ROTC Program, 1979 Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah

MEMBERSHIPS IN SCHOLARLY ORGANIZATIONS Mormon History Association

John Whitmer Historical Association

Utah State Historical Society


Oregon-California Trails Association

South Carolina Historical Association

Georgia Association of Historians

Utah Valley Historical Society

Popular Culture Association

Sons of Utah Pioneers

Phi Kappa Phi

Tau Beta Pi Engineering Society

Society for the Advancement of Management

Pi Sigma Alpha Political Science Society

American Society of Engineering Education

Upsilon Pi Epsilon Computer Science Honor Society

PERSONAL

Married Sherilee Bond in the Salt Lake Temple April 1979

Four children (Suzanne, Marie, Christine, and Kenneth)

Seventeen grandchildren

Missionary, England Bristol Mission 1974–1976

U.S. Army active duty commissioned service 1979–2008

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