Spencer W. McBride earned his PhD in history at Louisiana State University. He is an Associate Managing Historian of the Joseph Smith Papers Project and an avid reader, writer, speaker, and podcaster. He published his first book, Pulpit and Nation, in 2016 with University of Virginia Press. His second book, Contingent Citizens, (co-edited with Brent M. Rogers and Keith A. Erekson), was published in 2020 by Cornell University Press. His third book, Joseph Smith for President, will be published in May 2021 by Oxford University Press.
McBride has written articles for several different scholarly journals as well as op-eds for the Washington Post and the Deseret News that illuminate current events with historical context.
Born and raised in California, he now lives near Salt Lake City with his family.
