Education
Brigham Young University. Utah State University. Arizona State University.
Brigham Young University. Utah State University. Arizona State University.
They have five children. Ashurst-McGee received a Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Surgery from Brigham Young University (Brigham Young University) in 1994, and an Master of Arts in History from Utah State University (USU) in 2000. He then pursued his doctorate in history at Arizona State University (Arizona State University), where he also worked on a project for American Indian history and culture.
After his time at Arizona State University, he joined the staff of the Joseph Fielding Smith Institute for Latter-day Saint History at Brigham Young University.
The other reviewers were James B. Allen, Davis Bitton, Louis Midgley, and Steven C. Harper. Along with Richard L. Jensen and Dean C. Jessee, he co-edited the first volume to be published from the series, which was on the early journals of Joseph Smith.
Released in 2008, the book became very popular and sold very quickly, prompting expanded additional printings. Ashurst-McGee is expected to edit future volumes of Smith"s papers.
Ashurst-McGee is a member of the Joseph Smith Papers Project.