David F. Holland
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| Born | 1973 (age 50–51) United States |
| Nationality | United States of America |
| Alma mater | Brigham Young University (B.A.) Stanford University (M.A., Ph.D.) |
| Occupation | Professor of American Religious History |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | Harvard Divinity School, University of Nevada, Las Vegas |
| Website | Faculty Profile |
David Frank Holland (born 1973)[1] is an American professor and historian. He is currently the John A. Bartlett Professor of New England Church History at Harvard Divinity School. Holland was previously an associate professor of history at UNLV.
Holland holds a bachelor's degree in history from Brigham Young University (BYU) and an MA and Ph.D. from Stanford University. While he was a graduate student Holland took a summer seminar in Mormon History at BYU with Richard Bushman.[2]
Holland's noted articles include "From Anne Hutchinson to Horace Bushnell: A New Take on the New England Sequence" (The New England Quarterly, 2005), and " 'A Mixed Construction of Subversion and Conversion': The Complicated Lives and Times of Religious Women" (Gender and History, 2010). He wrote the book Sacred Borders: Continuing Revelation and Canonical Restraint in Early America published by the Oxford University Press in 2011.
In 2011, Holland was named the Nevada professor of the year by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.[3][4]
Holland is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) and a son of Jeffrey R. Holland. He served as a missionary for the LDS Church in Czechoslovakia and was a bishop in Nevada.[5] Since June 2014, he has been serving as president of the church's Nashua New Hampshire Stake.[6]
Notes
- ^ Don L. Searle (August 1995). "Elder Jeffrey R. Holland: Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles". Liahona. Retrieved 2013-11-30.
- ^ R. Scott Lloyd "New generation of historians presenting a better view of Mormonism to the world, speaker says", Deseret News, June 6, 2015
- ^ UNLV news announcement on Holland being named professor of the year
- ^ Knpr article on Holland being named professor of the year
- ^ Trent Toone,"Nevada bishop honored as 2011 professor of the year", Deseret News, Dec. 1, 2011.
- ^ http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865607516/New-stake-presidents.html
Sources
- Harvard Divinity School announcement of Holland's appointment
- UNLV bio of Holland
- LDS Living article on Holland's appointment to Harvard Divinity School
- Review of Holland's Sacred Borders
- Las Vegas LDS Neighbor article on Holland being named professor of the year
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- American leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- 21st-century American historians
- Harvard Divinity School faculty
- Brigham Young University alumni
- Stanford University alumni
- University of Nevada, Las Vegas faculty
- Living people
- American Mormon missionaries in Czechoslovakia
- 20th-century Mormon missionaries
- 1973 births
- Latter Day Saints from Nevada
- Latter Day Saints from New Hampshire