Chair Laurie Maffly-Kipp Discusses UVA Mormon Studies, Richard Bushman, and More on YouTube Podcast

Last week, UVA Mormon Studies Chair Laurie Maffly-Kipp was featured on Historian and content creator Benjamin Park’s YouTube channel for a video examining the rise of Mormon Studies as an academic field. After analyzing Richard Bushman’s foundational contributions to the discipline, Dr. Park interviewed Professor Maffly-Kipp about her position as the Richard Lyman Bushman Chair of Mormon Studies at UVA. The two discussed Bushman’s legacy, our program initiatives, and how one academically teaches about and studies Mormonism. You can watch the full conversation on Dr. Park’s YouTube channel.