Curriculum Vitae (CV)
Clair Barrus
Draper, UT
clairvb@gmail.com
Education
- Bachelor
of Science in Computer Science, Brigham Young University, 1984
Professional Experience
- Retired
Cloud Platform Engineer / Systems Engineer
Publications
- Journal
of Mormon Polygamy: “The Lawless Women Revelation”, 1, no. 1 (2025),
35–52.
- “Prologues to Plurality: A Study of Joseph Smith’s
Revelations on Marriage”, in Secret Covenants: New Insights on
Early Mormon Polygamy, edited by Cheryl L. Bruno (Salt Lake City:
Signature Books, 2024), 202–229.
- Journal
of Mormon History, Forgery Forum: “Leland Manuscript Forgery and the Faculty of Abrac”,
47, no. 2 (April 2021).
- John
Whitmer Historical Association Journal: “Religious Authority, Sexuality and Gender Roles of the
Elect Ladies of the Early Republic: Jemima Wilkinson, Ann Lee, and Emma
Smith”, 38, no. 2 (Fall/Winter 2018).
- “Why We Blog: Mormon Internet Origins”, Deseret
News, 2011.
Websites
- Owner: Today in Mormon
History — a daily digest of Mormon curiosities that occurred on
this date in Mormon history, 2011–present.
- Blogger: Without End — Mormonism, current and historical
events, 2012–2020.
- Owner
and blogger: Mormon Chronicles — Mormonism, current and
historical events, 2006–2013, with additional later posts.
Conference Presentations
- “Perfection,
Prophets, and Plural Wives: Reframing Mormon Polygamy in Its Experimental
Context,” Mormon History Association, St. George, UT, 2026.
- “Isaac Bullard: Restorationist Prophet”, Sunstone
Symposium, Salt Lake City, 2025.
- “Fifty
Years of Sunstone: A Personal Odyssey,” panel presentation, Sunstone
Symposium, Salt Lake City, 2025.
- “Heber
C. Kimball’s Lawless Women Revelation,” Journal of Mormon Polygamy
Conference, Salt Lake City, 2025.
- “The
Dreams and Visions of Heber C. Kimball,” Sunstone Symposium, Salt Lake
City, 2024.
- “Heber
C. Kimball’s Lawless Women Revelation,” Juanita Brooks Utah History
Conference, St. George, UT, 2024.
- “Publishing
‘The Strange Marriages of Sarah Ann Whitney …’: A 50-Year Retrospective,”
Sunstone Symposium, Salt Lake City, 2023.
- “Themes
in Joseph Smith’s Polygamy Revelations,” Sunstone Symposium, Salt Lake
City, 2022.
- “Magic,
‘The Magus,’ and Lucy Mack Smith’s Account of Obtaining the Plates,”
Sunstone Symposium, Salt Lake City, 2020.
- “The
Masonic Magic Mormon Connection,” Sunstone Symposium, Salt Lake City,
2019.
- “The
Beatles, Rock and Roll, and Mormonism,” Sunstone Symposium, Salt Lake
City, 2019.
- “Joseph
Smith, Freemasonry, and the Transition from Treasure Seeking to Restoring
Lost Scripture,” Mormon History Association, Salt Lake City, 2019.
- “Anti-Mormon
Influence on the ‘Rod of Nature’ Revelation,” Sunstone Symposium, Salt
Lake City, 2018.
- “Gender,
Religious Authority, and the ‘Elect Ladies’: Jemima Wilkinson, Ann Lee,
and Emma Smith,” Sunstone Symposium, Salt Lake City, 2018.
- “Gender,
Sex, and Religious Roles of the ‘Elect Ladies’ of the Early Republic: Ann
Lee, Jemima Wilkinson, and Emma Smith,” Emma Smith Sunstone Retreat,
Nauvoo, Illinois.
- “‘Elect
Lady’ Forerunners to Emma Smith: Ann Lee and Jemima Wilkinson,” Sunstone
Symposium, Salt Lake City, 2017.
- “‘The
Policy’ in Context of Mormon Thought on Cursed Lineage and Marriage,”
Sunstone Symposium, Salt Lake City, 2016.
- “Joseph
Smith’s Teachings About Priesthood, Temple, and Women,” Sunstone
Symposium, Salt Lake City, 2015.
- “The
Plural Marriage Revelations of Joseph Smith,” Sunstone Symposium, Salt
Lake City, 2015.
- “Chiastic
Sexual Patterns of the Story of Sodom and Gomorrah, and the Question of
Literal Interpretation,” Sunstone Symposium, Salt Lake City, 2014.
- “The
Lawless Women Revelation,” Sunstone Symposium, Salt Lake City, 2013.
- “Freemasonry
and the ‘Rod of Nature’ Revelation,” Sunstone Symposium, Salt Lake City,
2011.
- “Freemasonry
and the ‘Rod of Nature’ Revelation,” Mormon History Association
Conference, St. George, UT, 2011.
- “Oliver
Cowdery’s Rod of Nature,” Sunstone Symposium, Salt Lake City, 2010.
- “Mormon
Internet Origins: A Prelude to the Bloggernacle,” Mormon Media Studies
Symposium, Brigham Young University, 2010.
Book Reviews
- Review
of Council of Fifty: A Documentary History, by Jedediah S.
Rogers, Journal of Mormon History 42, no. 1 (January
2016).
- Review
of Hiking the Wasatch, 3rd ed., by Vernath, Association
for Mormon Letters.
- Review
of Producing Ancient Scripture: Joseph Smith’s Translation
Projects in the Development of Mormon Christianity, edited by Michael
Hubbard MacKay, Mark Ashurst-McGee, and Brian M. Hauglid, Without
End, September 19, 2020.
- Review
of Foundational Texts of Mormonism: Examining Major Early Sources, Without
End, June 26, 2018.
- Review
of Cowboy Apostle: The Diaries of Anthony W. Ivins, 1875–1932, Without
End, December 31, 2013.
- Review
of An Imperfect Book: What the Book of Mormon Tells Us about
Itself, Without End, June 19, 2013.
- “Changes
to the Bible Dictionary,” Without End, March 19, 2013.