Dr. Kenneth L. Alford is a professor of Church history and doctrine and Colonel, U.S. Army (Retired).

After serving almost thirty years on active duty in the United States Army, he retired as a colonel in 2008. While on active military duty, Ken served in numerous assignments, including the Pentagon, eight years teaching computer science and information systems engineering at the United States Military Academy at West Point, and four years as a professor of behavioral science and department chair at the National Defense University in Washington, DC. After serving in the England Bristol Mission, he earned a bachelor of arts degree in political science from Brigham Young University, a master of arts in international relations from the University of Southern California, a master of computer science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and a Ph.D. in computer science from George Mason University. He has published and presented on a wide variety of American and Church history, scriptural, pedagogical, computer science, information systems engineering, military science, organizational behavior, and strategic leadership subjects during his career. Ken and his late wife, Sherilee, have four wonderful children and twenty delightful grandchildren.

Awards and Recognition: Ephraim Hatch Teaching and Learning Faculty Fellowship (2020-2023), Honorary Life Member, Utah State Historical Society (2019—life), Hope is Everything Foundation Excellence Award (2023), Westerners International Co-Founders Award Best Non-Fiction Book 2nd Place (2022), Dean's Award for Innovative Teaching (2019), South Carolina Historical Association Biennial Daniel Hollis Best Article Prize (2017), Religious Education Teaching Fellowship (2015-2017), Richard Lloyd Anderson Research Award (2015), Mentored Education Research Grant recipient (2013), Harvey B. and Susan Easton Black Outstanding Publication Award (2013), BYU George Q. Cannon Honoree (2010), National Defense University Researcher of the Year (2008), U.S. Department of Defense Superior Service Medal (2008).

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