Presenters
Jared Halverson
Jared teaches at the University of Utah Institute of Religion for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Originally from Southern California, he served a mission in Puerto Rico, was a teacher, supervisor, and researcher at the Missionary Training Center, and has taught religion courses at the high school and college level since 1998. He studied history and religious education at BYU and earned a PhD in American religious history at Vanderbilt University, focusing on anti-religious rhetoric. He is frequently involved with interfaith dialogue, has been a featured speaker in both devotional and academic settings from coast to coast, and hosts a popular YouTube channel and podcast called “Unshaken.” In 1999 he married Emily Stoddard in the San Diego Temple. They have five children.