Gideon O. Burton

Gideon O. Burton is Assistant Professor of English at Brigham Young University, where he teaches Renaissance literature, Mormon literature, and literature and film. He serves as chair of the BYU Studies Arts and Sciences Board. He received his PhD in rhetoric, linguistics, and literature from the University of Southern California in 1994. A past president of the Association for Mormon Letters, he has been active in Mormon literary studies and has organized the LDS Film Forum associated with the annual LDS Film Festival. With BYU librarians he created and maintains the Mormon Literature & Creative Arts database (http://mormonlit.lib.byu.edu).