W. Paul Reeve is the Simmons Chair of Mormon Studies where he teaches courses on Utah history, Mormon history and the history of the U.S. West. He is project manager and general editor of an award-winning digital database, Century of Black Mormons, designed to name and identify all known Black Latter-day Saints baptized into the faith between 1830 and 1930. His book, Religion of a Different Color: Race and the Mormon Struggle for Whiteness received three best book awards. His is also the author of Let’s Talk About Race and Priesthood. With Christopher Rich Jr., and LaJean Purcell Carruth, he is the author of the multiple award-winning This Abominable Slavery: Race, Religion, and the Battle over Human Bondage in Antebellum Utah.

He is the recipient of the Utah Council for the Social Studies’ University Teacher of the Year award, the University of Utah’s Early Career Teaching Award and the College of Humanities’ Ramona W. Cannon Award for Teaching Excellence in the Humanities.