Miranda Wilcox: Mormon Scholar

Miranda Wilcox is an assistant professor of English at Brigham Young University. She is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Wilcox earned her bachelor’s degree in Honors English from BYU in 1999. She then received both her MMS and PhD in Medieval studies from the Medieval Institute at the University of Notre Dame. She was awarded the Edward Sorin Postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Notre Dame.

She studies the literature and culture of Anglo-Saxon England and the Christian Latin poetry of Late Antiquity. Her research focuses on how Anglo-Saxon communities constructed Christian identity using narratives, metaphors, and ritual discourses. In 2007, she participated in the NEH Summer Institute at the York Minister.

She is a member of the International Society of Anglo-Saxonists, the Medieval Academy of America, the Modern Language Association, and the Society of Mormon Philosophy and Theology. She is also a member of the American Guild of Organists.

She is currently writing a book titled "Confessing the Faith in Anglo-Saxon England." She co-edited Standing Apart: Mormon Historical Consciousness and the Concept of Apostasy.