William D. Russell (historian)
William Dean Russell (born 1938) is an American historian focusing on the history of the Latter Day Saint movement. Russell taught at Graceland University for forty-one years, retiring as a professor of history in 2007. He has been a civil rights activist since the 1960s, championing the causes of equality for all regardless of race, gender, or sexual orientation.William D. Russell, ed., ''Homosexual Saints: The Community of Christ Experience'' (John Whitmer Books, Independence, Missouri: 2008), 264. A member of the Community of Christ, Russell is one of the activists and leaders credited with the church's progressive transformation in the latter half of the twentieth century. Academic career Russell graduated from Graceland in 1960. He later received a masters of divinity (M.Div.) from the Saint Paul School of Theology and a J.D. from the University of Iowa. Russell served as editor of ''Courage: A Journal of History, Thought, and Action'' throughout its entire run from 1970 to 19 ...
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