Professor

Amy Harris, PhD, AG®, FRHistS

Amy Harris, PhD, AG®, FRHistS is the current Family History Bachelor's Program director at Brigham Young University. She has published in the National Genealogical Society Quarterly, in the Genealogists’ Magazine, and on the history of genealogical practices. She has served on journal and organization boards in both genealogy and British history. She is also a founding board member of the Association of Genealogy Educators and Schools (AGES).

Her historical research focuses on families, women, and gender in eighteenth-century Britain. Her works include Siblinghood and Social Relations in Georgian England (Manchester, 2012); A Single View: Family Life and the Unmarried in Georgian England (Oxford, 2023); and Redeeming the Dead (Maxwell Institute & Deseret Book, 2024).

Amy, a native of Ogden, Utah is a professor in the BYU Department of History where she teaches history and family history/genealogy courses. Follow her on Instagram @familyhistoryprof