Roni Jo Draper

Roni Jo Draper (Yurok|she. her) is a professor in the Department of Teacher Education in the David O. McKay School of Education at Brigham Young University where she teaches courses in multicultural education, women's studies, and literacy.

Review: On Truth-Telling and Positionalities P. Jane Hafen and Brenden W. Rensink, eds., Essays on American Indian and Mormon History

Articles/Essays – Volume 54, No. 2

I struggle with beginnings. I always just want to get to it. However, allow me to take a bit of time to introduce myself before I tell the story of my experience with the collection…

Roundtable: I Am Giving Columbus No More of My Time

Articles/Essays – Volume 54, No. 2

In 2017, the First Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints issued a statement condemning “white supremacist attitudes.” As a member of the Church who also knows the history, erasure, and pain…

The Art of Queering Boundaries in LDS Communities

Articles/Essays – Volume 49, No. 2

Dialogue 49.2 (Summer 2016): 45–50

“I am the mother of a queer son. I am also an active member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as well as a professor at Brigham Young University, where I teach courses in literacy education, educational research methods, and multicultural education.”