Ph.D., Public Administration and Public Affairs, Virginia Tech
M.L.S., Library and Information Science, Emporia State University
M.P.A., Political Science and Public Administration, Brigham Young University
B.A., Political Science, Brigham Young University
Krista Cook is a 7th generation Utah Mormon who covers topics related to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Her personal LDS blog has been featured many times in the Deseret News, the Salt Lake City newspaper owned by the Church. She previously worked as a professor at both the graduate and undergraduate level.
Krista and her husband met on an LDS singles and were sealed in the Denver LDS Temple.
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