The Origins of SquareTwo

Originally posted on September 20th, 2008 by Sq2Admin; updated November 23, 2018

SquareTwo had been on the minds of several of the editors for some time. For the senior editor, the thought of an online journal of serious scholarship based on the Restored Gospel of Jesus Christ (RGJC) concerning important issues confronting the world today began about fifteen years ago, but the domain name for SquareTwo was only obtained in 2005. It was not until the summer of 2008 that the effort needed to put together a first editorial team and also the website actually took place. For an exposition of our aims, former editor John Mark Mattox wrote a manifesto for the journal, entitled "'By Study and Also by Faith': SquareTwo and Scholarship in Light of the Restoration," which was published in the Fall 2011 issue. In assembling the first editorial team, great care was taken to ensure strict gender parity, as well as parity between younger and older editors. We purposefully sought a diversity of life experiences among the editors, as well. All members of the editorial team are members in good standing in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, in keeping with our purpose to develop a forum for the expression of a faithful RGJC perspective on the important issues of the world today.

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  SquareTwo's Editorial Board

Posted July 1st, 2011 by Sq2Admin; updated 25 November 2018

  • The current editorial team includes:
    • Senior Editor: V. M. Hudson, Ph.D., political science/IR; Foreign Policy magazine's list of Top 100 Influential Global Thinkers, 2009.
    • Ralph C. Hancock: husband of Julie, father (of 5) and grandfather, Ph.D. (Political Science), teaches political philosophy, examines interrelation of theory and practice (with the help of Aristotle, Tocqueville, Heidegger, Leo Strauss, Emmanuel Levinas).
    • Susan R. Madsen: Karen Haight Huntsman Professor of Leadership in the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business at Utah State University. She is also the founding director of the Utah Women & Leadership Project. In addition, Susan is a leadership and change consultant and loves to teach, research, and write. She is a global thought leader on the topic of women and leadership and speaks often in various countries around the world
    • Scott Hammond: Scott C. Hammond is a Professor in the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business at Utah State University, an author, consultant, and speaker. He appears regularly in the national media, and hosts a regionally broadcast daily radio spot called The Management Minute.
    • Emilee Pugh Bell (Book Review Editor): Emilee Pugh Bell is an analyst at the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO). She received her masters in public administration (MPA) in 2022 with emphases in analytical methods and women, peace, and security while working as a research assistant for Dr. Valerie Hudson at Texas A&M University. She worked some time in state government and nonprofit management prior to studying for her masters. Emilee received her BA in English language with minors in editing and nonprofit management from Brigham Young University in 2017. She served a full-time mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Chiapas, Mexico from 2013 to 2015. She and her husband Jarrett and their cat Huey Lewis currently live in the DC metropolitan area.
    • Rachel Zirkle: B.A., Political Science, Brigham Young University,, where she worked on the WomanStats project. Rachel met her husband Isaiah at BYU and they now have four children. In addition to mothering, Rachel enjoys writing in various mediums from published articles to songwriting. She has a passion for politics and religion, gender equality, and kickboxing. 
    • Stephen T. Cranney has a dual-PhD in sociology and demography from the University of Pennsylvania. He has a data science business  in the DC area, with a clientele focus of NGOs in the religion and public life space. 
    • Carl Brinton: MBA (Harvard Business School), Director in EQT Partners' Healthcare practice, with sub-sector responsibility for Healthcare IT and Digital Health in North America. He is the husband of Gloria Gong and father to four dynamic kids.
    • Diane L. Spangler, Ph.D.: Dr. Spangler received her doctoral degree in Clinical Psychology from the University of Oregon followed by a Postdoctoral Research Fellowship at the Stanford University School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry. She has served as a Professor at both Brigham Young University and Oxford University, and also maintains a private practice. She currently specializes in the etiology, assessment and treatment of depression, anxiety and eating disorders, cognitive-behavioral theory/therapy, body image, emotion theory, treatment evaluation methodology, and the interface of psychology and religion.
    • Ashley B. Alley: BA in Art History and Curatorial Studies from Brigham Young University, MPSA (Public Service and Administration) from Texas A&M University, with experience in both research and writing related contemporary global women's issues.
    • Savannah Eccles Johnston: Assistant Professor, political science, SLCC. Her research focuses on American political thought, and she is the mother of four children.
    • Ted Richards received his PhD in Political Science from Claremont Graduate University; he is now a postdoc at the Declaration of Independence Center at the University of Mississippi in Oxford, Mississippi. He is writing a book n on Shakespeare’s influence on Abraham Lincoln’s thought and statesmanship. He found his way to political philosophy by way of apologetics and theology on his mission in Pittsburgh, PA. He is married to a beautiful wife and is the father of two beautiful daughters. Ted is an avid musician.
    • Holly Hamilton-Bleakley has a BA in Economics from Wellesley College, and an MPhil and PhD in Intellectual History and Political Thought from the University of Cambridge. She has published several articles on late medieval and early modern philosophy, and is currently working on a monograph, The Ethics of Free Speech, under contract with Broadview Press. She is an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Philosophy Department at the University of San Diego, where she is also the Director of the Medieval and Renaissance Studies program. She served a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in the Florida Jacksonville Mission from 1992-1993. She and her husband Tim Bleakley were married in the Salt Lake Temple in 1996, are the parents of six children.
    Emeriti:
    • John Mark Mattox
    • R. Decker
    • Karen Hyer
    • Thelma Young
    • L. Hulet, MPA
    • George B. Handley
    • Neal Kramer
    • Neylan McBaine
    • Janille Shumway Stearmer
    • Nkoyo Iyamba
    • Erik Linton
    • Michelle Brignone
    • Elizabeth Barton
    • B. Kent Harrison, deceased

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