[3][4][5] McClellan was the winner of the Society of Biblical Literature's 2023 Richards Award for Public Scholarship.
[2][11] In 2020, he received a PhD from the University of Exeter, where he wrote a dissertation under the supervision of Francesca Stavrakopoulou.
[12][11] In 2022, he published a revised version of his dissertation, titled YHWH's Divine Images: A Cognitive Approach.
[11] He leads online classes, cohosts the Data Over Dogma Podcast,[14] and is also active on TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, and Twitter.
[15] McClellan has run for public office in Utah twice, though he lost both elections to incumbents.