Newell G. Bringhurst (born 3 April 1942) is an American historian and author of books and essays.
Most of his writings have been about Mormonism— particularly topics and figures of controversy, such as blacks and the priesthood, Fawn Brodie, polygamy, and schisms within the LDS movement[1] Bringhurst taught history and political science for 35 years at the College of the Sequoias in Visalia, California, and is now a professor emeritus.
[3] Bringhurst became a history department lecturer at San Jose State University in 1972, where he taught for three years.
[4] In 2005, the John Whitmer Historical Association's Special Book Award was granted to Bringhurst and his co-editor Lavina Fielding Anderson for Excavating Mormon Pasts: The New Historiography of the Last Half Century.
[2] In 2021, Bringhurst received the Leonard J. Arrington Lifetime Contribution Award from the Mormon History Association.