Mauro Properzi is associate professor of world religions and Christianity at Brigham Young University, where he has been teaching since 2011. He received graduate degrees in theology and religious studies from Harvard, the University of Cambridge and Durham University in the U.K., as well as the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome. He is the author of Mormonism and the Emotions (Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 2015) and of several articles published in the Journal of Research on Christian Education, the International Journal of Religion and Spirituality in Society, the Journal of Mormon History, the Journal of Ecumenical Studies, Issues in Religion and Psychotherapy, and BYU Studies. He has taught at the BYU Jerusalem Center for two academic years: 2019-2020 and 2022-23. He has also directed six-weeks study abroad programs in Italy for BYU in 2024 and 2025. He was born and raised in Gorizia (Northeastern Italy) and served his mission in Southern Italy. He loves traveling, good food (especially Italian), soccer, and BYU sports. He and his wife Larissa are the parents of four children.
