Russell T. Osguthorpe

Who is Russell T. Osguthorpe?

Russell Trent Osguthorpe has been the general president of the Sunday School of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints since 2009. He is the twentieth man to serve in this position. Osguthorpe is also the author of books on education.

Osguthorpe has multiple degrees, including a Ph.D. from Brigham Young University, where he is a professor of Instructional Psychology and Technology. Osguthorpe also studied at the University of Utah.

Osguthorpe has written Choose to Learn: Teaching for Success Every Day and Balancing the Tensions of Change. He has also written materials on deaf education. Osguthorpe was the lead author of Partner School: Centers for Educational Renewal. This book is often cited as one of the leading works on the subject. He has also written a hymn with his wife, Lola. Among Osguthorpe's more recent articles was one written with his son, Richard D. Osguthorpe, entitled "Instructional design as a living practice: Toward a conscience of craft." in Educational Technology, Vol. 47, No. 4, p. 13-23.

Osguthorpe is currently the director of the Center for Teaching and Learning at BYU. He has also served as an associate dean of the David O. McKay School of Education at BYU. He was previously a visiting faculty member at the University of Toronto, the University of Paris and a member of the faculty of the National Technical Institute for the Deaf in Rochester, New York. Since 1998, Osguthorpe has held the Martha Jane Knowlton Coray University Professorship at BYU.