Devyn M. Smith

DEVYN SMITH lives in Lynn, Massachusetts, with his wife, Shelli Edgar, where they attend the Revere II Ward. He has a B.S. in zoology from Brigham Young University, an M.S. in biology from Idaho State University, and a Ph.D. in genetics from Harvard Medical School. He currently works as a strategy consultant for the pharmaceutical industry and is a Cambridge Massachusetts Stake high councilor.

The Human Genome Project, Modern Biology, and Mormonism: A Viable Marriage?

Articles/Essays – Volume 35, No. 4

Dialogue 34.4 (Winter 2002): 61–71
THE WORLD IS RAPIDLY CHANGING as new technologies change the way we think, act, and live. This is particularly true with the many changes biology has wrought in our lives over the last few years.

The Diverse Sheep of Israel: Should the Shepherds Resemble Their Flocks?

Articles/Essays – Volume 38, No. 4

Recently, my wife and I became foster parents to two teenagers of Haitian ancestry, a fourteen-year-old girl and an eighteen-year-old boy. It is our first-time parenting experience, and “interesting” is not an adjective that does…