John D. Roth was born and raised in Holmes County, Ohio. In 1989 he received his Ph.D. in Early Modern European History from the University of Chicago. Since 1988 he has taught in the history department at Goshen College (Goshen, IN). In addition to teaching, Roth also serves as the editor of The Mennonite Quarterly Review, an academic journal focusing on Anabaptists, Hutterites, Mennonites and Amish. His research and publications have concentrated primarily on topics related to the Radical Reformation. He and his wife, Ruth, are the parents of four children and are actively involved in the life of their local congregation.