Sociology Faculty

Melissa Alcaraz - Assistant Professor

BS, Brigham Young University, 2016
MA, Ohio State University, 2018
PhD, Ohio State University, 2021

Curtis D Child - Assistant Professor

BS, Brigham Young University, 2002
MPA, Indiana University at Bloomington, 2004
PhD, Indiana University at Bloomington, 2011

Michael R Cope - Assistant Professor

BA, University of Utah, 2002
MS, Brigham Young University, 2009
MA, Louisiana State University, 2011
PhD, Louisiana State University, 2015

Eric Carl Dahlin - Associate Professor

BS, Brigham Young University, 1999
MS, Brigham Young University, 2003
PhD, University of Minnesota, 2010

Mikaela Jean Dufur - Professor

BA, Brigham Young University, 1994
MA, Ohio State University, Columbus, 1996
PhD, Ohio State University, Columbus, 2000

Lance David Erickson - Associate Professor

BS, Brigham Young University, 1999
MS, Brigham Young University, 2001
PhD, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 2005

Renata A Forste - Professor

BS, Brigham Young University, 1984
MS, Brigham Young University, 1986
PhD, University of Chicago, 1992

Ryan Patrick Gabriel - Assistant Professor

BA, Utah State University, 2011
MA, University of Washington, 2013
PhD, University of Washington, 2016

Benjamin Guild Gibbs - Assistant Professor

BS, Brigham Young University, 2003
MS, Brigham Young University, 2005
PhD, Ohio State University, 2009

John P Hoffmann - Professor

BS, James Madison University, 1984
MS, American University, 1985
PhD, State University of New York, Albany, 1991
MPH, Emory University, 1994

Jonathan A Jarvis - Assistant Professor

BA, University of Alberta, 1998
MS, Brigham Young University, 2005
MA, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2008
PhD, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2015

Melissa S Jones - Assistant Professor

BA, Brigham Young University, 2011
MA, University of Oklahoma, 2014
PhD, University of Oklahoma, 2018

Stanley Jay Knapp - Associate Professor

BA, Brigham Young University, 1987
MS, Brigham Young University, 1989
PhD, Florida State University, 1996

Jane Lilly Lopez - Assistant Professor

BA, Stanford University, 2005
MA, Oxford University, 2006
PhD, University of California-San Diego, 2018

Hayley Marie Pierce - Assistant Professor

BA, Brigham Young University, 2013
MS, Brigham Young University, 2014
PhD, University of California-Berkeley, 2018

Jacob S Rugh - Associate Professor

BS, Brigham Young University, 2001
MPA, Princeton University, 2008
URP, Princeton University, 2008
PhD, Princeton University, 2012

Scott Russell Sanders - Associate Professor

BS, Brigham Young University, 2002
MPA, Cornell University, 2006
MS, Cornell University, 2007
PhD, Cornell University, 2013

Carol Jane Ward - Associate Professor

BA, North Texas State University, 1973
MA, North Texas State University, 1976
PhD, University of Chicago, 1992

Michael Lee Wood - Assistant Professor

BS, Brigham Young University, 2012
MS, Brigham Young University, 2014
PhD, Notre Dame University, 2019