Mormon Scholars and Mormon Families in Family Studies: A Brief Retrospective

David C. Dollahite is professor of family life at Brigham Young University and codirector of the American Families of Faith national research project. He has twice been an Eliza R. Snow University Fellow and has served as an associate director of the School of Family Life. His scholarship focuses on religion and family life in the Abrahamic faiths. He has edited or coedited three volumes on LDS family life, including Successful Marriages and Families (BYU Studies Press, 2016), Helping and Healing Our Families (Deseret Book, 2005), and Strengthening Our Families (Deseret Book, 2000).

Loren D. Marks is professor of family life at Brigham Young University and codirector of the American Families of Faith national research project. From 2008 to 2015, he held the Kathryn Norwood and Claude Fussell Alumni Professorship and served as director of Louisiana State University’s Child and Family Studies program (2001–2015) before moving to BYU in 2015. His research has centered on religion and family relationships, and he has more than eighty publications, including two coauthored books, Religion and Families: An Introduction (Routledge, 2016) and Sacred Matters: Religion and Spirituality in Families (Routledge, 2012).

Heather Howell Kelley is currently a master’s student in the Marriage, Family, and Human Development Program at Brigham Young University. She graduated from BYU with a bachelor’s degree in family studies and works closely with David Dollahite and Loren Marks on the American Families of Faith national research project