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Administration
Church Board of Education and BYU Board of Trustees
Gordon B. Hinckley, Chairman
Thomas S. Monson, First Vice Chairman
James E. Faust, Second Vice Chairman
| Richard G. Scott |
Bonnie D. Parkin |
| Robert D. Hales |
Susan W. Tanner |
| David A. Bednar |
Roger G. Christensen, Secretary |
| Earl C. Tingey |
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Office of the Church Commissioner of Education
| W. Rolfe Kerr |
Commissioner—Church Educational System |
| Paul V. Johnson |
Administrator—Religious Education and Elementary and Secondary Education |
| Roger G. Christensen |
Administrator—Finance and Services |
University Administrative Officers
| Cecil O. Samuelson |
President |
| Gerrit W. Gong |
Assistant to the President—Planning and Assessment |
| Michael R. Orme |
Assistant to the President—General Counsel |
| David B. Thomas |
Associate General Counsel |
| Carri P. Jenkins |
Assistant to the President—University Communications |
| John S. Tanner |
Academic Vice President |
| Richard N. Williams |
Associate Academic Vice President—Faculty |
| Brent W. Webb |
Associate Academic Vice President—Research and Graduate Studies |
| K. Newell Dayley |
Associate Academic Vice President—Undergraduate Studies |
| Sandra Rogers |
International Vice President |
| Erlend D. Peterson |
Associate International Vice President |
| J. Kelly Flanagan |
Vice President—Information Technology and Chief Information Officer |
| Kelly C. McDonald |
Assistant Information Technology Vice President |
| Brad W. Farnsworth |
Administrative Vice President |
| Ole M. Smith |
Assistant Administrative Vice President—Physical Facilities |
| Forrest L. Flake
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Assistant Administrative Vice President—Human Resource Services |
| David A. Hunt |
Assistant Administrative Vice President—Student Auxiliary Services |
| Brian K. Evans |
Chief Financial Officer |
| Richard P. White |
University Treasurer |
Janet S. Scharman
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Student Life Vice President |
| Ronald K. Chapman |
Associate Student Life Vice President |
| Vernon Heperi |
Dean of Students |
| K. Fred Skousen |
Advancement Vice President |
| John C. Lewis |
Associate Advancement Vice President—Alumni and External Relations |
Deans of Academic Units
| Biology and Agriculture |
| Dean |
Rodney J. Brown |
| Associate Dean |
John D. Bell |
| Associate Dean |
Alan Harker |
| Assistant Dean |
Steven L. Taylor |
| Ira A. Fulton College of Engineering and Technology |
| Dean |
Alan R. Parkinson |
| Associate Dean |
John Harb |
| Associate Dean |
Spencer Magleby |
| Assistant Dean |
David K. Anthony |
| Family, Home, and Social Sciences |
| Dean |
David B. Magleby |
| Associate Dean |
James M. Harper |
| Associate Dean |
Richard B. Miller |
| Associate Dean |
Rulon D. Pope |
| Associate Dean |
Elaine Walton |
| Fine Arts and Communications |
| Dean |
Stephen M. Jones |
| Associate Dean |
Robert T. Barrett |
| Associate Dean |
Rory R. Scanlon |
| Assistant Dean |
Scott M. Boyter |
| Graduate Studies |
| Dean |
Bonnie Brinton |
| Health and Human Performance |
| Dean |
Sara Lee Gibb |
| Associate Dean |
Diane Chamberlain |
| Associate Dean |
Gordon B. Lindsay |
| Humanities |
| Dean |
John R. Rosenberg |
| Associate Dean |
Ray T. Clifford |
| Associate Dean |
Joseph Parry |
| Nursing |
| Dean |
Elaine S. Marshall |
| Associate Dean |
Catherine Coverston |
| Associate Dean |
Mary Williams |
| Physical and Mathematical Sciences |
| Dean |
Earl M. Woolley |
| Associate Dean |
Dana Thomas Griffen |
| Associate Dean |
Thomas W. Sederberg |
| Law School |
| Dean |
Kevin J. Worthen |
| Associate Dean |
Scott W. Cameron |
| Associate Dean |
James D. Gordon |
| Associate Dean |
Katherine D. Pullins |
| Associate Dean |
James R. Rasband |
| Assistant Dean |
Carl Hernandez III |
| Assistant Dean |
Mary E. Hoagland |
| Marriott School of Management |
| Dean |
Ned C. Hill |
| Associate Dean |
W. Steve Albrecht |
| Associate Dean |
Michael P. Thompson |
| David O. McKay School of Education |
| Dean |
K. Richard Young |
| Associate Dean |
Barbara Culatta |
| Associate Dean |
Marie Tuttle |
| Religious Education |
| Dean |
Terry B. Ball |
| Associate Dean |
Richard D. Draper |
| Associate Dean |
Dennis A. Wright |
| Undergraduate Education |
| Dean |
Daniel J. Fairbanks |
| Associate Dean—First-Year Experience |
R. Steven Turley |
| Associate Dean—General Education |
John D. Lamb |
| Associate Dean—Honors |
J. Scott Miller |
| Associate Dean—University Writing |
Gary L. Hatch |
| Assistant Dean |
Carolyn Tuitupou |
Deans and Directors of Academic Support Services
| Continuing Education |
| Dean |
Richard C. Eddy |
| Associate Dean |
Kenneth W. Anderson |
| Associate Dean |
Wayne J. Lott |
| David M. Kennedy Center |
Jeffrey F. Ringer |
| Institutional Assessment and Analysis |
| Director |
Danny Olsen |
| Instructional Applications Services Director |
Monte F. Shelley |
| Instructional Technology Center Director |
Paul Hardin |
| Libraries |
| University Librarian |
Randy J. Olsen |
| Associate University Librarian |
H. Julene Butler |
| Assistant University Librarian |
Therrin C. Dahlin |
| Assistant University Librarian |
Scott H. Duvall |
| Assistant University Librarian |
Robert G. Murdoch |
| Research and Creative Activities, Office of |
Gary Reynolds |
| Student Academic and Advisement Services |
| Dean |
Ford L. Stevenson |
| Associate Dean |
Norman B. Finlinson |
| Associate Dean |
Gary L. Kramer |
| Admissions Director |
Tom M. Gourley |
| Advisement Support Director |
Raylene J. Hadley |
| Assessment and Planning Director |
M. Wayne Childs |
| Enrollment Management Director |
Eric S. Myers |
| Financial Aid Director |
Paul Conrad |
| High School and College Relations Director |
R. Kirk Strong |
| Registrar and Records/Registration Director |
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| Scholarship Director |
Stephen E. Hill |
| Technology Applications Director |
Rick Williams |
| Student Life |
| Dean of Students |
Vernon L. Heperi |
| Associate Dean |
Jonathan K. Kau |
Chairs, Directors, or Coordinators of Instructional Units
| Accountancy |
Kevin D. Stocks |
| Aerospace Studies |
Col. Lawrence Kingsley |
| Ancient Scripture |
Dennis L. Largey |
| Anthropology |
David P. Crandall |
| Asian and Near Eastern Languages |
Robert A. Russell |
| Business Management |
Michael J. Swenson |
| Chemical Engineering |
W. Vincent Wilding |
| Chemistry and Biochemistry |
Paul B. Farnsworth |
| Church History and Doctrine |
Arnold K. Garr |
| Civil and Environmental Engineering |
A. Woodruff Miller |
| Communication Disorders |
David McPherson |
| Communications |
Edward E. Adams |
| Computer Science |
Tony Martinez |
| Counseling and Career Center |
Ronald K. Chapman |
| Counseling Psychology and Special Education |
Mary Anne Prater |
| Dance |
Lee Wakefield |
| Economics |
Michael R. Ransom |
| Educational Leadership and Foundations |
A. LeGrand Richards |
| Electrical and Computer Engineering |
A. Lee Swindlehurst |
| English |
Gregory D. Clark |
| Exercise Sciences |
Larry T. Hall |
| Family Life |
James M. Harper |
| Home and Family Living Program |
Shirley R. Klein |
| Marriage and Family Therapy Program |
Robert F. Stahmann |
| Marriage, Family, and Human Development Program |
Thomas B. Holman |
| French and Italian |
Yvon Le Bras |
| Geography |
J. Matthew Shumway |
| Geological Sciences |
Jeffrey D. Keith |
| Germanic and Slavic Languages |
David Hart |
| Health Science |
Brad L. Neiger |
| History |
Arnold H. Green |
| Humanities, Classics, and Comparative Literature |
V. Stanley Benfell |
| Information Systems |
Marshall Romney |
| Instructional Psychology and Technology |
Andrew S. Gibbons |
| Integrative Biology |
Larry L. St. Clair |
| International and Area Studies |
| Ancient Near Eastern Studies |
Dana M. Pike |
| Asian Studies |
James Davis |
| International Relations |
Darren Hawkins |
| Latin American Studies |
Ted Lyon |
| Middle Eastern Studies |
Chad Emmett |
| Linguistics and English Language |
Lynn E. Henrichsen |
| English Language Center |
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| Mathematics |
Lynn E. Garner |
| Mathematics Education |
Gerald M. Armstrong |
| Mechanical Engineering |
Larry L. Howell |
| Microbiology and Molecular Biology |
Brent L. Nielsen |
| Military Science |
Major Theodore M. Leblow |
| Music |
Dale E. Monson |
| Nursing |
Elaine S. Marshall |
| Nutrition, Dietetics, and Food Science |
Lynn V. Ogden |
| Organizational Leadership and Strategy |
Wm. Gerard Sanders |
| Philosophy |
Dennis F. Rasmussen |
| Physics and Astronomy |
Scott D. Sommerfeldt |
| Physiology and Developmental Biology |
James P. Porter |
| Plant and Animal Sciences |
Sheldon D. Nelson |
| Political Science |
Raymond V. Christensen |
| Psychology |
M. Gawain Wells |
| Recreation Management and Youth Leadership |
Brian J. Hill |
| Social Work |
Kevin M. Marett |
| Sociology |
Vaughn Call |
| Spanish and Portuguese |
Alvin F. Sherman |
| Statistics |
Del T. Scott |
| Teacher Education |
M. Winston Egan |
| Technology |
Thomas L. Erekson |
| Construction Management |
Jay P. Christofferson |
| Facilities Management |
Jeffery L. Campbell |
| Industrial Design |
Richard E. Fry |
| Information Technology |
C. Richard G. Helps |
| Manufacturing Engineering Technology |
Charles R. Harrell |
| Technology Teacher Education |
Steven L. Shumway |
| Theatre and Media Arts |
Rodger D. Sorensen |
| Visual Arts |
Linda Sullivan |
Chairs or Directors of Professional Institutes and Programs
| George W. Romney Institute of Public Management |
Gary C. Cornia |
| Institute of Marketing: Retail, Sales, and Services |
David Alcorn |
| Master of Business Administration |
James D. Stice |
| Peery Institute of Financial Services |
James R. Engebretsen |
Coordinators or Directors of Academic Areas
| Bachelor of General Studies Director |
Ellen Allred |
| Center for Language Studies |
Ray T. Clifford |
| Jerusalem Center for Near Eastern Studies Director |
James R. Kearl |
| BYU—Salt Lake Center for Continuing Education Director |
Lee J. Glines |
| CES Adult Programs Director |
R. Neil Carlile |
| CES Youth Programs Director |
Gregory M. Tanner |
| BYU Conference Center |
Spencer E. Hansen |
| Conferences and Workshops Director |
Steven W. Taggart |
| Evening Classes Director |
Ralph V. Larson |
| Independent Study Director |
R. Dwight Laws |
Advisement Center Personnel
| Biology and Agriculture |
Audrey L. Megerian |
| Engineering and Technology |
Pam Williamson |
| Family, Home, and Social Sciences |
Lori L. Seely |
| Fine Arts and Communications |
Brenda Butterfield |
| Health and Human Performance |
Shirlene Hindmarsh |
| Humanities |
Mary Anne Rich |
| International and Area Studies |
Noelani Sanchez |
| Marriott School of Management |
Eldon Bott |
| McKay School of Education |
Linda D. Parker |
| Nursing |
Mark E. White |
| Physical and Mathematical Sciences |
Merle White |
| University |
Karen Evans |
Research Centers and Institutes
| Advanced Combustion Engineering Research Center |
Thomas H. Fletcher |
| Monte L. Bean Life Science Museum |
| Director |
H. Duane Smith |
| Associate Director |
Duke S. Rogers |
| Assistant Director |
Douglas C. Cox |
| Ezra Taft Benson Agriculture and Food Institute |
Allen C. Christensen |
| Cancer Research Center |
Daniel L. Simmons |
| Center for Economic Self-Reliance |
Todd Manwaring |
| Center for Entrepreneurship |
Donald H. Livingstone |
| Center for Instructional Design |
Jonathan D. Mott |
| Center for Service and Learning |
| Director |
Sarah Westerburg |
| Center for Statistical Research |
Dennis L. Eggett |
| Center for the Improvement of Teacher Education and Schooling |
Steven Baugh |
| Center for the Study of Christian Values in Literature |
Jesse S. Crisler |
| Associate Director |
Edward Cutler |
| Communications Research Center |
Steven Thomsen |
| Comprehensive Clinic |
Judith Norman |
| Computer-Aided Engineering, Design, and Manufacturing Center |
J. Brent Smith |
| Earth Science Museum |
Rodney Scheetz |
| Family Studies Center |
D. Russell Crane |
| Human Performance Research Center |
Robert K. Conlee |
| Humanities Technology and Research Support Center |
Jerry W. Larson |
| Institute of Marketing |
David S. Alcorn |
| International Center for Law and Religion Studies |
W. Cole Durham, Jr. |
| Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship |
Andrew C. Skinner |
| Museum of Art |
Campbell B. Gray |
| Museum of Peoples and Cultures |
Marti Lu Allen |
| Charles Redd Center for Western Studies |
Brian Q. Cannon |
| Religious Studies Center |
Andrew C. Skinner |
| Rollins Center for eBusiness |
Stephen W. Liddle |
| Romney Institute of Public Management |
Gary C. Cornia |
| Joseph Fielding Smith Institute for LDS History |
Jill M. Derr |
| Kay and Yvonne Whitmore Global Management Center |
C. Brooke Derr |
| Women's Research Institute |
Bonnie Ballif-Spanvill |
| World Family Policy Center |
Richard G. Wilkins |
Other Areas of Service
| Academic Support |
Norman L. Roberts |
| Benefits |
R. Berrey Parker |
| Bookstore |
Roger L. Reynolds |
| Counseling and Career Center |
Ronald K. Chapman |
| Dining Services |
Dean A. Wright |
| Employment Services |
Don J. Brown |
| Employee Relations |
R. Scott Elkins |
| Faculty Center |
David A. Whetten |
| Honor Code Office |
Steven Baker |
| ID Center |
Nancy Carson |
| Intercollegiate Athletics |
Thomas A. Holmoe |
| International Student Support |
Enoc Flores |
| Multicultural Student Services |
Lisa Muranaka |
| Payroll Manager |
Randall L. Morgan |
| Planning and Architecture |
Warren Jones |
| Publications and Graphics |
Norman A. Darais |
| Residence Life |
Julie L. Franklin |
| Services for Students with Disabilities |
Mark Beecher |
| Student Activities |
Anne Rumsey |
| Student Health Services |
Rulon J. Barlow |
| University Police |
Larry A. Stott |
| Women's Services and Resources |
LaNae Valentine |
Chairs and Professorships
Some faculty members hold appointments at the university that
are partially or fully supported through the generosity of private
donors. These professorships recognize and support important
scholarly contributions by the recipients in the various disciplines
of the university. Chairs and professorships for faculty members
within disciplines are noted in the departmental listing of faculty.
Maeser Professorships and Alcuin Fellows
Brigham Young University also encourages strong commitment
by its faculty to undergraduate teaching, particularly in the
university's General Education Program. The Karl G. Maeser
Professorships, named for the spiritual architect of Brigham
Young Academy and established in 1987, acknowledge truly
outstanding efforts in the development and teaching of general
education and honors courses balanced with serious and
committed scholarship.
Alcuin Fellowships, established in 1986 and named for the
founder of the court schools during the Carolingian renaissance of
Charlemagne, acknowledge outstanding and innovative efforts in
working with students within the university's general education
and honors curriculum.
Karl G. Maeser Professors
College of Biology and Agriculture
Daniel J. Fairbanks, Plant and Animal Sciences
Robert E. Seegmiller, Physiology and Developmental Biology
College of Family, Home, and Social Sciences
Harold L. Miller, Jr., Psychology
College of Fine Arts and Communications
E. Harrison Powley, Music
College of Humanities
Michael J. Call, Humanities, Classics, and Comparative Literature
Alcuin Fellows
College of Biology and Agriculture
C. Riley Nelson, Integrative Biology
Ira A. Fulton College of Engineering and Technology
Paul F. Eastman, Mechanical Engineering
College of Family, Home, and Social Sciences
Ralph B. Brown, Sociology
James A. David, Geography
Richard E. Johnson, Sociology
David E. Spencer, Economics
College of Health and Human Performance
James D. George, Exercise Sciences
Barbara Lockhart, Exercise Sciences
College of Humanities
Valerie Hegstrom, Spanish and Portuguese
Michelle S. James, Germanic and Slavic Languages
Dilworth B. Parkinson, Asian and Near Eastern Languages
Larry V. Shumway, Humanities, Classics, and Comparative Literature
Marriott School of Management
William H. Baker, Organizational Leadership and Strategy
College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences
Steven E. Jones, Physics and Astronomy
Brian F. Woodfield, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Religious Education
Richard N. Holzapfel, Church History and Doctrine
David R. Seely, Ancient Scripture
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