Research and Academic Support Areas

College Advisement Center

Larry K. Taylor, Supervisor (151 SWKT, [801] 378-3541)

Advisors are prepared to assist students in the selection of General Education offerings that will contribute to a broad education. Advisors also assist faculty in offering counsel for specific majors and in monitoring a student's progress toward graduation.

Purposes

The College of Family, Home, and Social Sciences is composed of departments whose primary focus is people.

Degrees Offered

Bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees are offered in the college. See the individual department and program listings in this catalog for specific degrees offered and the requirements for each.

Scholarships and Awards

Scholarships and awards are available to qualified students. Applications may be obtained from the Financial Aid Office (A-141 ASB).

Women's Studies Minor

Bonnie Ballif-Spanvill, Director (337 SWKT, [801] 378-4609]

The Women's Research Institute sponsors a minor in Women's Studies. This program educates students in the findings, theory, and research methodologies fundamental to the women's studies field, and fosters critical thinking and superior scholarship. The research and study of women and their viewpoints in traditional academic disciplines creates a new framework of interpretation and scholarship for our historical and cultural traditions. Courses in the minor represent many disciplines and provide a variety of perspectives on topics relating to women's experiences.

Family Studies Center

D. Russell Crane, Director (350 SWKT, [801] 378-2948)

The Family Studies Center is dedicated to identifying characteristics associated with strong families and the processes by which they develop. At the heart of the center's mission is a deep and abiding desire to understand families and family members and to assist them to achieve their full potential. The center understands the important link that research can and must have to families themselves. Research that illuminates the relationship between the family and other important institutions such as governments, schools, and business, as well as social contexts including households, neighborhoods, and cultures, is germane to the center's research program. Relevant information is presented through publications, conferences, symposia, seminars, and lectures.

Museum of Peoples and Cultures

Marti Lu Allen, Director (105 ALLN)

The Museum of Peoples and Cultures is located in Allen Hall at 700 North 100 East in Provo. Museum hours are from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. Guided tours are available for a nominal fee and can be scheduled by calling the museum at (801) 378-6112.

Educational Opportunities. Classes in museum practices designed to provide students with practical experience in collections care and management—including computer applications, exhibition curation, and educational programming—are available with approval. Museum practice courses are taught by the museum's staff, who are adjunct anthropology faculty (see listings in the Anthropology section of this catalog). The museum also employs several students each semester to assist in collections work and welcomes volunteers to assist in educational and promotional work.

Anthropological Collections and Research Opportunities. Museum collections contain prehistoric and ethnographic artifacts from various parts of the world. The bulk of holdings are from the Southwest, Mesoamerica, Polynesia, ancient Peru, and the Great Basin, especially Utah Valley. The museum also cares for a collection of more than 20,000 black and white and color photographs that document BYU archaeological research and the artifactual materials. The museum encourages students to inquire about research possibilities using its collections.

Joseph Fielding Smith Institute for Latter-day Saint History

Ronald K. Esplin, Director (121 KMB, [801] 378-4023)

The task of the Joseph Fielding Smith Institute for Latter-day Saint History is the scholarly study of the history, people, institutions, and culture of the Latter-day Saints. Its mission, as a research organization, is to use the materials of history and the tools of scholarship to research, write, and publish works about the Latter-day Saint past that will be of significance to other scholars and to Latter-day Saints generally. Its personnel are historians who seek to understand and, where appropriate, emphasize the religious context of LDS history, including the vision and faith that underlie many significant events.

Joseph Fielding Smith Institute Faculty

Research Professors

Bushman, Richard L. (1999) BA, Harvard Coll., 1955; MA, PhD, Harvard U., 1960, 1961.

Esplin, Ronald K. (1980) BA, U. of Utah, 1969; MA, U. of Virginia, 1970; PhD, Brigham Young U., 1981.

Madsen, Carol Cornwall (1980) BA, MA, PhD, U. of Utah, 1957, 1977, 1985.

Underwood, Grant (2000) BA, MA, Brigham Young U., 1977, 1981; PhD, U. of California, Los Angeles, 1988.

Walker, Ronald W. (1980) BS, MA, Brigham Young U., 1961, 1965; MS, Stanford U., 1968; PhD, U. of Utah, 1977.

Associate Research Professors

Derr, Jill Mulvay (1998) BA, U. of Utah, 1970; MA, Harvard U., 1971.

Hartley, William G. (1980) BA, MA, Brigham Young U., 1965, 1969.

Jensen, Richard L. (1980) BA, Utah State U., 1968; MA, Ohio State U., 1972.

Senior Research Fellows

Allen, James B. (1963) BS, Utah State U., 1954; MA, Brigham Young U., 1957; PhD, U. of Southern California, 1963.

Anderson, Richard L. (1955) BA, Brigham Young U., 1951; JD, Harvard U., 1954; MA, Brigham Young U., 1957; PhD, U. of California, Berkeley, 1962.

Jessee, Dean C. (1980) BA, MA, Brigham Young U., 1956, 1959.

Emeritus

Beecher, Maureen Ursenbach (1980) BS, Brigham Young U., 1958; MA, PhD, U. of Utah, 1966, 1973.

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