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Connections Magazine 2026

New Faculty

August 15, 2026 03:00 PM

Meet the college’s 2025 cohort of new hires on the continuing faculty status (CFS) track.

Taylor Landon

Assistant Professor, Economics
PhD, Economics, University of Maryland, 2025

Eric Lewis

Assistant Professor, Economics
PhD, Economics, University of Michigan, 2015
Economist, Antitrust Division, US Department of Justice, 2015–2019
Assistant Professor, Bush School of Government and Public Service, Texas A&M University, 2019–2025
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Gwyneth Miner

Assistant Professor, Economics
PhD, Economics, University of California, Berkeley, 2025
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Hailey Holmgren

Assistant Professor, Family Life
PhD, Family Social Science, University of Minnesota, 2020
Project Manager, Project M.E.D.I.A., BYU, 2020–2025
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Bonnie Young

Assistant Professor, Family Life
PhD, Human Development and Family Studies, Utah State University, 2025
Chelsea Ackroyd

Chelsea Ackroyd

Assistant Professor, Geography
PhD, Geography, University of Utah, 2023
Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Utah, 2023–2025
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Nathan Anderson

Assistant Professor, Psychology
PhD, Psychological and Brain Sciences, Washington University in St. Louis, 2021
Postdoctoral Scholar, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, 2021–2025

Kaylie Carbine

Associate Professor, Psychology
PhD, Psychology, Brigham Young University, 2020
Assistant Professor, Psychology, California State University, Dominguez Hills, 2020–2024
Associate Professor, Psychology, California State University, Dominguez Hills, 2024–2025

Juan Vallardes

Assistant Professor, Psychology
PhD, Social Psychology, Lehigh University, 2023
Visiting Assistant Professor, Psychology, BYU, 2023–2025
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Elizabeth Wood

Assistant Professor, Psychology
PhD, Psychology, Brigham Young University, 2020
Research Fellow, University of Wisconsin–Madison, 2020–2021
Postdoctoral Trainee, Oregon Health & Science University, 2020–2025
Assistant Professor, Psychology, Oregon Health & Science University, 2024–2025

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