Jordan Karpowitz
Assistant Dean, External Relations
BYU College of Family, Home, and Social Sciences
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Laura Padilla-Walker Begins Second Term as Dean, Announces New Associate Dean
Curtis Child is named associate dean over faculty development and Jeff Nokes is re-appointed as associate dean over students and curriculum.
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New Award Categories and More Award Funding Mark Winter 2026 Research Conference
Innovation is front and center on April 9 as students present research they conducted over the past semester at the Mentored Student Research Conference.
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Guiding Student Discovery
“Mentored research is just one of many ways—but an important way—that our students are able to engage in inspiring learning,” said Dean Laura Padilla-Walker at the April 2025 Mary Lou Fulton Mentored Student Research Conference. “We feel that the opportunities students have to engage with faculty research are a real strength of the programs that we offer.”
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Brian Q. Cannon named to Prestigious BYU Chair in Western American History
Laura Padilla-Walker, dean of the College of Family, Home and Social Sciences, and Jay H. Buckley, director of the Charles Redd Center for Western Studies, are pleased to announce the appointment of Brian Q. Cannon, professor of history at BYU, to the Lemuel Hardison Redd, Jr., Chair in Western American History at Brigham Young University. His initial three-year term began July 1.
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