David C. Dollahite, PhD, is Camilla Eyring Kimball Professor of Family Life at Brigham Young University where he teaches classes and conducts research on the nexus of religion and family life. He is Co-Director (with Dr. Loren Marks) of the American Families of Faith Project (http://AmericanFamiliesofFaith.byu.edu), an ongoing national research endeavor on how religious beliefs, spiritual practices, and faith communities influence marriage and family life. He received the Eliza R. Snow Fellowship for his research on religion and family relationships. He obtained a M.S. degree in Marriage and family therapy from Brigham Young University in 1985 and a PhD in family social science from the University of Minnesota in 1988.
He is co-author (with Loren D. Marks) of STRENGTHS IN DIVERSE FAMILIES OF FAITH: EXPLORING RELIGIOUS DIFFERENCES (2020, Routledge) and RELIGION AND FAMILIES: AN INTRODUCTION (2017, Routledge). He has published over 100 scholarly articles and chapters and has edited or co-edited four books including GENERATIVE FATHERING (Sage, 1998) and three volumes on LDS family life: SUCCESSFUL MARRIAGES AND FAMILIES (BYU Studies, 2012), HELPING AND HEALING OUR FAMILIES (Deseret Book, 2005), and STRENGTHENING OUR FAMILIES (Bookcraft, 2000). He and his wife, Mary, are parents of seven children and grandparents of four.
