David C. Dollahite is Professor of Family Life at Brigham Young University where he teaches classes and conducts research on the links between religion and family life. He is Co-Director (with Dr. Loren Marks) of the American Families of Faith Project. He and his wife, Mary, have been married for 34 years and have seven children and three grandchildren. Brother Dollahite joined the LDS Church as a teenager and served a mission in New England. He has served in various capacities in the Church including as bishop of a BYU student ward, stake high councilor, bishop’s counselor (twice), stake mission president, and currently serves as stake Sunday School president. He is coauthor/coeditor of six books including Successful Marriages and Families (Deseret Book, 2012). With Loren Marks, he is editor of Religion and Families (Routledge, 2017).
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