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Mikaela Dufur

Associate Dean, FHSS
Dean's Office

2051 JFSB - Brigham Young University
Provo, UT 84602

Biography

Mikaela Dufur received a bachelor's degree in English from Brigham Youn University and master's and PhD degrees in sociology from The Ohio State University. Her primary research interests are in the social resources available to children and adolescents, particularly how those resources vary in different family structures. She also studies race and gender in sports.

Research Interests

Child and adolescent social capital in families and in schools, single mothers/single fathers, sport

Teaching Interests

Adolescence
Family
Education
Social Capital
Sport

Education

  • PHD, SOCIOLOGY , OHIO STATE UNIV COLUMBUS (2000)
  • MA, SOCIOLOGY , OHIO STATE UNIV COLUMBUS (1996)
  • BA, ENGLISH , BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY (1994)

Honors and Awards

  • BYU Department of Sociology Mentoring Award, BYU Department of Sociology (2019 - 2020)
  • FWA Citizenship Award, Faculty Women's Association (2018 - 2018)
  • Martin B. Hickman Achievement in Teaching, School of Family, Home, and Social Sciences (2018 - 2018)
  • Reuben Hill Award, National Council on Family Relations (1999 - 1999)

Administrative Assignments

  • Family, Home, and Social Sciences: Associate Dean (2020 - Present)

Memberships

  • North American Society for the Study of Sport (2022 - Present)
  • National Council of Family Relations (2016 - Present)
  • Population Association of America (2015 - Present)
  • Society for Longitudinal and Life Course Studies (2013 - Present)
  • American Sociological Association (1995 - Present)

Professional Citizenship

  • Grant Proposal Reviewer, External, National Science Foundation (2018 - Present)
  • Editorial Review Board Member, Journal of Marriage and Family (2016 - Present)
  • Other, Sociology Compass (2016 - 2020)
  • Committee/Council Member, American Sociological Association, Family Section (2017 - 2018)
  • Committee/Council Member, American Sociological Association, Children and Youth Section (2017 - 2018)

Courses Taught

Publications

Tom R. Leppard Mikaela Jean Dufur Mikaela Jean Dufur Jared M. Poff Jonathan A Jarvis Kevin Shafer Mikaela J. Dufur Mikaela Jean Dufur Hyeyoung Woo Nina A. Stoddard-Bennett Jordan Coburn Mikaela J. Dufur Jonathan A. Jarvis Shana L. Pribesh Mikaela Jean Dufur Shana L. Pribesh Jonathan A Jarvis Jonathan A Jarvis Carolina Otero Jared M. Poff Mikaela Jean Dufur Shana L. Pribesh M. Rachel Hveem Samuel C. M. Faulconer Mikaela Jean Dufur Samuel C.M. Faulconer M. Rachel Hveem Mikaela Jean Dufur Tom R Leppard Mikaela Jean Dufur Jonathan A Jarvis Amy Read Mikaela Jean Dufur Shana Pribesh Kirsten Rasmussen Elizabeth Koch Sigler Sadie A. Slighting Jonathan A Jarvis Mikaela Jean Dufur Shana L. Pribesh Kirsten Rasmussen Mikaela Jean Dufur Michael R Cope Hayley Marie Pierce Matthew Usevitch Mikaela Jean Dufur Shana L. Pribesh Jane Smith Carson Mikaela Jean Dufur Yuanyuan Yue Kathy Morgan Helen S. Barton Jared D. Thorpe Mikaela Jean Dufur Jonathan A Jarvis Allison Corbett Jared Thorpe Mikaela Jean Dufur John P Hoffmann Jared D Thorpe Mikaela Jean Dufur Mikaela Jean Dufur Kevin M Shafer Florencia Silveira Maia Roberson Green Kristie J. Rowley Christina C. Edmunds Mikaela Jean Dufur Jonathan A Jarvis Florencia Silveira Jonathan A Jarvis Ashley Gael Larsen Mikaela Jean Dufur Shana L. Pribesh Elizabeth Koch Sigler Matthew T. Usevitch Kaisja Angerhofer Heninger Mikaela Jean Dufur Shana L. Pribesh Jonathan A Jarvis Kristie J. Rowley Jared T. Thorpe Mikaela Jean Dufur Kevin M T. Shafer Shana L Pribesh Matthew Usevitch Elizabeth Koch Sigler Kaisja Angerhofer Heninger Yuanyuan Yue Mikaela J Dufur Jonathan A Jarvis Shana L. Pribesh Kathy Morgan Mikaela Jean Dufur Kristie J Rowley Shelby M. McNeill Mikaela Jean Dufur Christina Edmunds Jonathan A Jarvis Mikaela J Dufur Jared D Thorpe Helen S Barton John P Hoffmann Toby L Parcel Florencia Silveira Kevin M Shafer Mikaela Jean Dufur Maia Roberson Green Florencia Silveira Mikaela Jean Dufur Jonathan A Jarvis Kristie J Rowley Kristie J Rowley Florencia Silveira Mikaela Jean Dufur Jonathan A Jarvis John P Hoffmann Mikaela Jean Dufur Florencia Silveira Mikaela Jean Dufur Kevin M Shafer Maia Roberson Green Mikaela Jean Dufur Alyssa J Alexander Benjamin Guild Gibbs Lance David Erickson Mikaela Jean Dufur Miles Aaron Benjamin Guild Gibbs Kevin M Shafer Mikaela Jean Dufur Seth L Feinberg Mikaela Jean Dufur Amy Famelos Valeria Fisher Tim Braley Heaton Mikaela Jean Dufur Acheampong Y Amoateng Collin R Flake Mikaela Jean Dufur Erin L Moore Mikaela Jean Dufur Toby L. Parcel Kelly P. Troutman Mikaela Jean Dufur Toby L. Parcel Benjamin J. McKune Benjamin Guild Gibbs Jonathan A Jarvis Mikaela Jean Dufur Benjamin Guild Gibbs Mikaela Jean Dufur Shawn Meiners David Jeter Mikaela Jean Dufur Nyssa C. Howell Douglas B. Downey James W. Ainsworth Alice Jane Lapray Mikaela Jean Dufur Toby L. Parcel Mikaela Jean Dufur Rena Cornell Zito

Presentations

Mikaela Jean Dufur Kristie J Rowley Shana L Pribesh Jonathan A Jarvis Kevin M Shafer Carolina A Otero Daniela Barriga Tanner Hafen Alyssa J Alexander Ashley Larsen Gibby
Jonathan A Jarvis Mikaela Jean Dufur Kevin M Shafer Shana L Pribesh Kristie J Rowley Yuanyuan Yue Ashley Larsen Gibby Alyssa J Alexander Maia Roberson Green Daniela Barriga Carolina Otero Amy Read
Shana L Pribesh Yuanyuan Yue Mikaela Jean Dufur Kristie J Rowley Jonathan A Jarvis Kevin M Shafer Carolina Otero Daniela Barriga Tiana Bettinson Alyssa J Alexander Ashley Larsen Gibby
Jonathan A Jarvis Ashley Larsen Gibby Mikaela Jean Dufur Kristie Rowley Shana L Pribesh
Kristie Rowley Florencia Silveira Mikaela Jean Dufur Jonathan A Jarvis
Yuanyuan Yue Shana L Pribesh Mikaela Jean Dufur Kristie J Rowley Jonathan A Jarvis
Mikaela Jean Dufur Kristie J Rowley Shana L Pribesh Jonathan A Jarvis
Mikaela Jean Dufur Toby L Parcel David B Braudt John P Hoffmann
Kristie J Rowley Mikaela Jean Dufur Chrisse Edmunds Jonathan A Jarvis Lance David Erickson
Kristie J Rowley Mikaela Jean Dufur Curtis D Child Maika Tuala Camila Trujillo Medina Maria Daniela Bariega
Mikaela Jean Dufur Kristie J Rowley Curtis D Child Maika Tuala
Chrisse Edmunds Mikaela Jean Dufur Kristie J Rowley Lance David Erickson
Kristie J Rowley Mikaela Jean Dufur Shana l Pribesh Jonathan A Jarvis Chrisse Edmunds Can Cheng Maia Roberson ShaNae Foster
Mikaela Jean Dufur Kristie J Rowley Shana L PRibesh Jonathan A Jarvis Chrisse Edmunds Maia Roberson
Mikaela Jean Dufur Toby L Parcel John P Hoffmann David B Braudt
Mikaela Jean Dufur John P Hoffmann Lance David Erickson
Mikaela Jean Dufur John P Hoffmann David B Braudt Toby L Parcel Karen R Spence