David Dollahite

Who is David Dollahite?

David Dollahite is a professor of family life at Brigham Young University who specializes in the effects of religion on marriage, family life, and youth.

Dollahite was born in Greenbrae, California. Dollahite joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at age 19. He served as a missionary for the LDS Church in Boston, Massachusetts. He received his bachelors and masters degrees from BYU and his Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota. He was a professor at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro from 1989 to 1993 and has been a member of the BYU faculty since 1993. He has been a visiting scholar at the Religion Program of Dominican University of California, at the Center for the Family at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and at the Center on Adolescence at Stanford University.

Dollahite edited the book Generative Fathering: Beyond Deficite Perspectives with Alan J. Hawkins. Dollahite also edited Strengthening Our Families: A In-Depth Look at the Proclamation on the Family', "Helping and Healing Our Families", "Successful Marriages and Families", and "Turning Hearts: Short Stories on Family Life".