Graduate Studies Summit

Lisa Valentine Clark

Lisa Valentine Clark 
BYU Broadcasting

Lisa Valentine Clark graduated with a B.S. in English from Brigham Young University. She was part of the sketch comedy/improv troupe The Garrens, and co-founded the theater-as-improv troupe The Thrillionaires which performs original, improvised plays and musicals in a variety of genres. She has been featured in a variety of commercials, including the “real mom” in the viral videos for Chatbooks. Lisa works as a freelance writer for commercials, webseries, and scripts. She wrote the book, Real Moms Making It Up As We Go, hosted the feel-good service show “Random Acts,” and headlined the musical improv TV show Show Offs, for three seasons on BYUtv. She has starred in movies like Stalking Santa, and was a script consultant, producer, and starred as “Carrie Carrington” in the film Once I Was a Beehive and Once I Was Engaged. She currently hosts the weekly podcast The Lisa Show (www.thelisashowpodcast.com) on BYUradio. Lisa and her late husband Christopher have 5 children.

Kerry Muhlestein

Kerry Muhlestein

Kerry received his B.S. from BYU in Psychology with a Hebrew minor. He received an M.A. in Ancient Near Eastern Studies from BYU and his Ph.D. from UCLA in Egyptology with a secondary emphasis of Hebrew Language and Literature, where in his final year he was named the UCLA Affiliates Graduate Student of the Year. His first full-time appointment was a joint position in Religion and History at BYU-Hawaii. He was also a Visiting Fellow at the University of Oxford. He is the director of the BYU Egypt Excavation Project. He was selected by the Princeton Review in 2012 as one of the best 300 professors in the nation (the top .02% of those considered). He has published 10 books, over 60 peer-reviewed articles, and has done over 75 academic presentations. He is the host of the podcast The Scriptures Are Real. He and his wife, Julianne, are the parents of six children and one grandchild, and together they have lived in Jerusalem while Kerry has taught there on multiple occasions. He has served as the chairman of a national committee for the American Research Center in Egypt and serves on their Research Supporting Member Council and on the Board of Governors. He has also served on a committee for the Society for the Study of Egyptian Antiquities and served as Vice President for over a decade with a brief stint as President. He has been the co-chair for the Egyptian Archaeology Session of the American Schools of Oriental Research. He is also a Senior Fellow of the William F. Albright Institute for Archaeological Research.

Carl Hanson

Carl Hanson

Carl L. Hanson is a professor of public health in the Department of Public Health.

He has authored and co-authored numerous publications and presentations including over $1,500,000 in external grants. He has served on many national and local boards including but not limited to the Society for Public Health Education and the American Association for Public Health Programs. He has worked collaboratively on community initiatives of public health interest - especially those targeting youth and families. His research agenda includes computational health science, health communication through social and new media, and family health.

Carl Hanson graduated from high school in Klamath Falls, Oregon. He earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology and master’s degree in health science from Brigham Young University where he also competed in track and field/cross country.

Dr. Hanson received a doctorate in public health education from Southern Illinois University while teaching classes and working at the county health department. Prior to joining the faculty at BYU, he spent 11 years as a professor at Montana State University - Billings. There he taught health promotion classes and served as chair of the Department of Health and Human Performance prior to becoming the interim dean of a new College of Allied Health Professions.

He and his wife Loraine have four children and reside in Spanish Fork, Utah. He served in the Arizona Holbrook/Phoenix Mission from 1984-1986. He enjoys running, playing basketball, fly fishing, and camping with his family.

Jennifer Rockwood

Jennifer Rockwood

Completing her 21st season in 2015, head coach Jennifer Rockwood has taken the BYU women’s soccer team to national prominence and has established herself as one of today’s premier coaches of Division I soccer. She built up the program from an extramural sport into an elite NCAA competitor.

Rockwood has an impressive 337-97-37 overall record for her career, has five Coach of the Year awards, and was a finalist for National Coach of the Year in 2012.

This past season the Cougars won their fourth-consecutive WCC championship and earned a trip to the NCAA for the 17th time in 21 years. They have had winning seasons for 20 of those years, and they have ranked in the NCAA top 25 15 times, including for the last four years.

Rockwood graduated in 1989 with a degree in business from the Marriott School of Management. The Lake Oswego, Oregon, native was a four-sport athlete in high school, playing soccer, softball, basketball, and track. She taught middle school physical education, math, and history for eight years and has coached at the youth, high school, and Olympic Development Program levels.