New Graduate Faculty

Civil and Construction Engineering
Transportation systems, vehicle emissions, air quality
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PhD, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University, 2010
MS, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University, 2008
BS, Civil Engineering, Brigham Young University, 2005
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Link to bio: https://cce.byu.edu/directory/darrell-sonntag

Educational Inquiry, Measurement, and Evaluation
Test design, psychometrics, and Item Response Theory
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PhD, Educational Inquiry, Measurement, and Evaluation, Brigham Young University, 2016
MA, Religious Education, Brigham Young University, 2013
BA , English, Boise State University, 2005
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Link to bio page: https://hum.byu.edu/directory/matthew-wilcox

Computer Science
Machine translation, computer-aided translation, natural language processing
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PhD, Computer Science, City University of New York, 1997
MA, Linguistics, Brigham Young University, 1980
BS, University Studies, emphases in Computer Science, Linguistics, and Portuguese, 1977
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link to bio:https://science.byu.edu/directory/steve-richardson

Statistics
Inverse optimization, decision analysis, Markov Decision processes, Bayesian methods, statistics in sports
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PhD, Statistics, Simon Fraser University, 2020
MS, Statistics, Brigham Young University, 2016
BS, Statistics, Brigham Young University, 2012
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link to bio: https://statistics.byu.edu/directory/sandholtz-nate

English
Communication, Rhetoric, and Digital Media
Writing pedagogy, teacher identity and development, writing program administration
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PhD, Communication, Rhetoric, and Digital Media, North Carolina State University, 2018
MA, English, Brigham Young University, 2011
BA, English, Brigham Young University, 2009
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link to bio: https://hum.byu.edu/directory/meridith-reed

Sociology
Family, education, migration
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PhD, Sociology, The Ohio State University, 2021
MA, Sociology, The Ohio State University, 2018
BS, Sociology, Brigham Young University, 2016
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link to bio: https://sociology.byu.edu/directory/melissa-alcaraz

Horticulture
Indoor agriculture systems development, non-conventional crop use in vertical farming, environmental control of indoor fruiting crops
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PhD, Horticulture, Washington State University, 2017
MS, Horticulture, Oregon State University, 2015
BS, Horticulture, Brigham Young University, 2012
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link to bio:https://lifesciences.byu.edu/directory/matt-arrington

School of Communications
Journalism and communications
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PhD, Media and Communication, Texas Tech University, 2021
MA, Mass Communications, Brigham Young University, 2017
BA, Communications, Broadcast Journalism, Brigham Young University, 2003
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Link to bio: https://comms.byu.edu/team/richards-othello/

Health and Human Performance: Exercise Physiology
Changes in Skeletal Muscle in Response to Disease, Aging, and Inactivity; Processes of Muscle Protein Degradation That Lead to Muscle Atrophy in These Conditions
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PhD, Health and Human Performance: Exercise Physiology, University of Florida, 2012
MS, Physical Education: Exercise Physiology, Brigham Young University, 2007
BS, Physical Education: Exercise Science, Brigham Young University, 2004
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link to bio: https://lifesciences.byu.edu/directory/brad-nelson

Counseling Psychology, Student Development Services
Marriage and family therapy, parenting, healthy human sexuality, and the study of sexual behaviors that feel out of control (OCSB)
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Postdoctoral Clinical Scholar Fellow, The Family Institute at Northwestern University, 2015–2017
PhD, Counseling Psychology, Indiana University, 2015
MA, Community Counseling, Gonzaga University, 2009
BS, Psychology, University of Utah, 2007
BA, Japanese, University of Utah, 2007
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link to bio: https://caps.byu.edu/directory/adam-fisher