Lori Holyfield, professor of sociology, will join the Teaching and Faculty Support Center as co-director beginning August 2017. Holyfield has been with the Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice since 1995.

She has been a member of the Teaching Academy since 2001 and has received several awards related to teaching and mentoring, including the J.W. Fulbright Master Teaching Award, the John and Lois Imhoff Award for Teaching and Mentorship, the Student Alumni Teacher of the Year, and the Fulbright College Outstanding Advisor Award. She currently serves as the undergraduate director for the Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice.

Her research includes sociology of culture and emotions.  She has published numerous articles and written two books, Moving Up and Out: Poverty, Education and the Single Parent Family (2002 Temple Press) and Veterans' Journey Home: Life After Iraq and Afghanistan (2011 Paradigm Press). 

Lori Holyfield
Professor of Sociology
Director of Undergraduate Studies
Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice
211 Old Main
479-575-3205
Fax: 479-575-7981