Bonnie Ballif-Spanvill is an American academic. She is a professor of psychology at

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(BYU). From 1994 to 2010, she was the director of the BYU Women's Research Institute.

Early life and education

The daughter of Ariel S. Ballif and Artemesia Romney, Bonnie Ballif-Spanvill attended

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and has a bachelor's degree and a Ph.D. both from BYU.

Career

From 1966 to 1968, she was a faculty member at the

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. From 1968 to 1993 she was on the faculty of

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. While there she was chair of the Division of Psychology and Educational Services. In 1994 she joined the BYU faculty as a professor of psychology and head of the Women's Research Institute. Ballif-Spanvill is a fellow of the

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and the

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. Ballif-Spanvill's most cited work is "Preventing violence and teaching peace: A review of promising and effective antiviolence, conflict-resolution, and peace programs for elementary school children" which was co-authored with Claudia J. Clayton and Melanie D. Hunsaker. She was also an author of the article "Terrorist as Group Violence" in the ''Journal of Threat Assessment'' in 2003; "The Security of Women and the Security of States" with

Valerie M. Hudson Valerie M. Hudson (born 1958) is an American professor of political science in the Department of International Affairs at The Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University as of January 2012. Prior to coming to Texas A&M, H ...

, Mary Caprioli,

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and Chad F. Emmett published in ''International Security'' Vol. 33 issue 3 (Winter 2009). She has written multiple articles for the ''

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'' and coedited with

Marilyn Arnold Marilyn Arnold (born November 26, 1935) is an American emeritus professor of English at Brigham Young University (BYU). She served as assistant to President Dallin H. Oaks and as dean of graduate studies. A native of Salt Lake City, Utah, Arnold ...

and Kristen Tracey ''A Chorus for Peace: A Global Anthology of Poetry by women'' published by the

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in 2002.

Personal life

Ballif-Spanvill is married to Robert J. Spanvill.

References

External links

Arnold's Vita
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