Rate My Professor Lynn England

Dr. Lynn England is a lecturer in the Department of History and Political Science at Utah Valley University, where he currently serves as the director of the Peace and Justice Studies program. He holds a B.A. and an M.A. from the University of Utah, as well as a Ph.D. in Mathematical Sociology from the University of Pittsburgh. Prior to joining Utah Valley University in 2005 upon retirement from Brigham Young University, England was a faculty member in the Department of Sociology at Brigham Young University for 35 years, from 1970 to 2005. During his tenure there, he served as department chair, chair of the Faculty Advisory Council, and acting director of Latin American Studies. His career has been marked by leadership in academic administration and a commitment to sociological research on pressing social issues.

England's academic interests and research specializations include rural community studies, Latin America, poverty, race, sociological theory, peace studies, Cuba, rural communities, rural sociology, indigenous people, development studies, culture, sustainable development, race, ethnicity, and politics. He teaches a range of courses at Utah Valley University, such as POLS 1000: American Heritage, POLS 3050: Experimental Methods in Political Science, HIST 3260: History of Utah, PJST 2000: Introduction to Peace and Justice Studies, and PJST 4900: Peace and Justice Studies Capstone. His scholarly contributions are documented in key publications including "W. E. B. du Bois: Reform, will, and the veil" (2013), "Religious Diversity in Mexico: Socioeconomic Attainment and Family Structure" (2012), "On Past and Future of Community: A Pragmatic Analysis" (2011), "A Technological Science Perspective for Sociology" (2010), "The Child Mortality Disadvantage among Indigenous People in Mexico" (2007), "Boomtowns and Social Disruption" (1984), "Age-Specific Divorce Rates" (1988), "The Dual Aspirations of Rural Sociology" (1988), "Boomtowns and Lifeworld Disruption" (1985), and mathematical modeling works such as "Mathematical models of two‐party negotiations" (1973) and "Linear Learning Models for Two-Party Negotiations" (1975).