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Parks, Recreation, & Tourism

Community, Sport, & Youth Development

Parks, Recreation, & Tourism

Community, Sport, & Youth Development

Some of our recent and current work in this area involves development and validation of outcome tools and quality assessment resources for summer camps. The ACA Youth Outcomes Battery is the result of our Department’s long standing collaboration with the ACA. We have collaborated on the nature supplement for the Camp Program Quality Assessment (CPQA) as well as both applied and theoretical work on camp programming, staff training, and camper learning.

Areas of Research

  • Organized Camping
  • Positive Youth Sportsmanship
  • Youth Program Quality

Research Partnerships

  • The American Camp Association

Faculty Researchers

Jim Sibthorp, PhD

Director of Graduate Program, Professor

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Mary Wells, PhD

Director of Undergrad Studies, Associate Professor

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Parks, Recreation, & Tourism Main Office

250 South 1850 East
Room 239, HPER North
Salt Lake City, UT 84112

Phone: 801-581-8542
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