Robert WarnerUniversity of Utah | UOU · Behavioral Health Innovation and Dissemination Center
Robert Warner
Doctor of Philosophy
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Introduction
My program of research focuses broadly on positive youth development through out-of-school-time settings. My current research examines the role of summertime experiences, such as summer camp and seasonal employment, in wellbeing and development. I use quantitative, qualitative, and mixed-methods approaches in my research.
Education
August 2018 - May 2022
August 2016 - May 2018
September 2010 - May 2012
Publications
Publications (17)
Summer camps are a setting well-suited for social-emotional learning. Increasing evidence supports this claim, yet little research has investigated the similarities and differences in the lasting outcomes of attending camp based on camp types characterized by different programmatic foci and the populations served. In this study, we sought to determ...
Every year, nearly one million staff work seasonally at summer camps. Although little research has investigated staff experiences compared to campers' experiences, literature does exist. Understanding the breadth and depth of this literature is an important way to guide future investigations and employment practices regarding seasonal summer camp s...
Finding meaning and purpose is critical to emerging adult development. Work can be a setting primed for meaning-making among emerging adults. Meaningful work is work one believes is significant, positive, and adds meaning and purpose to life. Although a robust meaningful work literature exists, little is known about emerging adults' perceptions of...
Emerging adults need opportunities to clarify their work values. Although researchers have examined how transitions and work experiences influence emerging adults’ work values and job choices, less is known about how seasonal employment shapes work values. Using the theory of work adjustment as a guide, we conducted semi-structured interviews with...
Youth programs are consistently described as settings that offer youth developmental experiences. Summer camps are one example of youth programs with empirical evidence suggesting positive outcomes of participation; however, researchers seldom address how youth's social development, such as attachment, may shape outcomes. By not accounting for diff...
Liminal spaces occur separately from everyday life and are important to human development. Due to increased technological connectivity, young people are rarely separated from their home lives. Understanding young adulthood is a transitional time and summer camps can be settings for development, the purpose of this study was to understand the nature...
Outdoor adventure education has an extensive history of considering how its students should wrestle with privilege. Recent events have brought issues of privilege to the forefront, which raises the question of whether outdoor adventure education can play a role in learning to see and affect systems of privilege. This paper examines several elements...
Equity and inclusion are critical issues that need to be addressed in outdoor adventure education. Although some literature identifies inclusive practices for enhancing equity in outdoor adventure education, most research does not situate these practices within the contexts in which they were created and used. Therefore, the purpose of this study w...
A book review of Beames, S., Mackie, C., & Atencio, M. (2019). Adventure and society. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-96062-3.
Online courses have become common in leisure studies and recreation education university programs, yet little is known about online instruction in this field, especially in courses about human diversity. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is 1) to discuss literature relevant to online courses about human diversity broadly, and in a leisure studie...
As smartphone use continues to become more embedded within daily life, identifying the factors driving their use in extreme environments may have numerous meaningful implications. Little is currently known about mountaineers' intentions to use smartphones in high-alpine environments. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to examine the extent to...
Outdoor adventure education utilizes expeditions and experiential education to provide students with opportunities for personal growth. However, by selling the possibility of adventure and character development, outdoor adventure education organizations unknowingly entangle the field with neoliberal ideologies. Neoliberalism is a political and econ...
Given continued underrepresentation of nondominant populations in outdoor adventure education, there is a clear need to create more welcoming environments, increase equity in programs, and empower all participants to become agents of change. Many of the current practices used to create equitable outdoor adventure education experiences are specific...
If outdoor adventure education (OAE) programming is to remain relevant amidst changing U.S demographics, the industry must more fully embrace inclusive practice as it strives to serve an increasingly diverse population of students. One way to meet this need could be through understanding Outward Bound (OB) instructors’ intentions to use inclusive p...
Projects
Projects (3)
This project is focused on examining the use of experiential education teaching practices in university courses. More specifically, this project includes studies and conceptual papers on topics including the use of experiential learning strategies in online courses, community-engaged learning, and learning transfer.
This project broadly focuses on outdoor recreation and education settings. More specifically, this project includes empirical, theoretical, and practical papers related to outdoor recreation user behavior, as well as equity and social justice in outdoor adventure education settings. This is an ongoing project with numerous published papers and papers in review.
This research explores the role of common summertime experiences and settings in adolescent development. Experiences and settings include out-of-school-time youth development settings, like summer camp attendance and seasonal employment.
