About+Dr.+B



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__**Office:**__ 414 Edwards Hall, Clemson, SC 29634 __**Phone:**__ (864) 656-1891 __**Office Hours:**__ Tuesdays, 5:30-6:30pm Adobe Connect; Other times by appointment

__**Bio:**__


 * Robert J. Barcelona, Ph.D. ** is an assistant professor of youth development at Clemson University. Dr. Barcelona’s research and professional interests focus on the leadership and management of youth-serving programs and organizations, with a particular focus on afterschool settings and community-based youth sports and physical activity programs. He has published one textbook, has more than 20 professional publications, and has presented his work locally, nationally and internationally. Dr. Barcelona has worked professionally in athletics and recreation administration, serving as an Assistant Director at the University of California, Berkeley, where he also served as the activity director for the Y-Cal youth partnership and the Cal National Youth Sports Program. He also worked professionally at the University of Mississippi, where he served as the Director of Intramural Sports and Sport Clubs, in addition to his work in school and community-based youth sports throughout the Magnolia state. Prior to teaching at Clemson, Dr. Barcelona was a faculty member at the University of New Hampshire for 7 years. At UNH, he taught undergraduate and graduate courses, coordinated an interdisciplinary minor in Youth Development, served as an evaluator for the Dover Leaders’ Project, and worked as the founder and project administrator of CoachSmartNH.

Dr. Barcelona has been at Clemson since the summer of 2008. He currently teaches in Clemson’s graduate Youth Development Leadership program where he works with approximately 40 professional masters degree students, as well as in the Department of Parks, Recreation, and Tourism Management, where he teaches and works with undergraduate, masters, and doctoral-level students. He is currently serving as a co-principle investigator on two federally funded projects: 1) a community-based evaluation focusing on the quality of life of youth and families living in low-income neighborhoods and public housing in Greenville, SC; 2) a multi-year, $1.2 million 21st Century Community Learning Centers-funded afterschool initiative for elementary school youth in the Anderson 1 and 4 school districts (GoalPOST).

Dr. Barcelona has been married to his wife Heather for 12 years, has four children – Madeline (8 years), Nathan (6 years), Emily (2 years), and Dominic (2 months) - and a chocolate lab named Kemah. He coaches youth sports, serves as a volunteer youth ministry team member for middle- and high school students, and tries to practice what he preaches about the importance of family, youth, quality of life, health, and community (to varying degrees of success).

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