Travis Dorsch

Emma Eccles Jones College of Education & Human Services: Human Development and Family Studies

Dr. Travis Dorsch is an Associate Professor and Founding Director of the Families in Sport Lab in the Department of Human Development and Family Studies at Utah State University. Dr. Dorsch’s research targets the persons and contexts that have the potential to influence or be influenced by athletes’ behaviors, attitudes, experiences, and outcomes in youth sport. His research has been funded by multiple national organizations, including the NCAA, the Aspen Institute, TeamSnap, and The Daniels Fund. Dr. Dorsch has authored more than 60 articles, book chapters, and technical reports and has contributed to more than 100 presentations for local, regional, national, and international audiences. His research findings are used by sport governing bodies within the U.S. Olympic movement, youth sport organizations, communities, coaches, and parents to construct more developmentally appropriate sport contexts and to evaluate the role of youth sport in contemporary society.

Dr. Dorsch is a research fellow for the U.S. Center for Mental Health & Sport, and a member of the steering committee for the Utah Olympic Legacy Foundation’s “Sport 2030” initiative. He was also named the 2021 Early Career Distinguished Scholar by the North American Society for the Psychology of Sport & Physical Activity.