B.S., Recreation Management and Youth Leadership with an Option in Therapeutic Recreation Brigham Young University 2007
M.S., Recreation, Parks and Tourism: Emphasis in Therapeutic Recreation University of Utah 2012
Ph.D., Leisure Behavior Indiana University 2018

• Teaching Trustees Award - 2014 & 2016
• Mosaic Faculty Fellow - 2017
• Learning Analytics Grant - 2014 & 2018
• Summer Instructional Development Fellowship Grant - 2016 & 2018
• Council on Accreditation of Recreational Therapy Education (CARTE), Secretary & Executive Board Member - May 2019-Present

Van Puymbroeck, M.; Townsend, J.; Wenzel, K.; & Allsop, J. (2015). Multiple sclerosis. In H. Porter (Eds.) Recreational therapy for specific diagnoses and conditions. Enumclaw, WA: Idyll Arbor.

Van Puymbroeck, M., Allsop, J., & Schmid, A. (2015). Cerebrovascular Accident. In H. Porter (Eds.) Recreational therapy for specific diagnoses and conditions. Enumclaw, WA: Idyll Arbor.

Allsop, J., Negley, S., & Sibthorp, J. (2013). Assessing the social effects of a therapeutic recreation summer camp for adolescents with chronic illness. Therapeutic Recreation Journal, 47(1), 35-46.

Van Puymbroeck, M., Allsop, J., Miller, K.K., & Schmid, A. (2015). ICF- based improvements in body structures and function, and activity and participation in chronic stroke following a yoga-based intervention. American Journal of Recreation Therapy, 13(3), 23-33.

Gillard, A. & Allsop, J. (2016). Camp experiences in the lives of adolescents with serious illnesses. Children and Youth Services Review, 65(1), 112-119.

McCormick, B. & Allsop, J. (2017). Professional Preparation. In D. Austin (Eds.) Perspectives on Recreational Therapy. Urbana, IL: Sagamore.

Allsop, J.; Morley, D.; Griego, H.; & Karademos, C. (In press). Corrections. In D. Austin (Eds.) Recreational Therapy: An Introduction.

Allsop, J.; Young, S., Piatt, J.; Nelson, E.; & Knapp, D. (In press). The Impact of Active Learning Instructional Techniques on Recreational Therapy Undergraduate Students. Schole.

Allsop, J.; Young, S.; Nelson, E.; Piatt, J.; & Knapp, D. (In press). Examining the Benefits Associated with Implementing an Active Learning Classroom among Undergraduate Students. International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education

Allsop, J.; Young, S.; Piatt, J. (2019). The Academy of Leisure Sciences Research Conference. "The Impact of Active Learning Instructional Techniques on Recreational therapy Undergraduate Students". Verbal Presentation.

Allsop, J. (2020). American Therapeutic Recreation Association. "How to Create a COVID Resistant, Topnotch Internship Program". Verbal Presentation.