Preparing Youth Development Professionals and Volunteers

• Garst, B., Weston, K., Bowers, E., & Quinn, W. (2018). Fostering youth leader credibility: Professional, organizational, and community impacts associated with completion of an online master's degree in youth development leadership. Children and Youth Services Review, 96, 1-9.

• Allen, L., Garst, B., Bowers, E., & Onyiko, K. (2018). Using core competency frameworks to explore the needs of Kenyan youth workers. Child & Youth Services, 39(2-3), 158-179.

• Garst, B., Bowers, E., Quinn, W., & Gagnon, R.J. (2016). Building pathways from research to practice: Preparing youth development professionals through an online master’s degree program. The Changing Landscape of Youth Work: Theory and Practice for an Evolving Field.

• Garst, B., Baughman, S., & Franz, N. (2014). Benchmarking professional development practices across youth-serving organizations. Journal of Extension, 52(5).

• Garst, B. (2009). Volunteer development 101: Empowering organizations to work with volunteers. Healthy Learning.

• Garst, B., Hunnings, J., Jamison, K., Hairston, J., & Meadows, B. (2007). Development of a comprehensive new 4-H extension agents training program utilizing a multi-module approach and the 4-H professional research, knowledge, and competencies. Journal of Extension, 44(6).