Brent Bell returned to UNH for his Ph.D. (2005) after a successful undergraduate experience the Outdoor Education and Psychology programs ('87). Prior to joining the UNH faculty, Brent was the director of the First-Year Outdoor Program at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass. Brent has numerous professional experiences including work with therapeutic adventure programs, camp director and program director for an adventure travel company. In 1991, Brent developed an outdoor leadership program at New England College in Henniker, N.H. He was a longtime member of the Northeast Advisory Board for the Association of Experiential Education (1996-2007) and has worked extensively with program accreditation (1996- present). He is co-author, along with Bob Baird and Drew Leemon, of the 'Guide to Managing Risks in Wilderness Education,' published by United Educators.' Brent is a Nationally Registered Emergency Medical Technician (since 1988), and has a long history of active participation in emergency medical care, including service on the Henniker, NH, Rescue Squad (1993-2000) and a National Ski Patrol (1980-2005). Currently he is a wilderness first-aid instructor for SOLO in North Conway, NH.
Brent's research focuses on outdoor orientation programs. He helped develop and coordinates the Outdoor Orientation Program Symposium (OOPS) and developed The Outdoor Orientation Benchmarking Survey (TOOBS).
