Meet Your Keynote Speakers

Jermaine Galloway AKA Tall Cop

Standing at 6'9", Jermaine Galloway can look intimidating. But in fact, he's a devoted, passionate man who cares about America's (and beyond) youth and communities. That passion informs what he does with Tall Cop Says Stop. Officer Galloway has worked in law enforcement in Idaho since 1997. His various assignments have included: 

  • Alcohol compliance and enforcement officer
  • Crime scene investigation
  • DUI task force
  • Officer Mentoring 
  • Field training officer
Jermaine played Division I basketball and received his BA from the University of San Francisco. He spends much of his time today speaking to youth at school assemblies, professionals at drug prevention trainings and parents at town hall meetings. To date, he has trained more than 105,000 people nationwide and internationally. He has also conducted more than 1,000 community scans at a variety of locations, including: 
  • Retail stores
  • Festivals
  • Housing areas
  • Schools and universities 
https://www.tallcopsaysstop.com/

Dr. Travis Dorsch 

Dr. Travis Dorsch (Purdue University, 2003, 2007, 2013) is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Human Development and Family Studies with an adjunct appointment in the Department of Kinesiology and Health Science at Utah State University in Logan, Utah. Having documented the impact of children's youth sport participation on parents and families, his present research includes a complementary focus on: (a) the role of youth sport participation on family relationships and interactions (e.g., warmth and closeness, parent-child communication, and family financial decision making); (b) the role of internal factors (e.g., motivation) and external factors (e.g., families and social contexts) on sport, physical activity, and recreational outcomes; and (c) evidence-based parent education in youth, adolescent, and early adult contexts. Dr. Dorsch's work has been published in academic outlets such as Family Relations, the Journal of Applied Sport Psychology, and Learning and Motivation. Additionally, his findings have been highlighted in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and TIME Magazine, and are used by youth sport leagues, administrators, and parents to construct more developmentally appropriate sport contexts and to evaluate the role of youth sport in family life.

Travis.Dorsch@usu.edu

Dr. Dorsch's Presention: Working With Children in Youth Sport


Diana Suddreth

Diana Suddreth is the Director of Teaching and Learning at the Utah State Board of Education where she currently leads the Utah Teacher Effectiveness Team, the Standards Implementation Teams, The Digital Teaching & Learning Team, and Educator Licensing. She has served education for over 35 years, beginning her career as a mathematics teacher in middle and high schools in Nevada, California, and Utah.  Diana joined the Utah State Board of Education in 2006 as Secondary Mathematics Specialist and was also the STEM Coordinator for five years. Diana was the 2000 Presidential Awardee in Secondary Mathematics. 




diana.suddreth@schools.utah.edu

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