Carlyn Kimiecik

Biography

Carly Kimiecik (she/her) conducts research to advance equitable health, development, and wellbeing through community-engaged, participatory, and translatable research. With a background in social work and public health, she takes an interdisciplinary approach focusing on socio-ecological contexts, such as families, schools, and communities. Carly utilizes positive youth development (PYD) principles and collaborates with youth, families, and community-based organizations to integrate strengths-based approaches for enhancing individual and community health and wellbeing. As a sports social worker, she uses sports and sports-based PYD to promote positive change and social justice among youth and college student-athletes. She works with athletic departments and student-athletes to support their health and wellbeing and advance the role of social workers in various sports contexts. Carly draws on her experience in youth programming, community-based projects, and college athletics in her research, and also integrates a strengths-based approach within her classroom teaching and student mentorship.

Educational Credentials

Ph.D., Public Health, Purdue University
M.S.W., The Ohio State University
B.S., Health Promotion, Miami University
B.A., American Studies, Miami University

Research Interests

• Positive youth development
• Risk and protective factors
• Youth and family strengths
• Sport social work
• Health disparities/Social determinants of health
• Community health workforce
• Qualitative research methods
• Community-engaged and action research

Courses Taught

• FSW 295 Research and Evaluation Methods

Recent Publications

• Newman, T., Okamoto, K., Beasley, L., Kimiecik, C., Lee, L., Shute, L., Tarr, C., Magier, E., & Tucker, A. (2024). Sport social work: Unique opportunities, benefits, and barriers. Sport Social Work Journal, 5(1), 35-52.
• Crowe, S., Kimiecik, C., Adeoye-Olatunde, O. A., Conklin, M., Smith, J., Pastakia, S. D., **Dinkeldein, A., **Dubinin, M., **Zubler, P., & Gonzalvo, J. D. (2024). Social determinants of health-based strategies to address vaccination disparities through a university-public health partnership. Journal of Clinical and Translational Science, 8(1), e66.
• Rosenberger, C. A., Elias, C., Ruiz, Y., Toombs, A., Lee, S., Marceau, K., Kimiecik, C., MacDermid Wadsworth, S., Millspaugh L., Cloutier, C., Rutherford, L., Che, L., McCormick, C. E. B. (2024). Community members as design partners: Results from co-design workshops of the families tackling tough times together program. Family Relations. Advanced online publication.
• Kimiecik, C., Gonzalvo, J. D., Goodin, D., Cash, S., & Pastakia, S. D. (2023). Building university-school-community partnerships to improve adolescent wellbeing. Children and Schools, 45(1), 27-34.