Carlyn Kimiecik, Ph.D.

Educational Credentials

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

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.

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

Select 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.