Christine A. Karpinski

Christine A. Karpinski
  • Chairperson, Professor
  • Department: Nutrition
  • Institution: West Chester University of Pennsylvania
  • Email: CKarpinski@wcupa.edu

Education

  • 2011 PhD - Health Science, Nutrition Track Rutgers University
  • 1996 Masters of Arts - Nutrition Education Immaculata University
  • 1989 Bachelors of Science - Exercise Science West Chester University

Research Interests

DieteticsClinical NutritionNutrition EducationExercise Performance

Opportunities

Work Study Positions Available: No

Grant Funded Positions Available: No

Course-Credit Research Opportunities Available: No

Volunteer Research Positions Available: No

Biography

My overall teaching philosophy focuses on motivating and empowering students to want to learn and to apply what they are learning to their lives and their future profession, regardless of what it may be. I challenge students to think critically, problem solve, and at times make choices that affect the class progression or evaluation process. I try to ensure that all students are successful learners by using several different teaching techniques and forms of evaluations. I believe that these pedagogically varying approaches provide the students with more control over their fate. I design my classes so that each concept builds on the previous concept. I believe reinforcement and progression allows the student to not only retain the information, but it helps them ‘make sense’ of what they are learning. Lastly, I believe my role as an educator goes beyond the classroom, including providing professional educational experiences to students.

Contact Information

Phone: 610-436-4406

List of Publications

  • Editor-in-Chief - Sports Nutrition: A Manual for Professionals, 6th ed (September 2017) Chapter Author – Chapter 20. Nutrition for Short-Duration, Very High, and High-Intensity Sports. Sports Nutrition: A Manual for Professionals (September 2017) JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS Abbey E, Brown M, Karpinski CA. Prevalence of Food Insecurity Collegiate Athletes. Current Nutrition Reports - Manuscript. (In Press). Brown ML, Karpinski CA, Bragdon M, Mackenzie M & Abbey E. Prevalence of food insecurity in NCAA Division III collegiate athletes. Journal of American College Health. 2021:69
  • 1-7. DOI: 10.1080/07448481.2021.1942886 Karpinski CA, Bachman J, and Reznik Dolins K. Development and validation of a 49-item sports nutrition knowledge instrument (49-SNKI) for adult athletes. Topics in Clinical Nutrition.2019:34(3)
  • 174-185. Karpinski CA, Saltzman R, Oberholtzer KJ, Anthony JC, and Reed, MA. Consuming vegetable-based beverage results in longer time to exhaustion than consuming flavored water following glycogen-depleting exercise and short-term recovery. Agro Food Industry HiTech. 2017:28(2)
  • 30-34 (March/April). Karpinski CA, Milliner KA. Assessing Intentions to Eat a Healthy Diet among Division II Collegiate Athletes. Journal of Athletic Training. 2016
  • 51(01), 89-96. INVITED PRESENTATIONS Food Insecurity in the Athletic Population

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