philosophy
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.
Education
Year |
Degree |
School/University |
Location |
2016 |
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2011 |
PhD - Health Science, Nutrition Track |
Rutgers University |
Neward, NJ |
1996 |
Masters of Arts - Nutrition Education |
Immaculata University |
Immaculata, PA |
1989 |
Bachelors of Science - Exercise Science |
West Chester University |
West Chester, PA |
Courses
Course Number |
Course Name |
NTD 200 |
Nutrition and Culture |
NTD 301 |
Consumer Nutrition |
NTD 303 |
Introductory Principles of Human Nutrition |
NTD 310 |
Nutrition Research |
NTD 411 |
Advanced Nutrition- Macronutrients |
NTD 415 |
Community Nutrition |
NTD 422 |
Sports Nutrition |
NTD 610 |
Nutritional Assessment |
HEA 649 |
Applied Learning Experience I |
HEA 650 |
Applied Learning Experience II |
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; Revised 2024)
JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS
Mey JT, Karpinski CA, Yang S, Madere JD, Piattoly T, Harper R, Kirwan JP. Factors
Influencing Nutritional Intake and Interests in Educational Content of Athletes and
Sports Professionals Towards the Development of a Clinician-supported Mobile App to
Combat Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport: Formative Research and a Description of
App Functions. JMIR. 2023:7;e45098.
Karpinski, CA. A Call for Real Solutions to Address Food Insecurity Amon Collegiate
Student-Athletes. Expeditions. 2022 Fall:1(2); 12-13.
Abbey, EL, Brown, M & Karpinski, CA. Prevalence of Food Insecurity in the General
College Population and Student-Athletes: A Review of the Literature. Current Nutrition
Reports. 2022 Jun; 11(2)185-205. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13668-022-00394-4
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; Expert Panel Discussion; Collegiate and
Professional Sports Dietetic Association Annual Conference [National Conference] Tuesday,
May 17, 2022.
Food Insecurity Among Collegiate Athletes: What do We Know? Where do We Go? My Sports
RD Conference [National Conference] June 24, 2021.
Performing on a Budget: Small Budget. Big Impact; Collegiate and Professional Sports
Dietetic Association (CPSDA) Annual Conference 2018; [National Conference] May 24,
2018.
Memberships
Academy of Nutrition & Dietetics (AND) – Sports, Cardiovascular & Wellness Dietetic
Practice Group (SCAN) - Chair, 2020-2021 & Executive Committee/Sports Subunit Director,
2013-2016
Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (AND) - Nutrition and Dietetic Educators and Preceptors
(NDEP)
Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (AND) - Pennsylvania Dietetic Association
Professionals in Nutrition for Exercise and Sport (PINES)
Collegiate and Professional Sports Dietitians (CPSDA)