Dara Young

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EDUCATION

Master of Education
Education Media and Educational Technology, Curriculum and Instruction
School Library Media Concentration
East Tennessee State University, 2014 

Bachelor of Science in Health Sciences
Summa Cum Laude
East Tennessee State University, 2023

Bachelor of Science with Distinction (Financial Accounting)
University of North Carolina at Asheville, 2003

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Data and Evaluation Specialist, East Tennessee State University 
Administrative Staff, North Carolina Department of Public Safety
Staff Accountant, Gould Killian CPA Group

PUBLICATIONS

Stoots JM, Young DC, Wykoff R. Project EARTH: Lessons from 10 Years of teaching public health skills for resource-limited settings. Wilderness Environ Med. 2022 Jun;33(2):219-223. doi: 10.1016/j.wem.2022.02.008. Epub 2022 Apr 6. PMID: 35397987.

Young, D., Stork, J., Quinn, M., & Wykoff, R. (2022). The effectiveness of a merit-and productivity-based teaching incentive in a college of public health. Pedagogy in Health Promotion, 23733799211053879.

PRESENTATIONS

Dula, T.M., Minnick, C., & Young, D. (March 14, 2023). Utilizing an LMS to Support Training Needs of Rural Public Health Professionals. Association of Schools and Programs in Public Health Annual Meeting. Arlington, VA. Presentation

FUNDED PROJECTS

Source: First Tennessee Development District
Title: STRONG ACC TANF Planning Grant
P.I.: Christen Minnick
Role on project: Technical Assistance
Dates and cost of entire project: 1/1/2022-3/31/2022; $67,293

Source: National Network of Public Health Institutes
Title: COVID-19 Health Equity Technical Assistance Project
P.I.: Ginny Kidwell
Role on project: Technical Assistance
Dates and cost of entire project: 12/01/2021-1/31/2023; $131,550

Source: Tennessee Department of Health
P.I. Taylor Dula, DrPH
Title: Module Development
Role on project: Learning Management System Management Contract
Dates and cost of entire project: 8/1/2022 – 6/30/2023; $332,500

Source:  Health Resources and Service Administration
P.I.:    Melissa Alperin, EdD
Title:    Region IV Public Health Training Center      
Role on project:   CBT Coordinator
Dates and cost of entire project:  Yearly subcontract; $25,000/year

Source:  Health Resources and Service Administration
P.I.:    Kathy Miner, PhD      
Title:    Region IV Public Health Training Center      
Role on project:   Data and Evaluation Specialist / Temporarily: Sub-recipient Principal Investigator
Dates and costs of entire project:  09/2014-08/2018; $200,000.

Source:  Health Resources and Service Administration
P.I.:  Rob Pack, PhD
Title:  LIFEPATH, Tennessee Public Health Training Center
Role on project: Data and Evaluation Specialist    
Dates and costs of entire project:  09/2010-08/2015; $3,250,000.

HONORS AND AWARDS

East Tennessee State University Faculty Awards

Foundation Service Award, 2019

Dean Special Recognition for Outstanding Contribution for 

• Reaccreditation and Site Visit Team, 2023
• Undergraduate Advising, 2016
• Student Services, 2015
• Recruitment and Retention Working Group, 2014

UNC Asheville

Graduated with: 

Distinction as a University Scholar
Distinction as a University Research Scholar
Distinction as a Western North Carolina Leadership Scholar

Awards:

Undergraduate Research Fellows Scholarship 1999-2003
Western North Carolina Leadership Scholarship, 1999-2003
Peggy Carson Brazell Scholarship, 1999-2003
Mortimer Kahn Management Scholarship, 2001-2002
Robert D. Williams Service Award, 2003

Honors:
Edited University of North Carolina at Asheville Journal of Undergraduate Research
Edited Proceedings of the National Conference on Undergraduate Research
Presented research titled “Western North Carolina CPA Firm Services Diversity in Relation to Size” to the National Conference on Undergraduate Research, Salt Lake City, Utah 2003

PERSONAL INTERESTS

Reading, piano, yoga, Carolina Hurricanes hockey, technology
Married to Brandon Young, one child