Erin Knight

Erin Knight
  • Associate Professor
  • Department: Public Health Sciences
  • Research Cluster: Public Health, Epidemiology & Global Health
  • Institution: West Chester University of Pennsylvania
  • Email: EKnight@wcupa.edu

Education

  • University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, PhD. Urban Affairs and Public Policy. 2011
  • University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MPH, Public Health Administration, 1998
  • University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, BA. Economics, 1993

Research Interests

health equitysocial determinants of healthmaternal and infant healthreproductive justicecommunity-engaged scholarship

Opportunities

Work Study Positions Available: No

Grant Funded Positions Available: No

Course-Credit Research Opportunities Available: No

Volunteer Research Positions Available: No

Open to Faculty Mentoring: Yes

Biography

Erin Knight, MPH, PhD joined the Department of Health in 2021 as an Assistant Professor. She holds a Master of Public Health degree in public health administration from the University of Minnesota and practiced public health, working with federal, state and non-profit organizations for nearly ten years before earning her PhD. She holds a doctorate in Urban Affairs and Public policy from the University of Delaware, where she served as the Associate Director of the Partnership for Healthy Communities, a University-wide community engagement initiative, which she helped to launch in 2017. She teaches both undergraduate and graduate public health courses, with a focus on social determinants of health and public policy.

Contact Information

Phone: 610-436-2113

List of Publications

  • Knight, E. & Rich, R. (2024). “We are all there to make sure the baby comes out healthy”: A qualitative study of doulas’ and licensed providers’ views on doula care. Dela J Public Health, 10(1), 46-59. doi:10.32481/djph.2024.03.08
  • McDonough, K. & Knight, E. (2024). The role of sport in juvenile justice: Benefits according to key informants. Sport in Society, 27(10), 1603-1623. https://doi.org/10.1080/17430437.2024.2307496
  • McDonough, K. & Knight, E. (2023) Inequitable access to sport in juvenile justice across the US: Findings from a national survey. Health Promotion International, 38, 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daac170
  • Cain, R., Greece, J., Galea, S., Knight, E., Manco, A., Parikh, A., & Jones, D. (2022). Improving health across sectors: Best practices for the implementation of Health in All Policies approaches. Preventive Medicine Reports, 29 (October, 2022), 101961. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pmedr.2022.101961
  • Boudreaux, M., Gifford, K., McDuffie, M.J., McColl, R., Kim, T. & Knight, E. (2022) Delaware Contraceptive Access Now and contraceptive initiation among non-postpartum Medicaid enrollees. American Journal of Public Health, 112(S5), S537–S540.

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