Carolyn Crump, PhD is a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Behavior and Health Education at the UNC School of Public Health.  She has over 20 years of experience working with organizations and community-based groups to address health promotion and injury prevention related concerns.   

Dr. Crump has expertise in strategic planning and community-based efforts to promote physical activity through policy and environmental change and preventing injury especially among Native American populations.  She has conducted large research and evaluation projects for the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, North Carolina Dept. of Public Health, the Indian Health Service, and AARP.  Dr. Crump is currently helping develop competencies and curriculum for training the public health workforce on policy, environmental and systems-change solutions for public health problems.   

Dr. Crump has designed over 25 workshops and retreats that have used adult learning principles to successfully reach the target audience.  She has taught graduate courses in Program Planning and Evaluation and Program Management, two of the required courses for the MPH students in the Department of HBHE.