Kayle Jeanne Skorupski

Biography

Kayle Skorupski is a Professor of Practice in the School of Nutritional Sciences & Wellness in the College of Agriculture & Life Sciences at the University of Arizona. She has worked in health care for over twenty-five years, sixteen as a registered dietitian nutritionist, in settings including acute care, critical care, critical access, skilled nursing, long-term care, outpatient, and community outreach. She holds BS degrees in Animal and Nutritional Sciences from the University of Arizona, an MS degree in Nutrition from the State University of New York at Oneonta and a PhD in Health Sciences with a clinical emphasis in Health Promotion and Wellness through Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions. Kayle holds a certification in nutrition support and was one of the first dietitians to be certified as an advanced practitioner in clinical nutrition.

At the University of Arizona, Kayle has taught undergraduate and graduate coursework and is the director of professional programs, which includes overseeing the School's ACEND accredited dietetic internship, ACEND accredited Graduate program as well as the Professional Science Masters degrees and Graduate Certificate in Applied Nutrition.

Degrees

• Ph.D. Health Sciences with emphasis in Health Promotion and Wellness
• Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions, Provo, Utah, United States
• The Impact of Yoga on Undergraduate Freshmen Resilience and Academic Persistence
• Graduate Certficiate Learning Design in Healthcare Education Certificate
• Rocky Mountain University of Health Professionals, Provo, Utah, United States
• The Learning Design in Healthcare Education Graduate Certificate is designed to provide a foundational basis to those individuals seeking employment or advancement in a setting of higher education, community education programs and serving in clinical education venues. The program provides a holistic evidence based approach to course design, curriculum development, instructional delivery and assessment of learning both in didactic and clinical education learning environments. After completing the certificate program students will become more aware of higher education environments and be able to prepare themselves to become an active and successful faculty member. The certificate program includes six courses which are delivered through online and group web-conference/course live formats. Students do not earn academic credit for the coursework in this certificate program. Students are not required to travel.
• M.S. Nutritional Sciences
• State University of New York at Oneonta, Oneonta, New York, United States
• Development of Nutrition Education Series at a Senior Program Center
• B.S. Nutritional Sciences
• University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States
• B.S. Animal Science
• University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States

Awards

• Gold Award - Digitial Health Media Publications Book
• Digital Health Awards 2021, Spring 2021
• Platinum Winner - Design/Publication Interior
• Hermes Creative Awards 2021, Spring 2021
• Platinum Winner - Design/Publication Overall
• Hermes Creative Awards 2021, Spring 2021
• Platinum Winner - Print Media/Publication Book
• Hermes Creative Awards 2021, Spring 2021
• Fellow
• Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, Spring 2019
• Emerging Dietetics Leader
• Arizona Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, Spring 2017