Carle Illinois College of Medicine

Jacinda Kay Dariotis

Jacinda Kay Dariotis
Jacinda Kay Dariotis
Professor
Biomedical and Translational Sciences

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Education

  • Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University, 2005
  • M.A.S., Pennsylvania State University, 2005
  • M.S., Pennsylvania State University, 2002
  • M.A., Columbia University, 1999
  • B.A., Vassar College, 1998

Academic Positions

  • Director, Family Resiliency Center, UIUC
  • The Pampered Chef Endowed Chair in Family Resiliency, UIUC
  • Professor, Human Development and Family Studies, UIUC
  • Health Innovation Professor, Carle Illinois College of Medicine, 2022-present
  • Faculty Affiliate, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, UIUC
  • Faculty Affiliate, Personalized Nutrition Initiative, UIUC
  • Faculty, School of Education, Research Methods, U. of Cincinnati (UC), 2015-2020
  • Director, Evaluation Services Center & Institute for Interdisciplinary Data Sciences, UC, 2015-2020
  • Faculty, Population, Family, and Reproductive Health, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, 2005-2014

Documents

Other Professional Activities

  • Board Member, National Prevention Science Coalition, 2015-present

Resident Instruction

  • HDFS 581 Participatory Research Methods
  • HDFS 580 Survey Research Methodology Fundamentals

Research Interests

  • Risk-Taking Decision-Making and Behaviors
  • Emotional Regulation and Executive Cognitive Functioning
  • Mindful Yoga and Mindfulness-Based Programs
  • Stress Reactivity and Coping
  • Research and Evaluation Methods - Survey, Quantitative, Qualitative, Mixed Methods, Community-Based Participatory Research
  • Biosocial Methods and Determinants
  • Prevention and Translational Science
  • Public Health
  • Youth Participatory Action Research

Chapters in Books

  • Dariotis, J.K., & Fishbein, D. (in press). Mindful Yoga (MY) for Grade School Students. In Tyler Renshaw (Ed.), Using Mindfulness to Promote Mental Health in Schools, Oxford University Press.
  • Pierre, T.S., & Dariotis, J.K. (2005). Understanding Low Fertility: The Impact of Life-Course Competition on Fertility Behavior in Developed Nations (Chapter 17; pp. 235-250). In Alan Booth & Ann C. Crouter, The New Population Problem: Why Families in Developed Countries are Shrinking and What It Means. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
  • McHale, S.M., Dariotis, J.K., & Kauh, T.J. (2003). Social development and social relationships in middle childhood. In R. M. Lerner, M. A. Easterbrooks, J. Mistry, & I. B. Weiner (Eds.), Handbook of Psychology: Volume 6 Developmental Psychology (pp. 241-266). New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons.

Selected Articles in Journals

  • Dariotis, J.K., Eldreth, D.A., Sloane, S.M., Noor, I., & Smith, R.L. (2025). Distrust, Trauma, Doubt, and Protective Reactions to COVID-19 – Cautionary Tales and Lessons to Learn for Future Pandemics: A Case Series. Journal of Medical Case Reports special collection on “COVID-19 - a look at the past, present and future of the pandemic.” 19(1), 131.
  • Dariotis, J.K., Eldreth, D.A., Jackson-Gordon, R., Li, H., Wang, K.N., Xi, C.Y., Lewis, G.F., & Shirtcliff, E.A. (2025). A Mindful Movement Intervention in Community and University Preschools: Study Protocol for a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR Research Protocols.
  • Jackson-Gordon, R., Eldreth, D.A., Sloane, S., & Dariotis, J.K. (2025). Using Group Level Assessment in community-engaged projects: Participatory research validity considerations. Educational Action Research. 1-19.
  • August-Henry, S., Leman, A., & Dariotis, J.K. (2025). How Much is Enough? Dosage and Duration in 4-H Developmental Contexts. Journal of Youth Development, 20(1), 11.
  • Dariotis, J.K., Eldreth, D.A., Kim, S., Berdychevsky, L., Park, Y., & Smith, R.L. (2025). “Covid was a worldwide pandemic that caused trauma for everyone... There were also ‘silver-linings’” – A Qualitative Analysis of Adult and Youth Perspectives on COVID-19 Thorns and Silver Linings. American Journal of Qualitative Research, 9, 176-206.
  • Leman, A. M., Dariotis, J. K., Markazi, D. M., Kennedy, Z., Tracy, M., Park, Y. R., & Griffith, A. N. (2024). An interdisciplinary framework of youth participatory action research informed by curricula, youth, adults, and researchers. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 35(1), e13007.
  • Dariotis, J.K., Mabisi, K., Jackson-Gordon, R., Rose, E., Fishbein, D.H., & Mendelson, T. (2023). Perceived Benefits of Mindfulness and Health Education Programs among Minoritized Adolescents: A Qualitative Analysis. Mindfulness. 1-16.
  • Dariotis, J.K., Chen, F.R., [Co-First Authors], Park, Y.R., Nowak, M.K., French, K., & Codamon, A.M. (2023). Parentification Vulnerability, Reactivity, Resilience, and Thriving: A Mixed Methods Systematic Literature Review. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20, 6197.
  • Ruhland, E. Johnson, L., Pelly, C., Bess, S., Moore, J., & Dariotis, J.K. (2023). Positionality, Intersectionality, Power Dynamics in Community Participatory Research to Define Public Safety in Black Communities. Journal of Community Psychology, 51(7), 2845-2860.
  • Berdychevsky, L., Cavanaugh, D., & Dariotis, J.K. (2023). Psychological, Socio-Demographic, and Logistical Determinants of Changes in Sex Life during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy. 35(2), 263-283.
  • Dariotis, J. K., Mabisi, K., Jackson-Gordon, R., Yang, N., Rose, E. J., Mendelson, T., & Fishbein, D. H. (2023). Implementing Adolescent Wellbeing and Health Programs in Schools: Insights from a Mixed Methods and Multiple Informant Study. Prevention Science, 24(4), 663-675.
  • Johnson, L., Pelly, C., Ruhland, E., Bess, S., Dariotis, J. K., & Moore, J. (2022) [collectively first co-authors]. Reclaiming Safety: Participatory Research, Community Perspectives, and Possibilities for Transformation, Stanford Journal of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, 18(2), 191-223.
  • Jackson-Gordon, R., Dariotis, J.K., Fisher, B.S., & Dickman-Burnett, V.L. (2022). Implementing sexual violence primary prevention programs: A case study of implementer perspectives. Journal of Youth Development, 17(4). 126-144.
  • Dariotis, J. K., Sloane, S. M., & Smith, R. L. (2021). I took it off most of the time 'cause I felt comfortable: Unmasking, trusted others, and lessons learned from a coronavirus disease 2019 reinfection: a case report. Journal of Medical Case Reports, 15(1), 1-7.

Honors

  • Pampered Chef Ltd. Endowed Chair in Family Resiliency. (2020-present)

Research Honors

  • Center for Clinical and Translational Science and Training (CCTST) Academic-Community Research Partnership Award (2018)

Public Service Honors

  • Core Value Awardee, Office of Research, University of Cincinnati (2018)

Other Honors

  • Academic Leadership Program (ALP) Fellow (nominated), Big Ten Academic Alliance (BTAA). (2022-2023)
  • Health Innovation Professor, Carle Illinois College of Medicine, (2022-2027)

Recent Courses Taught

  • HDFS 580 - Survey Research Methods
  • HDFS 581 (HDFS 494, HDFS 595) - Participatory Research Methods
  • HDFS 595 - Survey Research Methodology