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Morgan Hughey

Assistant Professor

Address: Silcox 212
Office Hours: Tuesdays, 1:30 - 3:30 pm,and Wednesdays, 1:00-2:00pm; by email appointment
Phone: 843-953-8242
E-mail: hugheysm@cofc.edu

Education

PhD, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC

Department of Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior
Dissertation: Exploring Spatial Patterning and the Impact of Obesogenic Environments for Youth Obesity in South Carolina

MPH, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC

Department of Exercise Science
Practicum: LET US Play! Training staff to increase children’s physical activity in afterschool programs

BS, Furman University, Greenville, SC

Health and Exercise Science

Research Interests

Research Interests:

Built environment influences on physical activity and healthy eating
Inequities in access to nutrition and physical activity resources
Community-based approaches to improving health and quality of life (parks and recreation, schools, afterschool programs)
Development and evaluation of community health programs to increase physical activity and healthy eating

Current Research Projects:

It's Electric! Quantifying the Energy Expenditure Differences Between Bicycles and Electric-assist Bicycles for Charleston's bike share program

Obesogenic Environments and Childhood Obesity: A Longitudinal Study

Bridging the Ashley: A Natural Experiment Examining the Physical Activity, Active Transportation, and Safety Impacts of a Bicycle-Pedestrian Bridge

Lowcountry Lowline: Physical Activity Patterns and Community Perceptions

Courses Taught

HEAL 215: Introduction to Public Health

HEAL 325: Health Promotion Planning and Evaluation

HEAL 325L: Field Experience in Health Promotion

HEAL 460: Public Health Administration

HONS 250: Zip Code or Genetic Code: What Decides our Health?

Publications

Hughey, S.M., Wende, M.E., Stowe, E.W., Kaczynski, A.T., Schipperijn, J., Hipp, J.A. (2021, in press). Frequency of neighborhood park use is associated with physical activity among adults in four U.S. cities. Journal of Physical Activity and Health.

Kelly, C., Clennin, M.C., Hughey, S.M. (2021, in press). A natural experiment: Results of community-designed park improvements on park use and physical activity. Health Promotion Practice.

Hughey, S.M., Stowe, E.W., Trello, S.K., Bornstein, D., Brown, K., Davis, J., Kaczynski, A.T. (2021). A multi-method study of patterns and motivations of greenway-based physical activity. Translational Journal of the American College of Sports Medicine, 6(1). doi: 10.1249/TJX.0000000000000142

Kaczynski, A.T., Hughey, S.M., Stowe, E.W., Wende, M.E., Hipp, J.A., Oliphant, E.L., & Schipperijn, J. (2020). ParkIndex: Validation and application of a pragmatic measure of park access and use. Preventive Medicine Reports.

Stowe, E.W., Hughey, S.M., Kaczynski, A.T., & Hallum, S. (2019). Associations between walkability and youth weight status: Observed differences by urbancity. Childhood Obesity, 15(8), 555-559. doi: 10.1089/chi.2019.0063

Hughey, S.M., Kaczynski, A.T., Porter, D.E., Hibbert, J., Turner-McGrievy, B., and Liu, J. (2019). Development and testing of an innovative multicomponent obesogenic built environment measure for youth. Health & Place, 56, 174-183.

Hughey, S.M., Kaczynski, A.T., Porter, D.E., Hibbert, J., Turner-McGrievy, G., and Liu, J. (2018). Spatial clustering patterns of child weight status in a southeastern US county. Applied Geography, 99, 12-21.

Kaczynski, A.T., Besenyi, G.B., Child, S., Hughey, S.M., Colabianchi, N., McIver, K.L., Dowda, M., & Pate, R.R. (2018). Relationship of objective street quality attributes with youth physical activity: findings from the Healthy Communities Study. Pediatric Obesity. 13(S1), 7-13.

Hughey, S.M., Kaczynski, A.T., Child, S., Moore, J.B., Porter, D., & Hibbert, J. (2017). Green and lean: Is neighborhood park and playground availability associated with youth obesity? Variations by gender, socioeconomic status, and race/ethnicity. Active Living Research Issue, Preventive Medicine, 95 Supplement, 101-108.

McCarthy, S., Hughey, S.M., & Kaczynski, A.T. (2017). Examining sociodemographic differences in playground availability and quality and associations with childhood obesity. Childhood Obesity, 13(4), 324-331. doi: 10.1089/chi.2016.0239.

Child, S.T., Kaczynski, A.T., Fair, M.L., Stowe, E.W., Hughey, S.M., Boeckerman, L, Blake, C.M., Wills, S., & Reeder, Y. (2017). “We need a safe, walkable way to connect our sisters and brothers”: A qualitative study of opportunities and challenges for neighborhood-based physical activity among residents of low-income African American communities. Ethnicity and Health, 14, 1-12. doi: 10.1080/13557858.2017.1351923.

Fair, M.L., Reed, J.A., & Hughey, S.M. Powers, A.P., & King, S.B. (2017). Association between aerobic fitness and academic achievement among fourth and fifth grade elementary school youth. Translational Journal of the American College of Sports Medicine, 2(9), 44-50. doi: 10.1249/TJX.0000000000000033

Fair, M.L., Kaczynski, A.T., Hughey, S.M., Besenyi, G.M., & Powers, A.R. (2017). An initiative to facilitate park usage, discovery and physical activity among children and adolescents in Greenville County, South Carolina, 2014. Preventing Chronic Disease, 14: 160043. http://dx.doi.org/10.5888/pcd14.160043

Hughey, S.M., Reed, J.A., Kaczynski, A.T., & Clennin, M. (2016). Pathways to health: Association between trail use, weight status, and self-rated health among adults in Greenville County, South Carolina, 2014. Preventing Chronic Disease, 13.

Hughey, S.M., Walsemann, K.M, Child, S.T., Powers, A., Reed, J.A., & Kaczynski, A.T. (2016). Quality matters: Examining the relationship between neighborhood socioeconomic disadvantage, racial composition, and park availability and quality. Landscape and Urban Planning, 148, 159-169.

Kaczynski, A.T., Schipperijn, J., Hipp, A., Besenyi, G.M., Wilhelm Stanis, S.A., Hughey, S.M., & Wilcox, S. (2016). ParkIndex: Development of a standardized metric of park access for research and public health planning. Preventive Medicine, 87, 110-114.

Hughey, S.M., Kaczynski, A.T., & Reed, J.A. (2015). Demographic differences in reported reasons for non-use of a prominent community trail. Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism, 10, 78-83.

Besenyi, G.M., Fair, M., Hughey, S.M., Kaczynski, A.T., Powers, A., Dunlap, E., & LiveWell Greenville Park Hop Team. (2015). Park Hop: Pilot evaluation of an inter-agency collaboration to promote park awareness visitation and physical activity in Greenville County, S.C. Journal of Park and Recreation Administration, 33(4), 69-89.

Reed, J.A., & Hughey, S.M. (2015). Providing daily physical education to improve the health and fitness levels of African American youth. International Journal of School and Cognitive Psychology, 2(3).

Schoffman D.E., Kaczynski A.T., Forthofer M., Wilcox S., Hutto B., Child S.T., & Hughey S.M. (2015). Longitudinal associations with changes in outdoor recreation area use for physical activity during a community-based intervention. Preventive Medicine, 78, 29-32.

Heinrich K.M., Lightner J., Oestman K.B., Hughey S.M., & Kaczynski A.T. (2014). Efforts of a Kansas foundation to increase physical activity and improve health by funding community trails, 2012. Preventing Chronic Disease, 11: E208.

Hughey, S.M., Weaver, R.G., Saunders, R.P., Webster, C., & Beets, M.W. (2014). Process evaluation of an intervention to increase child activity levels in afterschool programs. Evaluation and Program Planning, 45, 164-170.

Reed, J.A., Maslow, A.L., Long, S., & Hughey, M. (2013). Examining the impact of 45 minutes of daily physical education on cognitive ability, fitness performance, and body composition of African American youth. Journal of Physical Activity and Health, 10(2), 185-197