Jay C. Kimiecik

JAY KIMIECIK (me) has published a new nonfiction book: Exploring the Concept of Feel for Wellbeing and Performance. Jay is a writer disguised as a professor in the psychology of health, well-being, and performance at Miami University (Oxford, OH). Raised among onion fields in rural New York, he developed an interest in how optimal experience can be found in everyday living (for example, while weeding onions on a hot summer day). He has always been writing something and worked as a sports writer and freelance writer early in his career where he honed his skills in interviewing and storytelling. His academic research work bridges the gap between the art and science of health behavior change, publishing both research articles and trade books. He has consulted with many health organizations and wrote the YMCA Personal Fitness Program manual, which was used in hundreds of YMCAs in North America. Jay has earned awards for both his writing and teaching excellence and has some eclectic talents. He created and hosted FitTalk, a talk radio show on exercise and fitness that aired for five years on Miami University’s WMUB, a national public radio affiliate. He also co-founded and directed Miami University’s Employee Health & Well-Being program for five years, moving back to his full-time faculty role when realizing he wasn't an administrator. He keeps exploring various writing genres and hopes his work can be a positive influence in the world beyond the classroom.