College Directory

Alma Mater

The Ohio State University – PhD in Social Work, Master of Science in Kinesiology – Sport Management

University of Michigan – Master of Social Work (School Social Worker Specialization

Central Michigan University – Bachelor of Science (Psychology), Minor Human Nutrition, Athlete Coaching Endorsement (Physical Education and Sport)

Areas of Expertise

• Critical Positive Youth Development
• Youth Sport
• Normative & Social Justice Life Skills
• Coach Education
• Sport Social Work
• Qualitative Research Methods

Publications

• Wernick, L., Brown, D., Kluch, Y., Newman, T., Shute, L., Lerario, M., & Harrison, J. (2024). Policing gender and sexuality in high school sports: The mediating impact of hearing anti-LGBTQ+ language on student-athletes self-esteem across gender identity, sexual orientation, and race. Journal of Sport and Social Issues
• Newman, T., Okamoto, K., Beasley, L., Kimiecik, C., Lee, L., Shute, L., Tarr, C., Magier, E., & Tucker, A. (2024). Sport social work: Unique opportunities, benefits, and barriers. Sport Social Work Journal.
• Camiré, M., Santos, F., Newman, T., Vella, S. MacDonald, D., Milistetd, M., Pierce, S., & Strachan, L. (2023). Positive youth development as a guiding framework in sport research: Is it time to plan for a transition? Psychology of Sport & Exercise. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2023.102505
• Turgeon, S., Newman, T., Lee, L., Nicholas, O., & Bean, C. (2023). Social justice attitudes and behavioral intentions of NCAA student-athletes: The role of life skills. International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1080/1612197X.2023.2238273
• Newman, T., Jefka, B., Brennan, N., Lee, L., Bostick, K., Tucker, A., Stiehl Figueroa, I., & Alvarez, M.A.G. (2023). Intentional practices of adventure therapy facilitators: Shining light into the black box. Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10560-023-00933-0
• Tucker, A., DeMille, S., Newman, T., Atanasova, C., Bryan, P. & Keefe, M., & Smitherman, L. (2023). How adolescents view the role of the wilderness in wilderness therapy: “I am in the middle of nowhere and that is okay”. Children and Youth Services Review
• Bishop, E., Turgeon, S., Tang, W., Newman, T., Strachan, L., Bean, C., & Camiré, M. (2023). White privilege in Canadian high school sport: Investigating white coaches’ perspectives on social justice issues. Sport Coaching Review. https://doi.org/10.1080/21640629.2023.2218265
• Tarr, C., Newman, T., Santos, F., & Turgeon, S. (2023). The duality of sport social workers coaching critical positive youth development within competitive youth sport. International Sport Coaching Journal. https://doi.org/10.1123/iscj.2022-0080
• Robinson, E., Newman, T., Scheadler, T., Lower-Hoppe, L., & Baeth, A. (2023). The unique lived experiences of LGBQ athletes: A collegiate women’s rugby club team as an inclusive and empowering community. Journal of Homosexuality. https://doi.org/10.1080/00918369.2022.2160684
• Tredinnick, L., Newman, T., Bosetti, R., Hyzak, K., Reynolds, J., & Weaver, R. (2023). Conformity to masculine norms and attitudes toward sexual behavior: A study among college students involved in sport. Sport Social Work Journal, 3(1), 77-94. https://openjournals.bsu.edu/sportsocialworkjournal/article/view/4089
• Newman, T., McCray, K., Lower-Hoppe, L., Ingram, D., Rockhill, C., Ohanasian, J., & Simmons- Horton, S. (2023). Healthy masculinity construction: The influence of race, faith, and athletics. Children & Society, 37(3), 854-874. https://doi.org/10.1111/chso.12634
• Newman, T., Turgeon, S., Moore, M., Bean., C., Lee, L., Knuettel, M., & Osmers Rahill, C. (2023). The dual pandemic: COVID-19, systemic racism, and college student-athlete mental health. International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology. http://doi.org/10.1080/1612197X.2022.2026997
• Winn, S., Grenier, M., & Newman, T. (2022). Utilizing the framework of life skills development to promote social emotional learning in elementary physical education. Journal of Physical Education, Recreation and Dance. 93(6), 42-50. https://doi.org/10.1080/07303084.2022.2081269
• Newman, T., Santos, F., Pierce, S., Collins, K., & Mercier, V. (2022). Coach education and development within a contemporary social justice society: Implications for future research and potential pitfalls. Quest, 74(3), 234-250. https://doi.org/10.1080/00336297.2022.2080082
• Rockhill, C., Newman, T., Ingram, D., Lower-Hoppe, L., & Brgoch, S. (2022). Exploring how urban male youth athletes understand and value their own identities. Journal of Sport Behavior, 45(2). https://www.journalofsportbehavior.org/index.php/JSB/article/view/140
• Santos, F., Newman, T., Aytur, S., & Farias, C. (2022). Aligning physical literacy with critical positive youth development and student-centred pedagogy: Implications for today’s youth. Frontiers in Sports and Active Living – Physical Activity in the Prevention and Management of Diseases. 4(845827). https://doi.org/10.3389/fspor.2022.845827
• Newman, T., Magier, E., Okamoto, K., Kimiecik, C., Shute, L., Beasley, L., & Tucker, A. (2022). Social work in sport: Playmakers in the athletic arena. Journal of Social Work, 22(3), 692-714. https://doi.org/10.1177/14680173211009743
• Magier, E., Newman, T., Kimiecik, C., Okamoto, K., Beasley, L., Shute, L., & Tucker, A. (2022). Understanding the needs of social workers in sport settings: Opportunities for specialized education and training. Journal of Social Work Education. https://doi.org/10.1080/10437797.2021.2019641
• Newman, T., Santos, F., Pierce, S., Collins, K., Barcelona, R., & Mercier, V. (2022). Scholars’ perspectives of positive youth development in coach education for high school sports. Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy. http://doi.org/10.1080/17408989.2022.2039616
• Beasley, L., Newman, T., & Hardin, R. (2022). Applying social work values to practice in sport: Perspectives of licensed social workers employed in collegiate athletics. Advances in Social Work, 21(4), 1212-1228. https://doi.org/10.18060/25311
• Newman, T., Okamoto, K., Kimiecik, C., Magier, E., Beasley, L., Shute, L., Knuettel, M., Tarr, C., & Tucker, A. (2022). Sport as an emerging area of social work practice: New playmakers in the athletic arena. Sport Social Work Journal, 1(1), 35-52. https://openjournals.bsu.edu/sportsocialworkjournal/article/view/3703/2051
• Lower-Hoppe, L., Anderson-Butcher, D., Newman, T., & Logan, J. (2021). The influence of peers on life skill development in a sport-based positive youth development program. Journal of Sport for Development, 9(2), 69-85.
• Camiré, M., Newman, T., Bean, C., & Strachan, L. (2021). Reimagining positive youth development and life skills through a social justice lens. Journal of Applied Sport Psychology, 34(6), 1058-1076. https://doi.org/10.1080/10413200.2021.1958954
• Newman, T., & Anderson-Butcher, D. (2021). Mechanisms of life skill development and life skill transfer: Interconnections and distinctions among socially vulnerable youth. Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research, 12(3), 489-519. https://doi.org/10.1086/715890
• Newman, T., Magier, E., Kimiecik, C., & Burns, M. (2021). The relationship between youth sport participation and the onset of and/or adherence to aggressive and violent behavior: A scoping review of the literature. Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research, 12(2), 371-388. https://doi.org/10.1086/714421
• Newman, T., Black, S., Santos, F., Jefka, B., & Brennan, N. (2021). Coaching life skill development and transfer: A scoping review of facilitative coaching practices in youth sports. International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1080/1750984X.2021.1910977
• Newman, T., Santos, F., Black, S., & Bostick, K. (2021). Learning life skills through challenging and negative experiences. Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10560-021-00739-y
• Newman, T., Jefka, B., Lower-Hoppe, L., Kimiecik, C., Brgoch, S., Dillard, R., Dwyer, K., Rockhill, C., & Ingram, D. (2021). Youth identity formation: (Mis)alignment between male youth and sport coaches. Children and Youth Services Review, 120(105733). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2020.105733
• Newman, T., Anderson-Butcher, D., Bostick, K., & Black, S. (2021). Psychological processes involved in life skill transfer: Understanding the lived experiences of youth recognized as being socially vulnerable. Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal, 38(4), 423-436. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10560-021-00768-7
• Newman, T., Lower, L., Burch, M., & Paluta, L. (2021). Advancing positive youth development- focused coach education: Contextual factors of youth sport and youth sport leader perceptions. Managing Sport and Leisure, 26(4), 326-340. https://doi.org/10.1080/23750472.2020.1766760
• Newman, T., Lower-Hoppe, L., Anderson-Butcher, D., & Paluta, L. (2020). Process evaluation examining the implementation of a sport-based positive youth development program. Journal of Youth Development, 15(6), 70-90. https://doi.org/10.5195/jyd.2020.890
• Fraina, M., Pastore, D., Anderson-Butcher, D., & Newman, T. (2020). Examination of social influence toward psychological need satisfaction of high school student-athletes. The Physical Educator, 77(4), 760-783. https://doi.org/10.18666/TPE-2020-V77-I4-9154
• Lower-Hoppe, L., Newman, T., Brgoch, S., & Hutton, T. (2020). The management and development of sport team captains as human capital resources: Perspectives from collegiate coaches. International Journal of Sport Management, 21(3), 261-292.
• Newman, T., Santos, F., Fonseca, A., & Pereira, P. (2020). The experiential nature of coach education within a positive youth development perspective: Implications for practice and research. International Sport Coaching Journal, 7(3), 398-406. https://doi.org/10.1123/iscj.2019-0106
• Newman, T. (2020). Life skill development and transfer: “They’re not just meant for playing sports”. Research on Social Work Practice, 30(6), 643-657. https://doi.org/10.1177/1049731520903427
• Newman, T., Anderson-Butcher, D., & Amorose, A. (2020). Examining the influence of sport program staff and parental support on youth outcomes. Applied Developmental Science, 24(3), 263-278. https://doi.org/10.1080/10888691.2018.1467762
• Brgoch, S., Lower-Hoppe, L., Newman, T., & Hutton, T. (2020). Exploring team captain roles associated with athlete leadership classifications: Perspectives from collegiate coaches. Journal of Sport Behavior, 30(1), 28-49.
• Lower-Hoppe, L., Beattie, M., Wray, D., Bailey, R., Newman, T., & Farrell, A. (2020). The relationships between sport club activities and university and member attachment. Recreational Sports Journal, 44(1), 5-14. https://doi.org/10.1177/1558866120904037
• Henderson, T., Bates, S., Anderson-Butcher, D., Amorose, A., Magier, E., & Newman, T. (2020). Tailoring supports to youth in schools: One approach to identifying needs and targeting intervention. International Journal of School Social Work, 5(1), Article 2. https://doi.org/10.4148/2161-4148.1049
• Lower-Hoppe, L., Heuett, K., Brgoch, S., & Newman, T. (2020). Communication and team performance: A case study of Division I football captains. International Journal of Sport Communication, 13(1), 77-96. https://doi.org/10.1123/ijsc.2019-0112
• Kimiecik, J., Horn, T. Newman, T., & Kimiecik, C. (2020). Moving adolescents for a lifetime of physical activity: Shifting to interventions aligned with the third health revolution. Health Psychology Review, 14(40), 486-503. https://doi.org/10.1080/17437199.2019.1700820
• Dillard, R., Newman, T., & Kim, M. (2019). Youth competence through balanced and restorative justice: A community-based PYD approach. Journal of Youth Development, 14(4), 14-35. https://doi.org/10.5195/jyd.2019.804
• Anderson-Butcher, D., Newman, T., Amorose, A., Okamoto, K., Bates, S., & Volek, A. (2019). Exploring the influence of program staff and parental support on changes in physical health outcomes of vulnerable youth participating in a sport-based positive youth development summer camp. Journal of Sport Behavior, 42(4), 394-414.
• Newman, T., Okamoto, K., Kimiecik, C., Sohns, E., Burns, M., & Magier, E. (2019). The role of social workers in sport: Shared values and opportunities for interprofessional collaborations. Journal of Sport Psychology in Action,10(3), 137-150. https://doi.org/10.1080/21520704.2019.1642270
• Newman, T., Lower, L., & Brgoch, S. (2019). Developing sport team captains as formal leaders. Journal of Sport Psychology in Action, 10(3), 160-173. https://doi.org/10.1080/21520704.2019.1604590
• Kulick, A., Wernick, L., Espinoza, M., Newman, T., & Dressel, A., (2019). Three strikes and you’re ‘out’: Culture, facilities, and participation in among LGBTQ youth in sports. Sport, Education, and Society, 24(9), 939-953. https://doi.org/10.1080/13573322.2018.1532406
• Newman, T., Kim, M., Alvarez, A., & Tucker, A. (2018). Facilitative coaching: A guide for youth sport leaders. Leisure/Loisir, 42(2), 129-148. https://doi.org/10.1080/14927713.2017.1415165
• Newman, T., Kim, M., Tucker, A., & Alvarez, A. (2018). Learning through the adventure of youth sport. Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 23(3), 280-293. https://doi.org/10.1080/17408989.2017.1413708
• Newman, T., Alvarez, A., & Kim, M. (2017). An experiential approach to sport for youth development. Journal of Experiential Education, 40(3), 308-322. https://doi.org/10.1177/1053825917696833
• Riley, A., Anderson-Butcher, D., Logan, J., Newman, T., & Davis, J. (2017). Staff practices and social skill outcomes in a sport-based youth program. Journal of Applied Sport Psychology, 29(1), 59-74. https://doi.org/10.1080/10413200.2016.117970
• Lower, L., Newman, T., & Anderson-Butcher, D. (2017). Validity and reliability of the teamwork scale for youth. Research on Social Work Practice, 27(6), 716-725. https://doi.org/10.1177/1049731515589614
• Wade-Mdivanian, R., Anderson-Butcher, D., Newman, T., Ruderman, D., Smock, J., & Christie, S. (2016). Exploring the long-term impact of a positive youth development-based alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs prevention program. Journal of Alcohol and Drug Education, 60(3), 67-90.
• Lower, L., Newman, T., & Pollard, W. (2016). Examination of the 3×2 achievement goal model in recreational sport: Associations with perceived benefits of sport participation. International Journal of Sport Management, Recreation & Tourism, 26(c), 44-53. https://doi.org/10.5199/ijsmart-1791-874X-26c.
• Amorose, A., Anderson-Butcher, D., Newman, T., Fraina, M., & Iachini, A. (2016). High school athletes’ self-determined motivation: The independent and interactive effects of coach, father, and mother autonomy support. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 26, 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2016.05.005
• Newman, T., Ortega, R., Lower, L., & Paluta, L. (2016). Informing priorities for coaching education: Perspectives from youth sport leaders. International Journal of Sports Science and Coaching, 11(3), 422-435. https://doi.org/10.1177/1747954116645207
• Newman, T., & Alvarez, A. (2015). Coaching on the wave: An integrative approach to facilitating youth development. Journal of Sports Psychology in Action, 6(3), 127-140. https://doi.org/10.1080/21520704.2015.1073203

Current Projects

• College Student-Athlete & Coach Mental Health
• Social Justice Promotion in High School Athletics
• International Youth Sport
• Sport Social Work