Dr. Kae McCarty
Assistant Professor
Dr. Kae McCarty (she/her/they) is an Assistant Professor in the Public Health Program at the USM Muskie School of Public Service. Her research centers health equity, particularly alongside the Disabled community. With her degree in kinesiology, she has experience working in rehabilitation, health education programming, biomechanics, policy, coaching, and personal training. Their greatest interest is disability justice, specifically related to adaptive sports and movement. She is passionate about how disability paradigms intersect with health and fitness, and advocating for health equity.
Prior to their appointment at USM, Dr. McCarty was a Health Policy Research Scholar with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and a scholar of the Multi-Institution Mentorship Consortium through the U.S. Office of Special Education Programs. Kae was on Team USA for rink hockey, and played and coached roller derby for 14 years under the pseudonym Samwise Banshee. They have lots of special interests, like learning new sports, comic books, and making faces at cute dogs. She would love to chat with you about yours.