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Department of Nutrition, Food & Dietetics College of Social Sciences & Interdisciplinary Studies

Meet Us

NUFD Faculty Advisors

Nadine Braunstein, PhD, RD, LDN

Associate Professor, DI Program Director

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  • Office Hours:
    Tues. 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
    Thurs. 9:30 AM - 10:00 AM
    Thurs. 12:30 PM - 1:00 PM
    Tues. 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM Zoom (Schedule on EAB at csus.campus.eab.com)
  • Specialty & Interests: Food security, and dental prevalence and severity in children ages 2-11.

Wendy Buchan, PhD, RD

Professor

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  • Office Hours:
    Mon. 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
    Tues. 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM Zoom
  • Specialty & Interests: Effects of dietary carbohydrate on weight regulation, leptin secretion, lipoprotein levels, energy expenditures, and disease risk factors.

Urvashi Mulasi, PhD, RDN

Associate Professor, DPD Program Director

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  • Office Hours: On Sabbatical Spring 2025
  • Specialty & Interests: Research interests are nutrition assessment involving dietary intake methodology, anthropometry, and functional status evaluation; clinical implications of malnutrition and malnutrition assessment.

Mical Shilts, PhD

Professor, MS Nutrition & Food Graduate Coordinator

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  • Office Hours: Mon: 9:15 AM - 10:00 AM, 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM, 2:00 PM - 2:30 PM Virtual: https://csus.zoom.us/my/drshilts and Wed: 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM In Person / Virtual
  • Specialty & Interests: Development and quantitative and qualitative research of interventions using theories and models of behavior change to positively influence dietary and physical activity attitudes.

Kelly Thompson, PhD

Associate Professor

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  • Office Hours: Tues: 1:30 - 2:30 PM In Person and Wed: 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM Online (schedule through EAB @ csus.campus.eab.com)
  • Specialty & Interests: Food Service Management, Beverage Management and Food Sensory Science.

Seunghee Wie, PhD, MS

Professor, Department Chair

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  • Office Hours: By Appointment Only
  • Specialty & Interests: Food safety and sanitation, environmental issues in foodservice operations (specializing in solid waste management), food recovery.

Staff

Heather M. Rogers

Administrative Support Coordinator, II

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Vacant TBD

Instructional Support Assistant, II

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Nguyen Truong

Student Assistant

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Lecturers

Alberto Aguilera, PhD, MPH

Lecturer

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  • Office Hours: TBD

Kellie Arita, MPH, RD

Lecturer

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  • Office Hours: By Appointment Only

Jennifer Campbell, RD

Lecturer, DPD Director

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  • Office Hours:
    Tues. 1:15 PM - 2:45 PM
    Thurs. 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Chad Cox, PhD

Lecturer

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  • Office Hours:
    Mon. 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM
    Wed. 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM

Kailey Cunningham, MS, RDN, LD

Lecturer

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  • Office Hours:
    Tues. 10: 30 AM - 11:15 AM
    Thurs. 10:30 AM - 11:15 AM

Reema El-Murr, MS, RD

Lecturer

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  • Office Hours:
    Tues. 5:00 PM - 5:45 PM
    Tues. 5:00 PM - 5:45 PM Zoom

Jeannie Gazzaniga-Moloo, PhD, MS, RDN, FAND

Lecturer

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  • Office Hours:
    Wed. 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
    Thurs. 2:15 PM - 5:00 PM Zoom

Brian Knirk, EdD

Lecturer

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  • Office Hours: TBD

Ryann Miller, MAS, RDN, CSSD

Lecturer

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  • Office Hours:
    Mon. 1:00 PM - 1:45 PM Zoom
    Mon. 2:15 PM - 3:00 PM
  • Specialty & Interests: Sports nutrition, eating disorders, maternal and child nutrition

Stephanie Spencer, MS

Lecturer

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  • Office Hours: Tues./Thurs. 11:50 AM - 1:20 PM

Jesus Trujillo, MS, RD, CSR, REHS

Lecturer

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  • Office Hours:
    Tues./Thurs. 3:30 PM - 4:15 PM
    Wed. 8:00 AM - 8:45 AM Zoom

Katie Williams, MS, RD

Lecturer

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  • Office Hours: Mon./Wed. 12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
Total Members: 21