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

Meet Us

Academic Faculty Advisors

Nadine Braunstein, PhD, RD, LDN

Associate Professor, DI Program Director

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  • Office Hours: On Sabbatical Fall 2024
  • 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:
    Tues. 11 AM - 12:30 PM Zoom
    Thurs. 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
  • 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:
    Mon. 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
    Mon. 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM Zoom
    Tues. 12:00 AM - 1:00 PM
  • 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. 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
    Wed. 11:45 AM - 1:15 PM Zoom
  • 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. 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM Zoom
    Thurs. 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
  • Specialty & Interests: Food Service Management, Beverage Management and Food Sensory Science.

Seunghee Wie, PhD

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 Nutrition, Food & Dietetics

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Pichinda Ha

NUFD Student Assistant

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Lecturers

Alberto Aguilera

Lecturer

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  • Office Hours: Tues./Thurs. 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Zoom

Kellie Arita, MPH, RD

Lecturer, Interim DI Director

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  • Office Hours:
    Tues. 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM Zoom
    Tues. 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM

Chad Cox, PhD

Lecturer

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

Betty Crocker, MS

Lecturer

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  • Office Hours: Mon. 6:50 PM - 7:20 PM

Kailey Cunningham

Lecturer

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  • Office Hours: Thurs. 8:00 AM - 8:45 AM Zoom

Tamara Dunn-Hall, MS

Lecturer

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  • Office Hours: Mon. 11:00 AM - 11:45 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

Vicky Flaig

Lecturer

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

Lecturer

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  • Office Hours:
    Tues./Thurs. 1:15 PM - 2:00 PM Zoom
    Wed. 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM

Mona Klein

Lecturer

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Brian Knirk, EdD

Lecturer

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  • Office Hours: Mon. 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM

Rachael Mack, MS

Lecturer

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  • Office Hours:
    Thurs. 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
    Thurs. 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Zoom

Ryann Miller

Lecturer

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  • Office Hours: Wed. 12:30 PM - 1:15 PM Zoom
  • Specialty & Interests: Nutrition education and counseling and public health nutrition

Stephanie Spencer, MS

Lecturer

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  • Office Hours: Tues./Thurs. 10:20 AM - 11:50 AM

Jesus Trujillo, MS, RD, REHS

Lecturer

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

Katie Williams, MS

Lecturer

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  • Office Hours: Mon./Wed. 3:30 PM - 4:15 PM
Total Members: 24