Interests and Responsibilities

My primary responsibility is to direct the dietetics program at Auburn. This program provides the academic (or didactic) course work that is the basis for a career as a registered dietitian. It is an undergraduate program that also may be accessed by graduate students who wish to become registered dietitians. We actively assist each Auburn student who applies for a dietetic internship, the second step in preparing for a career in dietetics. These internships take place following graduation, and are not available at Auburn.

My other responsibilities include teaching food service management and other courses as listed below. Research interests are in the areas of food service management, food selection, food security and food safety.

Courses Taught

NUFS 2070 Introduction to Nutrition/Dietetics
NUFS 3040 Food Systems Operations
NUFS 3041 Food Systems Operations Laboratory
NUFS 4090 Professional Issues in Dietetics/Nutrition
NUFS 6560 Nutrition and Food Services Management
NUFS 6880 Nutrition and Food Science: A Global Perspective
NUFS 7050/7056 Methods of Research

Recent Research Project

“Grow your own jobs.” A partnership between Auburn University and the west Alabama town of Thomaston resulted in renovation of an obsolete school lunch facility to establish a food-processing kitchen for processing locally grown produce into jams, jellies and pickles.

Dissertations and Theses Directed

• Heredeen, F.
  Effects of Dietary Practice and Nutrition Knowledge on Potential Risk of Cardiovascular Disease in College Football Linemen.
  
  
• Jones, F.P.H.
  A Descriptive Study of Factors Affecting Viability of Ethnic Restaurants in Four Alabama Cities.
  
  
• Wadsworth, T.L.
  Nutritive Quality of Foods Distributed from the East Alabama Food Bank in the Month of October, 1999.
  
  

Links

The American Dietetic Association
The Alabama Dietetic Association
Current Job Openings
Georgia employment/WIC program