Experience

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  Fulbright Australia

  • Central Queensland University

  • Fulbright Scholar

    • Feb 2024 - Present
    • Central Queensland University

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  Brigham Young University

  • United States
  • Higher Education
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Associate Professor

    • May 2023 - Present

  • Assistant Professor

    • Jul 2016 - Present

    I teach and research within the Health Promotion track in the Department of Health Sciences. I teach HLTH 439 "Program Planning". This course is an undergraduate capstone course in the that department and focuses on developing and implementing health promotion programs. I also have a research agenda under the umbrella of obesity prevention. Currently, I focus on school breakfast programs. I am currently studying the parent perceptions of the nutritional quality of school breakfast. I mentor several students in research and aim to incorporate both undergraduate and graduate students into my research agenda. I work with partners from the Utah State Office of Education, Food$ense, and Utahns Against Hunger. I also collaborate with researcher from the University of Iowa and the Nebraska State Department of Education.

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  Utah State University

  • Logan, Utah

  • Assistant Professor of Health Education and Promotion

    • Aug 2015 - Jun 2016
    • Logan, Utah

    My primarily role at USU was research. During my time at USU, I conducted a study on binge watching in college students and on the parent perceptions of school breakfast in the state of Utah. Additionally, I taught two courses in the area of Health Education and Promotion (HEP 4200: Program Planning and Evaluation; HEP 5300: Grantwriting).

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  Tulane University

  • PhD Candidate, Research Assistant

    • Aug 2011 - May 2015

    Evaluated school food environment in Orleans Parish Public Schools.

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  University of Nevada Las Vegas

  • Instructor

    • Aug 2008 - May 2011

    Taught general health education courses to a diverse undergraduate population. Instructor anatomy labs as well.