Extension Projects

As State Specialist for Nutrition and Nutrition Education at Kentucky State University (KSU), I performed the following roles:

  • Project Director for the Center for Family Nutrition and Wellness Education – This project entails working with lower income schools and community partners with their nutrition and fitness education programs (Reach of over 5000 individuals)
  • Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) Coordinator – Teaching children and their families how to improve their nutrition through a proper diet.
  • Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Education Coordinator – Improving nutrition and education for individuals who qualify for SNAP Benefits.
  • KSU First Director – This initiative hopes to improve health of faculty and staff on KSU's campus.
  • Health Rocks! Evaluator – The HR! program teaches young people different health concepts and healthy lifestyles.
  • Youth Voice Team Member – Youth Voice teaches young people how to live nutritious lives.
  • ReadyCommunity Team Member – This project, led by the Southern Rural Development Center aims at educating communities on how to prepare for disasters.
  • Summer Feeding Program – Design a program in concert with the state government to feed at-risk youth during the summer.

Brief Selection of Presentations and Major Programs

  • Hunger Dialogue 2017 (Berea College, KY Featured Panalist)
  • Fitness and Archery (NASP® Educator Conference 2016 - Lexington Kentucky)
  • Thursday Learning Experience (Frankfort, KY 2015-2017)
  • Family Consumer Sciences: Moving Forward, Family First (2014: Lexington, KY; NEAFCS Conference, Oral Presentation)
  • Increasing NASP's Fitness Potential (NASP National Coordinator Conference. Madison, WI. 2014)
  • Fit for Family: Maintaining Health for the Long Haul (The National Men's Health Month Community Outreach Program. Frankfort, KY. 2014)
  • Time Crunch Carousel: Exercise for Individuals with No Time. (Third Thursday Thing, Frankfort, KY. 2014)
  • Food Fun Day (Frankfort, KY; 2012, 2013)
  • Farm to Table Bingham Fellows Event (Frankfort, KY; 2013)
  • The Center for Family Nutrition and Wellness Education: Integrating Nutrition and Physical Activity to Combat Childhood Obesity (2012 AEA Conference) Memphis, TN First Place
  • Module C: Nutrition (2012 AEA Conference) Memphis, TN
  • Engaging Evaluation (2012 AEA Conference) Memphis, TN
  • 1890 Nutrition Education (2012 EFNEP National Conference)
  • MyHealth KY: Nutrition and Physical Activity (Volunteer Workshop, February 2012)
  • Extension and Research in Nutrition: A Tale of Collaboration (2011 SRPLN, oral presentation)

Teaching Projects

As Assistant Professor in the College of Agriculture, Food Science, and Sustainable Systems, I perform the following roles:

  • Project Director for the AFE Academy – This is a professional development program for high school agriculture and STEM educators and a recruitment arm for the university.
  • Project Director for the Nutritional Sciences AFE Degree Option – Developed the Nutritional Sciences and Food Systems option for the AFE degree.