WORK EXPERIENCE
Roles & Responsibilities
Current Position: Tenure-Track Assistant Professor of Nutrition at Berea College (Berea, KY)
Jan. 2017 – July 2021
ONLINE LEARNING SPECIALIST/GRADUATE RESEARCH ASSISTANT - AUBURN UNIVERSITY ALABAMA SNAP-ED
Lead graduate student for Alabama SNAP-Ed’s school wellness initiative called Quest for Healthy Schools (including IRB submission, protocol development, establish and maintain partnership with the Alliance for a Healthier Generation, and data organizing), coordinator of recipe tastings for community use and hand model for recipe video production.
May 2018 – May 2020
AUBURN UNIVERSITY DIVERSITY CAMPUS EXPERIENCE (DICE) CHAIR
Coordinated a 3-day recruitment program of minority graduate students to tour and consider Auburn University for their graduate and professional studies. The program consisted of sessions to support strong graduate application (CV, personal statement, interview and GRE workshops) and advising/supporting students in completing graduate application and locating graduate assistantships.
Aug. 2014 – Dec. 2016
EFNEP RESEARCH/PROJECT ASSISTANT - TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY’S COOPERATIVE EXTENSION PROGRAM
Extension assistant for Dr. Eunice Bonsi in Tuskegee University’s Cooperative Extension EFNEP Program with duties including laboratory and food laboratory experiments, recipe tasting, for community use, supporting community projects and data organization.
June 2014 - July 2016
COUNSELOR (2014), LEAD COUNSELOR (2016), AND ASSISTANT COORDINATOR (2016) - FOOD AND NUTRITION SUMMER YOUTH COLLEGE (F.A.N.S.Y.C)
Taught middle school students the different food and nutritional science concepts through hands-on and interactive methods, including food safety, the USDA’s My Plate and the importance of health and wellness.
June 2013 - August 2013
INTERN - GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER INTERNSHIP (GWC) AT IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY
Research: “Mapping of Arabidopsis PSS21 gene conferring immunity against the soybean pathogen Phytophthora sojae”
TEACHING AND TRAINING EXPERIENCE
Roles & Responsibilities
January 2019 - July 2021
TEACHING ASSISTANT TO INSTRUCTOR BRITTANNIE CHESTER, DPD DIRECTOR AT TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY
Collaborated on curriculum and exam development, taught class sessions (hybrid format) and graded assignments and exams. Courses included lifestyle nutrition and medical nutrition therapy I and II.
January 2018 - July 2021
TRAINER FOR QUEST FOR HEALTHY SCHOOLS INITIATIVE (ALABAMA SNAP-ED AT AUBURN UNIVERSITY)
Coordinated and conducted trainings for SNAP-Ed educators to implement SNAP-Ed’s school wellness initiative, Quest for Healthy Schools, throughout the state of Alabama.
