Professional Work Experience
1989-present, Instructor, Department of Family and Consumer Sciences, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana

1986-1986, Instructor, Midwestern University Consortium of International Affairs, University of North Sumatra, Medan, Indonesia

1984-1986, Teaching/Research Assistant, Department of Nutrition and Food Science, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky

1981-1983, Purchasing Agent, Volunteers of America, Baton Rouge, Louisiana


SCHOLARLY ACTIVITY
Other scholarly activity
1986, Poster presented at Federation of American Society of Experimental Biologists Meeting, "Effect of Cigarette Smoking on Nutritional Status of Vitamins C and E in the Guinea Pig," St. Louis, Missouri


PROFESSIONAL GROWTH
Study, Retraining
Oct 2002 ECIDA Meeting - The role of the Dietitian in Diabetes Management
May 2002 Self Study Herbal Supplements
Feb 2002 ADA Annual Meeting Review
Nov 2001 ECIDA Meeting - Childhood Obesity
Feb 2001 ADA Annual Meeting Review on Video
Feb 2001 Attended lecture - Quackery and Health Scams in the New Millennium - James Rand- presenter
April 1999 Videoconference - Food Quality: Making the Grade in Child Nutrition

Self-study courses:
2000 Seminars in Nutrition
2000 Diet, Nutrients and Gastrointestinal Disorders
2000 Herbal Nutrition
2000 Dietary Phytochemicals and Disease Prevention
2000 Food sensitivity or Food Intolerance
2000 Eating Disorders: Nutritional Status and Management
2000 Lipids, Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Risk
1999 Seminars in Nutrition
1998 Maternal and Infant Nutrition
1997 Weight Control and Eating Disorders
1997 Childhood Nutrition


Professional Meetings Aftended in Last 3 Years
2002
East Central Indiana Dietetic Association Winter Meeting, February 9, 2002
Indiana Dietetic Association Spring Meeting, Indianapolis, IN April 3, 2002
East Central Indiana Dietetic Fall Meeting, Muncie, IN Oct 21, 2002

2001
East Central Indiana Dietetic Association Winter Meeting, Feb
Indiana Dietetic Association Spring Meeting, April
East Central Indiana Dietetic Association Fall Meeting, September
Attended National Restaurant Association Show, Chicago, IL, May

1999
East Central Indiana Dietetic Association, April, Muncie, IN
Indiana Dietetic Association Spring Meeting, April, Indianapolis, IN


PROFESSIONAL AND SERVICE ACTIVITIES
Current professional and academic association memberships and offices/committee assignments:
East Central Indiana Dietetic Association, member
Indiana Dietetic Association, member
American Dietetic Association, member

Community Service:
2002 member of Board of Directors of Harvest Soup Kitchen
2001 Volunteer at Christian Ministries Food Bank
1999 Volunteer at Harvest Soup Kitchen
1998 Volunteer at Harvest Soup Kitchen

Last Modified: 2001