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Affiliations
administrative responsibilities
- In 2007 at Cornell University I was a member of the Educational Policy Committee (EPC). In the College of Human Ecology I served on the Dean's Fellowship in the History of Home Economics Committee, was elected to the Mann Library Committee to represent the College of Human Ecology, and served on the College Summer Grants Committee. I chaired the small grants committee in the Division of Nutritional Sciences. I was on the admissions committee for the Field of Nutrition. I chaired the small grants committee in the Division of Nutritional Sciences. I was on the admissions committee for the Field of Nutrition.
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Research
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Publications
individual publications
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academic article
- Eating Maps: places, times and people in eating episodes. Ecology of Food and Nutrition. 51:247-264. 2012
- Family meals and body weight in U.S. Adults. Public Health Nutrition. 14:1555-1562. 2011
- Family meals and body weight in U.S. adults. Public Health Nutrition. 14:1555-1562. 2011
- Family meals and body weight: Analysis of multiple family members in family units. Appetite. 57:517-524. 2011
- Marital status, marital history, body weight, and obesity. Marriage and Family Review. 47:474-504. 2011
- Marital status, marital history, body weight, and obesity. Marriage and Family Review. 47:474-504. 2011
- Overcoming Barriers to Vegetable Consumption by Preschool Children: a child care center buying club. Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition. 6:153-165. 2011
- Overcoming barriers to vegetable consumption by preschool children: a child care center buying club. Journal of Hunger and Environmental Nutrition. 6:153-165. 2011
- Weight relationships in early marriage: Weight salience, weight comparisions, and weight talk. Appetite. 57:729-742. 2011
- Weight relationships in early marriage: Weight salience, weight comparisons, and weight talk. Appetite. 57:729-742. 2011
- Marital status and physical activity in U.S. adults. International Journal of Sociology of the Family. 36:181-198. 2010
- Shopping for fruits and vegetables: food and retail qualities valued by low-Income households at the grocery store. Appetite. 54:297-303. 2010
- Situational food choices: Social representations of where, when, and who consumes whole grain foods. Topics in Clinical Nutrition. 25:75-83. 2010
- An analysis of a community food waste stream. Agriculture and Human Values. 26:67-81. 2009
- Body weight and relationship quality among women: Associations of obesity and underweight with relationship communication, conflict, and happiness. International Journal of Sociology of the Family. 35:25-44. 2009
- Constructing Food Choice Decisions. Annals of Behavioral Medicine. 38:37-46. 2009
- Constructing Food Choice Decisions. Annals of Behavioral Medicine. 38:37-46. 2009
- Dating and eating: Beliefs about dating foods among university students. Appetite. 53:226-232. 2009
- Dating and eating: How university students select eating settings. Appetite. 52:226-229. 2009
- Eating Routines: Embedded, Value Based, Modifiable, and Reflective. Appetite. 52:127-136. 2009
- Eating routines. Embedded, value based, modifiable, and reflective. Appetite. 52:127-136. 2009
- Gender, ethnicity, marital status, and body weight in the U.S.. Obesity. 17:2223-2231. 2009
- Body weight and matching with a physically attractive romantic partner. Journal of Marriage and Family. 70:1287-1296. 2008
- How Adults Construct Evening Meals: Scripts for Food Choice. Appetite. 51:654-662. 2008
- How adults construct evening meals. Scripts for food choice . Appetite. 51:654-662. 2008
- How adults construct evening meals: Scripts for food choice. Appetite. 51:654-662. 2008
- Weight and weddings: Expectations about wedding-specific body weight and shape ideals and dieting and exercise behavior among university students. Eating Behaviors. 9:430-437. 2008
- Weight and weddings: Women's weight ideals and weight management behavior for their wedding day. Appetite. 50:550-554. 2008
- Classifying Foods in Contexts: How Adults Categorize Foods for Different Eating Settings. Appetite. 49:500-510. 2007
- Classifying foods in contexts: How adults categorize foods for different eating settings.. Appetite. 49:500-510. 2007
- Dimensions of everyday eating and drinking episodes. Appetite. 48:218-231. 2007
- Gender and marital status clarify relationships between food security and body weight. Journal of Nutrition. 137:1460-1465. 2007
- Kitchenscapes, Tablescapes, Platescapes, and Foodscapes: Influences of Microscale Built Environments on Food Intake, Environment and Behavior. Environment and Behavior. 39:124-142. 2007
- Kitchenscapes, tablescapes, platescapes, and foodscapes: Influences of micro-level built environments on food intake. Environment and Behavior. 39:124-142. 2007
- Mindless Eating: The 200 Daily Food Decisions We Overlook. Environment and Behavior. 39:106-123. 2007
- Physical disabilities and food access among limited resource households. Disability Studies Quarterly. 24. 2007
- Prevalence and magnitude of body weight and shape dissatisfaction among university students. Eating Behaviors. 8:429-439. 2007
- Chocolate cravings in American and Spanish individuals: Biological and Cultural Influences. Appetite. 47:290-301. 2006
- Luxus consumption: Wasting food resources through overeating. Agriculture and Human Values. 23:63-94. 2006
- Size matters: The influence of adolescents' weight and height on dating and sex. Rationality and Society. 18:67-94. 2006
- Dietary Westernization: Conceptualisation and measurement in Mauritius. Public Health Nutrition. 8:608-619. 2005
- Men, meat, and marriage: Models of masculinity. Food and Foodways. 13:135-158. 2005
- Parity and body weight in the United States: Differences by race and size of place of residence. Obesity Research. 13:1263-1269. 2005
- Religion, social support, fat intake, and physical activity. Public Health Nutrition. 7:773-781. 2004
- Sample extensiveness in qualitative health education research. Health Education and Behavior. 31:9-21. 2004
- A food and nutrition system analysis of South Korea. Journal of Community Nutrition. 5:209-217. 2003
- Commensal eating patterns: A community study. Appetite. 41:181-190. 2003
- Comparison of models of acculturation: The case of Korean Americans. Journal of Cross Cultural Psychology. 34:282-296. 2003
- Food choices among newly married couples: Convergence, conflict, individualism, and project. Appetite. 40:25-41. 2003
- Marital status changes and body weight changes: A U.S. longitudinal analysis. Social Science and Medicine. 56:1543-1555. 2003
- Religion and body weight. International Journal of Obesity. 27:469-477. 2003
- Sandwiching it in: spillover of work onto food choices and family roles in low- and moderate- income urban households. Social Science and Medicine. 56:617-630. 2003
- Socio-economic, dietary, activity, nutrition, and body weight transitions in South Korea. Public Health Nutrition. 6:665-674. 2003
- Commensal careers at entry into marriage: Establishing commensal units and managing commensal circles. Sociological Review. 50:378-397. 2002
- Consumer Perceptions of Seasonal and Local Foods: A Study in a US Community. Ecology of Food and Nutrition. 41:415-439. 2002
- Who we are and how we eat: a qualitative study of identities in food choice. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior. 34:128-139. 2002
- Managing healthy eating: definitions, classifications, and strategies. Health Education & Behavior. 28:425-439. 2001
- Managing values in personal food systems. Appetite. 36:189-200. 2001
- Managing values in personal food systems. Appetite. 36:189-200. 2001
- University Student Perceptions of Seasonal and Local Foods. Journal of Nutrition Education. 32:261-268. 2000
- The relationship between body weight and mortality: A quantitative analysis of combined information from existing studies. International Journal of Obesity. 20:63-75. 1996
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- The Sociology of Obesity. Handbook of the Social Science of Obesity. 105-119. 2011
- Globalization and Obesity. The Globalization of Food. 255-272. 2009
- Built Environments and Obesity. Obesity: Causes, Mechanisms, Treatment, and Prevention. 281-299. 2008
- Built environments and obesity. Obesity: Causes, Mechanisms, Prevention, and Treatment. 281-299. 2008
- Sociological Analysis of the Stigmatisation of Obesity. A Sociology of Food and Nutrition: Introducing the Social Appetite. 381-400. 2008
- Using a model of the food and nutrition system for examining whole grain foods from agriculture to health. Whole Grains and Health. 17-25. 2007
- A conceptual model of the food choice process over the life course. The Psychology of Food Choice. Cambridge, MA: CABI Publishing. 1-18. 2006
- Social consequences of weight bias by partners, friends, and strangers. Weight bias: Nature, consequences, and remedies. 150-164. 2005
- Rural food, eating, diet, nutrition, and body weight. 113-124. 2004
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Teaching
teaching activities
- DSOC-7900: Graduate-Level Thesis Research - Spring 2013
- DSOC-8720: Development Sociology - Spring 2013
- DSOC-8900: Master's Level Thesis Research - Spring 2013
- DSOC-9900: Doctoral-Level Thesis Research - Spring 2013
- NS-6000: Special Problems for Graduate Students - Spring 2013
- NS-7030: Seminar in Nutritional Sciences - Spring 2013
- NS-8990: Master's Thesis and Research - Spring 2013
- NS-9990: Doctoral Thesis and Research - Spring 2013
- DSOC-7900: Graduate-Level Thesis Research - Fall 2012
- DSOC-8720: Development Sociology - Fall 2012
- DSOC-8900: Master's Level Thesis Research - Fall 2012
- DSOC-9900: Doctoral-Level Thesis Research - Fall 2012
- NS-2450: Social Science Perspectives on Food and Nutrition - Fall 2012
- NS-6000: Special Problems for Graduate Students - Fall 2012
- NS-6400: Social Science Theories in Nutrition - Fall 2012
- NS-7030: Seminar in Nutritional Sciences - Fall 2012
- NS-8990: Master's Thesis and Research - Fall 2012
- NS-9990: Doctoral Thesis and Research - Fall 2012
- DSOC-7900: Graduate-Level Thesis Research - Spring 2012
- DSOC-8720: Development Sociology - Spring 2012
- DSOC-8900: Master's Level Thesis Research - Spring 2012
- DSOC-9900: Doctoral-Level Thesis Research - Spring 2012
- NS-6000: Special Problems for Graduate Students - Spring 2012
- NS-7030: Seminar in Nutritional Sciences - Spring 2012
- NS-8990: Master's Thesis and Research - Spring 2012
- NS-9990: Doctoral Thesis and Research - Spring 2012
- DSOC-7900: Graduate-Level Thesis Research - Fall 2011
- DSOC-8720: Development Sociology - Fall 2011
- DSOC-8900: Master's-Level Thesis Research - Fall 2011
- DSOC-9900: Doctoral-Level Thesis Research - Fall 2011
- NS-2450: Social Science Perspectives on Food and Nutrition - Fall 2011
- NS-4000: Directed Readings - Fall 2011
- NS-6000: Special Problems for Grads - Fall 2011
- NS-6400: Social Science Theories in Nutrition - Fall 2011
- NS-7030: Seminar Nutritional Science - Fall 2011
- NS-8990: Master Thesis - Fall 2011
- NS-9990: Doctoral Thesis - Fall 2011
recent courses taught
Service
current professional activities
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American Sociological Association (ASA)
Association for the Study of Food and Society (ASFS)
Cornell Graduate Field Memberships: Nutrition; Development Sociology; Demography; Epidemiology
Background
education and training
- M.P.H. in Behavioral Science, Nutrition, and Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins University 1983
- Ph.D. in Sociology, University of Pennsylvania 1978
- M.A. in Sociology, University of Pennsylvania 1974
- B.A. in Biology, Bucknell University 1972
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college
- CALS