Meet Us
Staff
Andrea Adams
Instructional Support Assistant, II
- Location: MRP 3000
- Phone: (916) 278-6177
- aradams@csus.edu
- Pronouns: she/her/hers
Lynn Hanna, PhD
Department Chair
- Location: Mariposa Hall 3000
- Phone: (916) 278-6393
- lhanna@csus.edu
- Specialty & Interests: Maternal nutrition in embryo development, fetal growth, and lactation.
Heather Rogers
Administrative Support Coordinator
- Location: MRP 3000
- Phone: (916) 278-7535
- heather.rogers@csus.edu
Academic Faculty Advisors
Nadine Braunstein
PhD, RD, LDN, Associate Professor, DI Director, NUFD Advisor
- Location: Mariposa Hall 3013
- Phone: (916) 278-6414
- braunstein@csus.edu
- Specialty & Interests: Food security, and dental caries prevalence and severity in children ages 2-11.
Wendy Buchan
PhD, RD, Professor, NUFD Faculty Advisor
- Location: Mariposa Hall 3027 - On Sabbatical: Fall 2022 & Spring 2023
- Phone: (916) 278-6732
- wbuchan@csus.edu
- Office Hours: On Sabbatical for Fall 22 & Spring 23 semesters
- Specialty & Interests: Effects of dietary carbohydrate on weight regulation, leptin secretion, lipoprotein levels, energy expenditures, and disease risk factors.
Jerry Cook
PhD, Professor, FSHD Faculty Advisor
- Location: Mariposa Hall 3011
- Phone: (916) 278-4322
- cookj@csus.edu
- Specialty & Interests: Father involvement, identity development, transition to parenthood, the influence of expectations and societal standards, marital relationships, intervention effectiveness.
Henry Gonzalez
PhD, Assistant Professor, FSHD Faculty Advisor
- Location: Mariposa Hall 3025
- Phone: (916) 278-2966
- henry.gonzalez@csus.edu
- Specialty & Interests: Fatherhood, immigrant and Latinx families, children's positive development, parenting and co-parenting relationships, sociocultural context and development, diverse family systems.
Lynn Hanna
PhD, Department Chair
- Location: Mariposa Hall 3000
- Phone: (916) 278-6393
- lhanna@csus.edu
- Specialty & Interests: Maternal nutrition in embryo development, fetal growth, and lactation.
Minjeong Kang
PhD, Associate Professor, FASH Faculty Advisor
- Location: Mariposa Hall 3009
- Phone: (916) 278-6460
- mkang@csus.edu
- Specialty & Interests: Post-purchase consumer behavior, mood regulatory consumption, retail environments, customer loyalty, and social psychological aspects of dress, apparel design and fashion illustration.
Urvashi Mulasi
PhD, DPD Program Director, Associate Professor, NUFD Faculty Advisor
- Location: Mariposa Hall 3035
- Phone: (916) 278-4287
- mulasi@csus.edu
- Specialty & Interests: Research interests are nutrition assessment involving dietary intake methodology, anthropometry, and functional status evaluation; clinical implications of malnutrition and malnutrition assessment.
Dong Shen
PhD, Professor, Program Director, FASH Faculty Advisor
- Location: Mariposa Hall 3031
- Phone: (916) 278-5326
- dshen@csus.edu
- Website
- Research: Apparel Merchandising & Design, cross-culture studies on consumer behavior and consumer psychology, and internet shopping.
Mical Shilts
PhD, Professor, Program Director, NUFD Faculty Advisor
- Location: Mariposa Hall 3033
- Phone: (916) 278-4288
- shiltsm@csus.edu
- Website
- Specialty & Interests: Development and quantitative and qualitative research of interventions using theories and models of behavior change to positively influence dietary and physical activity attitudes.
Kelly Thompson
PhD, Associate Professor, NUFD Faculty Advisor
- Location: Mariposa Hall 3029 - On Sabbatical: Fall 2022
- Phone: (916) 278-5724
- kelly.thompson@csus.edu
- Office Hours: On Sabbatical for Fall 22 semester
- Specialty & Interests: Food Service Management, Beverage Management and Food Sensory Science. I have conducted sensory research in Florence Italy as well as participating in cultural study tours in Thailand and Korea.
Seunghee Wie
PhD, Professor, NUFD Faculty Advisor
- Location: Mariposa Hall 3037
- Phone: (916) 278-7108
- wie@csus.edu
- Specialty & Interests: Food safety and sanitation, environmental issues in foodservice operations (specializing in solid waste management), food recovery.
Faculty
Esther Amato
MBA, Fashion Merchandising & Management (FASH)
- Location: Mariposa Hall 3024
- esther.amato@csus.edu
Taylor Anderson
MA, Fashion Merchandising & Management (FASH)
- Location: Mariposa Hall 2045
- taylor.anderson@csus.edu
Nadine Braunstein
PhD, RD, LDN, Associate Professor, DI Director, NUFD Faculty Advisor
- Location: Mariposa Hall 3013
- Phone: (916) 278-6414
- braunstein@csus.edu
- Specialty & Interests: Diet, food security, and dental caries prevalence and severity in children ages 2-11.
Wendy Buchan
PhD, RD, Professor, NUFD Faculty Advisor
- Location: Mariposa Hall 3027
- Phone: (916) 278-6732
- wbuchan@csus.edu
- Office Hours: On Sabbatical for Fall 22 & Spring 23 semesters
- Specialty & Interests: Effects of dietary carbohydrate on weight regulation, leptin secretion, lipoprotein levels, energy expenditures, and disease risk factors.
Jerry Cook
PhD, Professor, FSHD Faculty Advisor
- Location: Mariposa Hall 3011
- Phone: (916) 278-4322
- cookj@csus.edu
- Specialty & Interests: Father involvement, identity development, transition to parenthood, the influence of expectations and societal standards, marital relationships, intervention effectiveness.
Chad Cox
PhD, Nutrition & Food (NUFD)
- Location: Mariposa Hall 2045
- Phone: (916) 278-6393
- clcox@csus.edu
Michael Elfant
MS, RD, Nutrition & Food (NUFD)
- Specialty & Interests: Nutrition education and counseling and public health nutrition
Reema El-Murr
MS, RD, Nutrition & Food (NUFD)
- Location: Mariposa Hall 2047
- Phone: (916) 278-6393
- reema.el-murr@csus.edu
Jeannie Gazzaniga-Moloo
PhD, MS, RDN, FAND, Nutrition & Food (NUFD)
- Location: Mariposa Hall 3027
- Phone: (916) 278-6393
- jgazzani@csus.edu
Henry Gonzalez
PhD, Assistant Professor, FSHD Faculty Advisor
- Location: Mariposa Hall 3025
- Phone: (916) 278-2966
- henry.gonzalez@csus.edu
- Office Hours: Mon 9:30 - 10:00am (Zoom), Tues 3:00 - 4:00pm (MRP 3025 or Zoom), Wed 12:00 - 1:30pm (MRP 3025 or Zoom)
- Specialty & Interests: Fatherhood, immigrant and Latinx families, children's positive development, parenting and co-parenting relationships, sociocultural context and development, diverse family systems.
Lynn Hanna
PhD, Department Chair
- Location: Mariposa Hall 3000
- Phone: (916) 278-6393
- lhanna@csus.edu
- Office Hours: Please email aradams@csus.edu for an appointment
- Specialty & Interests: Maternal nutrition in embryo development, fetal growth, and lactation.
Minjeong Kang
PhD, Associate Professor, FASH Faculty Advisor
- Location: Mariposa Hall 3009
- Phone: (916) 278-6460
- mkang@csus.edu
- Specialty & Interests: Post-purchase consumer behavior, mood regulatory consumption, retail environments, customer loyalty, and social psychological aspects of dress, apparel design and fashion illustration.
Brian Knirk
EdD, Nutrition & Food (NUFD)
- Location: Mariposa Hall 3003
- Phone: (916) 278-6393
- b.knirk@csus.edu
Nicole Mank
MA, CCLS, Family Studies & Human Development (FSHD)
- Location: Mariposa Hall 2045
- Phone: (916) 278-6393
- nicole.mank@csus.edu
Urvashi Mulasi
PhD, Associate Professor, DPD Program Director, NUFD Faculty Advisor
- Location: Mariposa Hall 3035
- Phone: (916) 278-4287
- mulasi@csus.edu
- Specialty & Interests: Research interests are nutrition assessment involving dietary intake methodology, anthropometry, and functional status evaluation; clinical implications of malnutrition and malnutrition assessment.
Jaleh Naasz
MFA, Fashion Merchandising & Management (FASH)
- Location: Mariposa Hall 3024
- Phone: (916) 278-6393
- j.naasz@csus.edu
Troy Nichols
PhD, Family Studies & Human Development (FSHD)
- Location: Mariposa Hall 2047
- Phone: (916) 278-6393
- nichols@csus.edu
Anton Paulson
PhD, Family Studies & Human Development (FSHD)
- Location: Mariposa Hall 3003
- Phone: (916) 278-6393
- apaulson@csus.edu
Barbara Shebloski
PhD, Family Studies & Human Development (FSHD)
- Location: Alpine 155
- Phone: (916) 278-6393
- bsheblo@csus.edu
Dong Shen
PhD, Professor, Program Director, FASH Faculty Advisor
- Location: Mariposa Hall 3031
- Phone: (916) 278-5326
- dshen@csus.edu
- Specialty & Interests: Apparel Merchandising & Design, cross-culture studies on consumer behavior and consumer psychology, and internet shopping.
Mical Shilts
PhD, Professor, Program Director, NUFD Faculty Advisor
- Phone: (916) 278-4288
- shiltsm@csus.edu
- Website
- Specialty & Interests: Development and quantitative and qualitative research of interventions using theories and models of behavior change to positively influence dietary and physical activity attitudes.
Kelly Thompson
PhD, Associate Professor, NUFD Faculty Advisor
- Location: Mariposa Hall 3029
- Phone: (916) 278-5724
- kelly.thompson@csus.edu
- Office Hours: On Sabbatical for Fall 22 semester
- Specialty & Interests: Food Service Management, Beverage Management and Food Sensory Science. I have conducted sensory research in Florence Italy as well as participating in cultural study tours in Thailand and Korea.
Jesus Trujillo
MS, RD, REHS, Nutrition and Food (NUFD)
- Phone: (916) 278-6393
- jesus.trujillo@csus.edu
Seunghee Wie
PhD, Professor, NUFD Faculty Advisor
- Location: Mariposa Hall 3037
- Phone: (916) 278-7108
- wie@csus.edu
- Specialty & Interests: Food safety and sanitation, environmental issues in foodservice operations (specializing in solid waste management), food recovery.