Meet Us
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
- Office Hours: T: 12:00-1:00 pm (EAB) R: 10:30-11:30 am &2:00-3:00 pm (in person)
- 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
- Phone: (916) 278-6732
- wbuchan@csus.edu
- Office Hours: T: 1:15-4:15 pm (zoom)
- Specialty & Interests: Effects of dietary carbohydrate on weight regulation, leptin secretion, lipoprotein levels, energy expenditures, and disease risk factors.
Urvashi Mulasi
PhD, DPD Program Director, Associate Professor, NUFD Faculty Advisor
- Location: Mariposa Hall 3035
- Phone: (916) 278-4287
- mulasi@csus.edu
- Office Hours: M: 1:30-3:30 pm (in person) W: 4:00-5:00 pm (EAB)
- Specialty & Interests: Research interests are nutrition assessment involving dietary intake methodology, anthropometry, and functional status evaluation; clinical implications of malnutrition and malnutrition assessment.
Mical Shilts
PhD, Professor, MS Nutrition & Food Graduate Coordinator, NUFD Faculty Advisor
- Location: Mariposa Hall 3033
- Phone: (916) 278-4288
- shiltsm@csus.edu
- Website
- Office Hours: M: 9:00-10:00 am (Zoom) W: 12:00-1:00 pm (in person) 1:00-2:00 pm (in person or Zoom)
- 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: T: 10:00am -12:00pm (EAB) R: 12:00-1:00 pm (in person)
- 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 Program Coordinator, NUFD Faculty Advisor
- Location: Mariposa Hall 3037
- Phone: (916) 278-7108
- wie@csus.edu
- Office Hours: On Leave
- Specialty & Interests: Food safety and sanitation, environmental issues in foodservice operations (specializing in solid waste management), food recovery.
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
Faculty
Alberto Aguilera
Nutrition, Food & Dietetics (NUFD)
- Location: Mariposa Hall 3003
- Office Hours: T/R: 2:00 - 3:00 pm
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
- Specialty & Interests: Effects of dietary carbohydrate on weight regulation, leptin secretion, lipoprotein levels, energy expenditures, and disease risk factors.
Kailey Cunningham
Nutrition, Food & Dietetics (NUFD)
- Location: Mariposa 3003
- Office Hours: T: 10:20 - 11:05 am (Zoom or In-person)
Michael Elfant
MS, RD, Nutrition & Food (NUFD)
- Location: Mariposa Hall 2047
- michael.elfant@csus.edu
- Specialty & Interests: Nutrition education and counseling and public health nutrition
Jeannie Gazzaniga-Moloo
PhD, MS, RDN, FAND, Nutrition & Food (NUFD)
- Location: Mariposa Hall 3027
- jgazzani@csus.edu
Lynn Hanna
PhD, Department Chair
- Location: Mariposa Hall 3000
- lhanna@csus.edu
- Specialty & Interests: Maternal nutrition in embryo development, fetal growth, and lactation.
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.
Mical Shilts
PhD, Professor, MS Nutrition & Food Graduate Coordinator, 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
- Phone: (916) 278-5724
- kelly.thompson@csus.edu
- 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)
- Location: Mariposa Hall 1015
- jesus.trujillo@csus.edu
Seunghee Wie
PhD, Professor, NUFD Program Coordinator, NUFD Faculty Advisor
- Location: Mariposa Hall 3037
- Phone: (916) 278-7108
- wie@csus.edu
- Office Hours: On Leave
- Specialty & Interests: Food safety and sanitation, environmental issues in foodservice operations (specializing in solid waste management), food recovery.
