Faculty

About our faculty:

Our award-winning faculty has decades’ worth of experience educating students in the classroom and online, and in areas of research and outreach. Faculty expertise extends to the social, economic, cultural, and psychological factors that influence the selection, preparation, consumption, or utilization of foods by individuals and population groups; diabetes, obesity, and chronic diseases, along with malnutrition, hunger, and deficiency diseases; and the hazards of residues or contaminants in the food supply. Our interdisciplinary approach helps to equip nutritionists with the ability to assess nutritional needs, provide counseling and education, and implement dietary plans compatible with the optimal health of individuals or groups.

Faculty directory:

  • Patricia (Patsy) Beffa-Negrini

    Professional Title:
    Lecturer, Research Associate Professor, and Program Director, Online MPH in Nutrition
    Department:
    Nutrition
    Email:
    patsy@nutrition.umass.edu
    Telephone:
    413-545-0798
    Campus Address:
    236B Chenoweth
    Education:

    B.S., University of Connecticut; M.S., Purdue University; Ph.D., University of Massachusetts Amherst, Registered Dietitian

  • Melissa Brown

    Professional Title:
    Research Assistant Professor
    Department:
    Nutrition
    Email:
    melissab@nutrition.umass.edu
    Telephone:
    413-794-0899
    Campus Address:
    213 Chenoweth
    Education:

    B.S., University of Massachusetts Amherst; M.S., Rush University; Ph.D., University of Illinois at Chicago; Post-doctoral research, University of Massachusetts Medical Center; Registered Dietitian

  • Elena T. Carbone

    Professional Title:
    Associate Professor; Graduate Program Director and Director of Community Engaged Research, Commonwealth Honors College
    Department:
    Nutrition
    Email:
    ecarbone@nutrition.umass.edu
    Telephone:
    413-545-1071
    Campus Address:
    208 Chenoweth
    Education:

    B.S., University of New Hampshire, 1984; Dietetic Internship, Yale-New Haven Hospital, 1985; M.S., Boston University, 1988; Dr.P.H., University of North Carolina, 1999; Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of North Carolina, 1999-2000;...

  • Nancy L. Cohen

    Professional Title:
    Professor and Department Head
    Department:
    Nutrition
    Email:
    cohen@nutrition.umass.edu
    Telephone:
    413-545-1079
    Campus Address:
    215 Chenoweth
    Education:

    B.S., Cornell University; Ph.D., University of California, Davis; Registered Dietitian, Licensed Dietitian/Nutritionist

  • Lorraine Cordeiro

    Professional Title:
    Assistant Professor
    Department:
    Nutrition
    Email:
    lcordeiro@nutrition.umass.edu
    Telephone:
    413-545-9701
    Campus Address:
    210B Chenoweth
    Education:

    B.A., Mount Holyoke College; M.P.H., Tulane University; Ph.D., Tufts University; Postdoctoral Research Fellow, National Institute of Child Health and Development (NICHD), Wellesley Centers for Women

  • Judy Dowd

    Professional Title:
    Lecturer and Dietetic Internship Director
    Department:
    Nutrition
    Email:
    judyd@nutrition.umass.edu
    Telephone:
    413-545-1066
    Campus Address:
    236 Chenoweth
    Education:

    B.S., University of Massachusetts Amherst, 1973; M.A., American International College, 1990; Registered Dietitian, Licensed Dietitian/Nutritionist

  • Young-Cheul Kim

    Professional Title:
    Associate Professor
    Department:
    Nutrition
    Email:
    yckim@nutrition.umass.edu
    Telephone:
    413-577-4553
    Campus Address:
    206B Chenoweth
    Education:

    B.S., Keimyung University; M.S., Korea University; Ph.D., University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Postdoctoral: Pharmacology & Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison

  • Zhenhua Liu

    Professional Title:
    Assistant Professor
    Department:
    Nutrition
    Email:
    zliu@nutrition.umass.edu
    Telephone:
    413-545-1075
    Campus Address:
    209 Chenoweth
    Education:

    B.S., Hunan Agricultural University, Hunan, P.R.C.; M.S., China Agricultural University, Beijing, P.R.C.; M.S., Auburn University; Ph.D., Auburn University; Postdoctoral, Tufts-New England Medical Center and Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition...

  • Reed Mangels

    Professional Title:
    Lecturer
    Department:
    Nutrition
    Email:
    mangels@nutrition.umass.edu
    Telephone:
    413-545-0552
    Campus Address:
    236 Chenoweth
    Education:

    B.S., Florida State University, 1977; R.D., Dietetic Internship, University Hospitals of Cleveland, 1978; M.S., Case Western Reserve University, 1978; Ph.D., University of Maryland, College Park, 1989; Postdoctoral Training, National Cancer...

  • Jerusha Nelson Peterman

    Professional Title:
    Assistant Professor
    Department:
    Nutrition
    Email:
    jpeterman@nutrition.umass.edu
    Telephone:
    413-545-1078
    Campus Address:
    210C Chenoweth
    Education:

    B.S., Brigham Young University; M.S. and Dietetic Internship, University of Utah; Ph.D., Tufts University; Registered Dietitian, Licensed Dietitian/Nutritionist

  • Claire Norton

    Professional Title:
    Lecturer, Undergraduate Program Director and Didactic Program in Dietetics Director
    Department:
    Nutrition
    Email:
    cpnorton@nutrition.umass.edu
    Telephone:
    413-545-1077
    Campus Address:
    206A Chenoweth
    Education:

    B.S., Memorial University of Newfoundland, 1979; M.S., Trinity College, Dublin, 1984

  • Alayne G. Ronnenberg

    Professional Title:
    Associate Professor
    Department:
    Nutrition
    Email:
    alayner@nutrition.umass.edu
    Telephone:
    413-545-1076
    Campus Address:
    211 Chenoweth
    Education:

    B.A., California State University, Chico, 1979; M.S., California State University, Chico 1985; Sc.D., Harvard University, 2001

  • Lisa M. Troy

    Professional Title:
    Assistant Professor, The Commonwealth Honors College Professor in Nutrition
    Department:
    Nutrition
    Email:
    lisatroy@nutrition.umass.edu
    Telephone:
    413-545-4238
    Campus Address:
    206 Chenoweth Laboratory
    Education:

    Ph.D., Tufts University; Postdoctoral Fellowship, Columbia University; Postdoctoral Research, Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Tufts University

  • Richard J. Wood

    Professional Title:
    Associate Professor
    Department:
    Nutrition
    Email:
    rwood@nutrition.umass.edu
    Telephone:
    413-545-1687
    Campus Address:
    208A Chenoweth
    Education:

    B.A., Boston University; M.S., University of Connecticut; Ph.D., University of Connecticut; NIH Postdoctoral Fellowship, University of Chicago