Faculty from the College of Human Development and Education made several presentations at the Society for Nutrition Education annual conference held in New Orleans in July.

Julie Garden-Robinson, associate professor of health, nutrition and exercise science and Extension food and nutrition specialist, was a featured speaker at the Food and Nutrition Extension Educators preconference. She presented “Eat Smart. Play Hard. Together: Connecting with Audiences Using Facebook.”

Garden-Robinson also presented “Use of Electronic Group Discussion Method to Assess Food-related Educational Needs Among International College Students,” a joint project with Agnes Ngale Lyonga, a recent doctoral graduate from the School of Education, and Myron Eighmy, associate professor in the School of Education. The project was part of Lyonga's dissertation research.

Lyonga, Garden-Robinson and Eighmy also presented a poster session, “International Students’ Preferred Methods to Receive Food Safety Information.”

Garden-Robinson, Kay Schwarzwalter, research assistant in the North Dakota Data Center, and Abby Gold, assistant professor and nutrition and wellness specialist, presented a poster session, “Food Handling Knowledge, Attitudes and Behaviors Among Refugee New Americans.”

Kathleen Slobin, professor emeritus of sociology, and Garden-Robinson presented a poster session titled, “Food Handling Practices Among Refugee New Americans: Organizing Domestic Space.”