Joycelyn A. M. Peterson, (Dr.Joy) is a registered dietitian, presently professor and Director of Nutritional Sciences Program at Morgan State University, Baltimore, Maryland. Previously
chair of Nu...view moreJoycelyn A. M. Peterson, (Dr.Joy) is a registered dietitian, presently professor and Director of Nutritional Sciences Program at Morgan State University, Baltimore, Maryland. Previously
chair of Nutrition and Dietetics, Department and Dietetic Internship Director at Oakwood University, Huntsville, Alabama and was associate professor, chair of the Department of
Family and Consumer Sciences at University of the Southern Caribbean (USC), Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies for over 5 years. Her professional experience includes nutrition
consultant, nutrition educator, public health speaker and in-service trainer for hospital staff and community agencies, program planner for international and state-wide public health
nutrition initiatives, teaching and conducting research at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Grant writer receiving over $2 million from private funding. She is founder/director
of the Vegetarian Institute of Nutrition and Culinary Arts (nonprofit) and Dimensions in Food and Nutrition, Inc. (for profit). She is a contributing writer for newspapers and health
magazines and has also published three books and many articles. Dr. Peterson completed Nutrition and Dietetics degrees at New York Institute of Dietetics (A.S.), Oakwood
University, B.S., Loma Linda University (M.P.H., Dr. P.H.), and Johns Hopkins University (post-master’s studies in international nutrition). Joy recently had her dissertation for
her doctoral thesis published in the Annuals of Nutrition Metabolism, August, 2011. She continues to conduct nutrition, health, and vegetarian cooking seminars internationally.
Her long-term goal is to provide dietetic and nutrition research and leadership training where ever God leads.
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Dr. Joy can be reached by phone at 404-333-3604 or email at [email protected]view less