Directory
Faculty & Staff
Tammy Stephenson, PhD, FAND
Professor
Department Chair
Makenzie Barr-Porter, PhD, RDN, LD
Director of Undergraduate Certificate in Food Systems and Hunger Studies
Assistant Professor
Sandra Bastin, PhD, RDN, LD
Extension Professor
(859) 218-6739 sbastin@uky.edu 121 Funkhouser Building Lexington, KY 40506Lauren Batey, MS, RDN
Program Coordinator II
859-218-5081 lauren.batey@uky.edu 118 Funkhouser Building Lexington, KY 40506Dawn Brewer, PhD, RDN, LD
Director of Graduate Studies
Associate Professor
Julie Brown
Program Coordinator I: Referral Coordinator
859-257-4432 juliebrown@uky.edu 222 Funkhouser Building Lexington, KY 40506-0054Rachel Bryant
Program Coordinator II: Teaching Kitchen Operations and Food Systems Coordinator
859-218-9128 rachel.bryant@uky.edu 121 Funkhouser Building 160 Funkhouser Drive Lexington, KY 40506-0054Anna Cason, RDN
Senior Extension Associate
(859) 562-1693 AnnaMCason@uky.edu 206E Funkhouser Building Lexington, KY 40506-0054Liz Combs, EdD, MS, RDN, LD
Director of the Accelerated Coordinated Program (ACP) in Dietetics
Assistant Professor
Emily DeWitt, MS, RDN, LD
Lecturer
(859) 257-5135 emily.dewitt@uky.edu 206H Funkhouser Building Lexington, KY 40506Marianne Smith Edge, MS, RDN, LD, FADA, FAND
Adjunct Assistant Professor
270-316-2118 marianne@agrinutritionedge.comMarissa (Marci) Frick, LSW
Program Coordinator I: Referral Coordinator
859-218-9114 marissa.frick@uky.edu 308 Funkhouser Building Lexington, KY 40506-0054Luisyana Gamboa, MS, CN
Director of Community Outreach
859-857-1031 luisyana.gamboa@uky.edu 119 Funkhouser Building Lexington, KY 40506-0054Alison Gustafson, PhD, MPH, RDN, LD
Professor
(859) 257-1309 alison.gustafson@uky.edu 206G Funkhouser Building Lexington, KY 40506Joley Helton, MPH
Program Coordinator II: Laurel Harvest
859-257-2324 joley.helton@uky.edu 212 Funkhouser Building Lexington, KY 40504Jessica Houlihan, MPH, MSPAS, PA-C
Lecturer
(859) 257-7796 jaberr0@uky.edu 210 Funkhouser Building Lexington, KY 40506Courtney Luecking, PhD, MPH, RDN, LD
Assistant Extension Professor
(859) 257-9047 courtney.luecking@uky.edu 206F Funkhouser Building Lexington, KY 40506Christa Mayfield, MS
Research Administrative Coordinator
859-218-3933 christa.mayfield@uky.edu 308 Funkhouser Building Lexington, KY 40506Heather Norman-Burgdolf, PhD
Associate Extension Professor
(859) 257-7480 heather.norman@uky.edu 206-G Funkhouser Building Lexington, KY 40506Nasreen Omran, MS, RDN, LD
Program Coordinator I
859-218-2725 nasreen.omran@uky.edu 209-B1 Funkhouser Builiding Lexington, KY 40506Faith Yi Park
Administrative Services Assistant
859-257-7783 faithyipark@uky.edu 204 Funkhouser Building Lexington, KY 40506-0054Julie Plasencia, PhD, RDN
Associate Professor, Director of the Didactic Program
(859) 257-4146 julieplasencia@uky.edu 209-B2 Funkhouser Building Lexington, KY 40506Kelsie Potter
Senior Academic Advisor
(859) 218-6982 kelsie.potter@uky.edu 206-J Funkhouser Building Lexington, KY 40506Whitney Rogers
Budget Officer
(859) 257-7750 whitney.g.rogers@uky.edu 203 Funkhouser Building Lexington, KY 40506Abigail Shepherd
Administrative Support Associate I
859-257-3800 abigail.shepherd@uky.edu 209B Funkhouser Building Lexington, KY 40506-0054Erin Spencer
Marketing and Promotions Specialist
859-257-4237 erinspencer@uky.edu 209A Funkhouser Building Lexington, KY 40506-0054