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Who We Are

Director

David Himmelgreen
Office: SOC 156a

David Himmelgreen is a professor (and former Chair) in the Department of Anthropology and Director of the Center for the Advancement of Food Security and Healthy Communities at the ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ (USF). He is a nutritional anthropologist with expertise in food security, maternal-child nutrition, growth and development, and community nutrition.  Himmelgreen has conducted research in Costa Rica, India, Lesotho, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. With funding from NSF (REU and IRES), he has co-directed community and environmental health field schools in Costa Rica. Since 2014, Himmelgreen has worked with agencies, colleagues, and students to conduct research and program evaluations of services aimed at reducing food insecurity and improving health of individuals and households.  In 2022, he was named as an American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow and received an Outstanding Research Achievement Award from ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏin 2023. Himmelgreen has over 150 publications and has received funding from the NSF, USDA-NIFA, Fulbright, state agencies, and private and corporate foundations. 

Affiliated Faculty

Nutrition and Food Security

David Himmelgreen
Heewon Gray
Elizabeth Miller
Rita DeBate
Marilyn Stern 

Sustainability and Food Production Systems

Brooke Hansen
Maya Trotz
Jim Mihelcic
Rebecca Zarger

Food Sovereignty

Dell De Chant
Michael DeJonge
William Schanbacher

Food and Culture

Jim Cavendish
Tara Deubel
Roberta Baer
Laurel Graham

Visualization of Research

Lori Collins
Travis Doering

Community Resources and Engagement

Dinorah Martinez Tyson
H. Joseph Bohn, Jr.
Ruthann Atchley
Dillion Mahoney

Student Researchers

Deven Gray, Ph.D. student, RA
Kris-An Hinds, Ph.D. student, RA
Nicole Kenady, MA student, RA
Funmi Odumuso, MA student, RA
Anastasia Mccoy, undergraduate, Intern
Marcela Munoz Marin, undergraduate Intern
Steven Long, undergraduate, Intern
Alexandra Davis, undergraduate, Federal Work Study Program
Milan Chuganey, undergraduate, Federal Work Study Program
Rosa Veramendi, undergraduate, Federal Work Study Program