Department of Nutrition and Hospitality Management
The Department of Nutrition and Hospitality (NHM) is committed to making a difference in the lives of our students, and to improving the quality of life for all, especially the citizens of the Lafayette-Oxford-University and Mississippi communities.
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About the Department of Nutrition and Hospitality Management
The Department of Nutrition and Hospitality Management (NHM) is one of the fastest growing academic units at the University of Mississippi.
Our faculty is committed to making a difference in the lives of our students, and to improving the quality of life for all, especially the citizens of the Lafayette-Oxford-University and Mississippi communities.
We also offer our students exciting collaborations with the Center for Health and Sport Performance and the Institute of Child Nutrition; various StudyUSA and Study Abroad courses; and multidimensional coursework spanning human development, consumer economics, and business applications.
Selected research topics addressed by NHM faculty and students include:
- Child nutrition
- Weight control
- Sports nutrition
- Nutrition epidemiology
- Food environment
- Food assistance programs
- Health and welfare
- Service management
- Hospitality finance
- Hospitality marketing, and
- Food tourism
Meet the staff and faculty of NHM
Eun Kyong Choi
- Interim Chair and Associate Professor of Nutrition and Hospitality Management
Melinda Valliant
- Interim Dean of the School of Applied Sciences and Associate Dean of Faculty and Acedemic Affairs and Professor of Nutrition and Hospitality Management
Katerina Berezina
- Associate Professor of Nutrition and Hospitality Management
Anne Bomba
- Associate Professor of Nutrition & Hospitality Management
Yunhee Chang
- Professor of Nutrition and Hospitality Management
Dave Holben
- Professor of Nutrition & Hospitality Management
David Joung
- Associate Professor of Nutrition and Hospitality Management and Coordinator of Online Hospitality Management Master's Program and Coordinator of PhD in Nutrition and Hospitality Management
Laurel Bradley
- Professor of Nutrition & Hospitality Management and Coordinator of Food and Nutrition Services Master's Program and Coordinator of PhD in Nutrition and Hospitality Management
Ellen Ossorio
- Instructor in Nutrition and Hospitality Management
Emmy Parkes
- Senior Lecturer in Nutrition and Hospitality Management & Director of the Graduate Coordinated Program in Dietetics
Georgianna Schroeder
- Associate Professor of Nutrition and Hospitality Management
James Taylor
- Associate Professor of Nutrition and Hospitality Management
Nadeeja Wijayatunga
- Assistant Professor of Nutrition & Hospitality Management
Teresa Carithers
- Emeritus Professor of Nutrition and Hospitality Management
Kathy Knight
- Professor Emerita of Nutrition and Hospitality Management
Leslie Houston
- Administrative Coordinator I
Tameka Johnson
- Academic Advisor I
Dru Jones
- Instructional Assistant Professor in Nutrition and Hospitality Management
Jeffrey Pittman
- Instructional Assistant Profressor in Nutrition and Hospitality Management
A word from our Interim Department Chair
Welcome to one of the most exciting departments at The University of Mississippi!
- The Department of Nutrition and Hospitality Management is proud of high enrollments, nationally accredited programs, sustainable student and faculty retention, a commitment to student advising, and exemplary scholarship.
We are passionate about our degree programs at both the undergraduate and graduate levels and we know you will be too!
- Eun-Kyong (Cindy) Choi, Interim Department Chair and Associate Professor of Nutrition and Hospitality Management