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    • About Sonya Hauser

    Sonya Irish Hauser is an associate professor and the graduate programs director in the Nutrition Science department at Russell Sage College.

    Recent Courses Taught

    SCI 120 Nutrition Science
    NTR 562 Weight Management
    NTR 561 Nutrition Programs and Interventions
    NTR 555 Nutrition Communication
    NTR 201 Foundations of Nutrition Science
    HMN 201 Food, Culture and Nutrition

    Research Interests

    Childhood obesity
    Family and community approaches to obesity prevention
    Use of multimedia and web-based technology in health promotion
    Environmental approaches to health behavior change and health and social marketing
    Nutrition and physical activity curricula for elementary schoolchildren

    Selected Publications

    Hauser SI, Craig A, Collins E. The increasingly competitive (and crowded) nutrition education environment. The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, Nutrition and Dietetics Educators and Preceptors Newsletter. 2016, Summer ed.

    Irish Hauser SH, Economos CD, Nelson ME, Goldberg JP, Naumova EN, Anderson SE, Must A. Household and family factors related to weight status in first through third graders: A cross-sectional study in Eastern Massachusetts. BMC Pediatrics. 2014, 14(1):167-176.

    Educational Background

    Ph.D., Tufts University
    Food Policy and Applied Nutrition
    M.S., Tufts University
    Nutrition Communication
    B.S., Russell Sage College
    Nutrition Science
    B.A., Houghton College
    Psychology