WORK EXPERIENCE

• Directed M.S. and Ph.D. Programs.
• Evaluate admission requirements for the programs.
• Established the Ph.D. program to start Fall 1995.
• Taught graduate and undergraduate courses in nutrition.
• Conducted research and direct the thesis and dissertations of the graduate students.Participate in university, college and departmental committees.

• Tauught graduate and undergraduate students; guideed and directed graduate student research
• Participated in departmental, school, and University committees and special project; assist in planning, developing and evaluating curriculum; planning, developing and conducting research in human nutrition.
• Performed other duties as assigned.

• Principal Investigator of project (D13) "Bio- availability of iron with sweet potato protein isolate".
•  Project Director: American Heart Association Community Service Grant 1989-1990.
• Principal Investigator "Effect of Nutrition Education on Food Selection and Nutrient Intakes of African American College Students" at H.U. 1991-1992.

• Taught graduate and undergraduate students; guided and directed graduate student research.
• Participated  in departmental, school, and University  committees and special projects
• Assisted in planning, developing and evaluating   curriculum; planning, developing and conducting research in human nutrition.

• Co-investigator of Regional Project S-150 to evaluate nutritional health of Teenagers in Alabama.   Principal investigator of Project AL.X-3-GFE-05 - Effect of zinc deficiency on testicular function.
• Principal investigator of NIH-MBRS project 2S06 RR 08091-13.0006.  Effect of zinc deficiency on DNA polymerase activity in the rat. Accepted for funding in June 1984.
• Co-investigator of project -Effect of nutritional status on academic performance of college students.
• Principal investigator of USAID project DAN-5053-G-SS-5077-00, "Evaluation of Indigenous Food Preservation Techniques and Their Effect on Nutrient Quality of Preserved Foods in Ghana".

• Conducted research on carcinogens, their effect on the enzyme systems and metabolism of laboratory animals.
• Conducted research on the effect of zinc deficiency on the functions of rat testes, DNA polymerase and testosterone levels.

• Conducted biochemical analyis on tissue from pre-adolescent girls as part of a Southeastern Regional Project (S-87); taught NF 112 (Introductory Nutrition) course and NF 318, (Nutrition Biochemistry Lab)
• Worked on Auburn University projects to measure the influence of dietary pyridoxine on tissue depletion of B-6 in the rat; and nutritional status of aging people.

• Organized outgoing and incoming computerized documents, answered telephone, fed cards to the computer.

• Prepared a land reform project for the villages surrounding Ankara province.

• Planned and organized agricultural facilities to improve soil and irrigation of a desert area in order to prevent wind erosion and also to convert desert into a productive land
• Worked in a group of villages to solve their agricultural, educational, social and financial problems; worked on land reform projects.

• Visited villages, determine the needs and problems of rural population, conducted survey studies through personal contact with families
• Made plans and programs according to the needs of villages and villagers and to fulfill the plans made.

1966-1971
Turkey
Agricultural Engineer

• Worked with farmers and their families to determine needs; advised farmers and families; developed land reform projects; implemented projects.  Traveled extensively in rural Turkey.

1983: 3 Weeks, February - March
Niger, W. Africa
Nutrition Specialist

• Established contact with Ministry of Health in Niger
• Evaluated nutritional needs of Nigerians and look into means to develop projects with the ministry.
• Evaluated on-going agricultural projects in order to determine ways by which nutrition components can be incorporated into these projects

1983: 3 Weeks, March
Niger, W. Africa
Nutrition Specialist/Consultant

• Developed a PL-480 Title II project; determined need for such a project and commodities which were most suitable for Niger.  Report presented to USAID, Niger.

1985:  5 Weeks
Jamaica
Nutritionist

• Trained local personnel in evaluating nutritional status of lactating adolescents in urban areas of Jamaica.

1985:  4 Weeks, June - August
Thailand

• Participated in the "Women's Role in Agriculture in Thailand" workshop.
• Made presentations on the importance of nutrition in development; and research with limited resources.
• Consulted with university professors on their proposals and evaluate current research.

1986: 4 weeks, March
Ghana, W. Africa
Nutritionist

• Evaluated indigenous food preservation techniques, set up experiments to determine effect of food preservation on nutrient quality.

• Developed a video tape to be used as an educational tool for the prevention of heart disease in an African American population, 1989-90.
• Served as a consultant to the "Health Promotion Institute", a project to develop educational modules for the elder citizens in Washington D.C. 1993.
• Developed evaluation instruments to determine the effectiveness of various programs and educational materials utilized by the "Health Promotion Institute", 1993.
• Developed an educational module to measure the effect nutrition education on the nutrition knowledge, nutrient intake and snacking patterns among African American College students, 1989-1993.
• Studied the food habits of Black adolescent and preadolescent girls in the south, 1980-1986.