Dr. Jill Fabricius Keith, University of Wyoming, Co-PI.
Jill Fabricius Keith, (PhD, Registered Dietitian) has worked in the field of nutrition in clinical, community, and foodservice capacities since 2000. Her experience in higher education began at a tribal college, then advanced to the university level with undergraduate students, and then to working with both undergraduate and graduate students and communities on research efforts to address health through nutrition. She has been working with students in these various capacities for the past 20 years and is strongly committed to providing a supportive learning environment to promote success and build future leaders in the field of nutrition. She received a MS in Education with a specialization in Post-secondary and Adult Education in 2009, and PhD in Exercise Science and Nutrition in 2016. Jill has been working with Human Nutrition & Food/Dietetic students at the University of Wyoming since 2016. Jill has been engaged in working with Indigenous communities and traditional diets since 2005. She has several publications focused on factors that influence human eating behaviors (including sensory characteristics of food), the impact of changing diet behaviors on health outcomes, addressing health and education disparities, improving healthy food access, and culturally relevant educational strategies. She is passionate about nutrition education and addressing health and education disparities through research. Since moving to Wyoming, she has been working with community members from the Wind River reservation on food sovereignty efforts focused on reclaiming Indigenous food and health and supporting educational pathways for Native American students.