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Dian Dooley

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Phone: 808-956-7021
Fax: 808-956-4883
Office: AgSci 314 H
dian@hawaii.edu

Educational Background

Woodland High School California B.S. Chemistry
University of California at Davis M.S. Nutrition Science
University of Wisconsin at Madison Ph.D. Nutrition Science
University of Wisconsin at Madison
Ph.D. thesis: An interdisciplinary study of the effects of sucrose on antisocial behavior in delinquent and nondelinquent adolescent males.
M.S. thesis: The development and evaluation of an instructional package designed to teach nutrition in shcool-aged parent programs.

Professional Interests

Teaching interests: Consumer-oriented or introductory nutrition for non-majors; life-span nutrition; nutrition education; distance learning; specific issues currently at the interface between nutrition and other disciplines, such as diet and behavior, bioethics related to food and nutrition, and integrating ethics into science curricula.

Research/Scholarly interests: Integrating research into undergraduate curricula; interrelationships between diet and behavior, especially those involving food constituents and abnormal childhood behavior and development; nutrition education for health care providers and caregivers of children.

Ongoing Research Projects

Integrating research into the undergraduate experience:

Over the past 12 years, usually with the cooperation of another Instructional faculty member (Community Nutritionist) and an Extension faculty member, I have been involved in a number of classroom research projects. These projects have been designed so that the end result is some nutrition education materials and/or methods that could find application in the university or general community. For example, students have developed, field tested, and revised the following:

  1. a website aimed at improving fruit and vegetable consumption in child athletes, their parents, and their coaches (2001-2002)
  2. reviewing, revising, and pilot-testing three puppets and accompanying lesson plans for the State WIC Program (2001)
  3. pilot-testing and revising materials for groups at risk for becoming food insecure at several sites that aid individuals and families who are at risk for becoming food insecure (1998-1999)
  4. developing methods to measure vegetable plate-waste at a public elementary school and making recommendations to the food service manager for the State of Hawai`i Public School System (1997-1998)
  5. developing materials and methods to change buying patterns of food at a general-clientele university cafeteria, with respect to fat content of food purchased (1995-1996)
  6. developing and pilot-testing materials to increase fruit and vegetable consumption at a campus dormitory cafeteria (1994-1995)
  7. developing, pilot-testing, revising and retesting materials to educate shoppers at a local supermarket about the then 'new' Nutrition Facts' labels on food products (1993-1994)

    During the past several years, I have been academic advisor and research coordinator for three Multicultural Scholars Students (in CTAHR).
    1. One student completed her research, working with a graduate student, on a project involving field-testing nutrition education materials for students in the A+ After School program, aimed at increasing fruit and vegetable consumption.
    2. Two student are currently planning to work in a large undergraduate, non-majors course (FSHN 185) to determine variables related to students' success in the course.

Selected Courses Taught

The Science of Human Nutrition, 3 credits: Food Science and Human Nutrition (FSHN) 185.
Integration of natural science concepts basic to the study of human nutrition. Emphasis on nutrient requirements of healthy individuals, food sources, functions of nutrients.
I have taught 1-2 large (100+ students) sections of this course each semester for the past 13 years. I also coordinate the 5-6 faculty members who teach the course and the 6-8 student helpers (both graduate and undergraduate students).
This course was part of the Manoa Natural Sciences Core; currently, it is listed as a Biology Core course in the new General Education Requirements.

Lifespan Nutrition, 3 credits in 1-credit modules: FSHN 370.
Nutritional requirements and food needs during infancy, early childhood and adolescence, and aging.
I have coordinated the three modules of this course several times and have taught the first two modules.

Concepts in Nutrition Education (Writing-intensive), 3 credits: FSHN 452.
Concepts, methods, and materials used in nutrition education of community, clinical, and school populations. Strategies used to educate groups or individuals.
I have taught this course each year since 1990. This is one of our program's 'capstone courses,' now required of all students in the FSHN Program. It is in this course that we have integrated the research projects, mentioned above.
Enrollment in this course is nominally restricted to 20 students, as required by the Manoa Writing Program.

The Science of Food Systems, 3 credits: FSHN 601.
Combined lecture-discussion course on food systems as they apply to food science and human nutrition.
I have co-taught this course four times, with a food science faculty member. It was part of the graduate core for the combined FSHN graduate program.

Topics in Nutritional Sciences, 1 credit: FSHN 682
Advanced topics in nutritional sciences, from basic to applied research, including current issues in nutrition and critical analysis of current research literature.
I have taught this course twice; focus of the course was 'diet and behavior' research, how diet/nutrition affects behavior.

Selected Publications

Dooley DA, Derrickson JP, and Novotny R. Wheel of Nutrition game: Nutrition in the round. Journal of Nutrition Education 2001 33(3): 175-176.

Dooley DA. The study of ethics in the applied science curriculum: Training future science educators in the ethics of nutrition. Journal of College Science Teaching 2000 29(5):34-345.

Dooley DA, Soll L. Scripting public service anouncements (PSA's) for radio. Journal of Nutrition Education 1999 31:235C.

Dooley DA, Novotny R, Britten PJ. Integrating research into the undergraduate nutrition curriculum: Improving shoppers' awareness and understanding of NUTRITION FACTS labels. Journal of Nutrition Education, 1998 30(4):225-231.

Gans (Dooley) DA. Educational challenges and research opportunities: Teaching on interactive television. Journal of College Science Teaching 1996/1997 26(3):201-205.

Derrickson J. and Gans (Dooley) DA. Assessment of dietary intake and food-related behaviors of gatekeepers in homeless families in Hawai`i. Journal of Nutrition Education 1996 28(3):168-173.

Gans (Dooley) DA, Kilgore WW, and Ito J. Residues of chlorinated pesticides in processed foods imported into Hawai`i from Western Pacific Rim countries. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 1994 52:560-567.

Gans (Dooley) DA, Harper AE. Thiamin status of adolescent males: Dietary intake and thiamin pyrophosphate response. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 1991 53:1471-1475.

Gans (Dooley) DA, Harper AE, Bachorowski J, et al. Sucrose and delinquency: oral sucrose tolerance test and nutritional assessment. Pediatrics, 1990 86:254-262.

Languages

English