ChristinSeher



Hello! I'm Christin Seher, a doctoral student (hopefully 'candidate' soon!) in the Higher Education Administration and Student Personnel Program. I am a Registered, Licensed Dietitian/Nutritionist, and teach nutrition communication and education skills, sports nutrition (read: biochemistry!) and basic introductory nutrition as an adjunct instructor at The University of Akron and Youngstown State University. I also am a freelance writer for //Today's Dietitian//, a magazine for nutrition professionals, where I was just asked to serve on their Board.

My dissertation research examines the broad topic of "diversity" in the dietetics profession, with the aim of specifically focusing in the future on pedagogical implications and the education of future professionals. As a secondary line of interest, I investigate the experiences of academic mothers - those faculty, staff, and students who are parents in the academy - and their challenges. I bring a critical, if not explicitly feminist, lens to my work and will be doing a qualitative dissertation. I also like to play devil's advocate, and constantly question everything, so if you work with me on peer review, be forewarned!

When my student/professional hat is off, I'm a partner of 9 years, and a mother to an energetic and amazingly analytical little boy who is almost 2 and a half and an annoyingly cute fuzzball named Gatsby. I don't know the meaning of "spare time," but when I force myself to stop working and enjoy my family we like to go to the ballpark, hiking or picnicking in the park, to the theater, or swimming. I really do like to cook and bake, although these last few years, you'd be hard-pressed to find a time when I did so consistently, and my "little known hobby" is that I collect coins. My oldest coin is a 10-cent piece from 1841!