profiles

Education:

Dr.PH in Preventive Care with an emphasis in nutrition,
School of Public Health Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, California, 2009.

Postgraduate Studies/Nutrition School of Public Health;
John Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, 1988

Master of Science in Public Health Nutrition, & Education;
Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, California, 1981

Bachelor of Science in Foods and Nutrition, Major in Nutrition &Dietetics,
Minor in Religion Oakwood College, Huntsville, Alabama, 1976

Associate Degree in Nutrition & Dietetics;
New York Institute of Dietetics and Culinary Arts, New York, 1972

Dr. Joycelyn Peterson, (Dr. Joy) is a registered dietitian, presently professor and Director of Nutritional Sciences Program at Morgan State University,Baltimore, Maryland. Previously chair of Nutrition and Dietetics, Department and Dietetic Internship Director at Oakwood University, Huntsville, Alabama and was Associate Professor, Chair of the Department of Family and Consumer Sciences at University of the Southern Caribbean (USC), Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies for over 5 years.

She is founder/director of the Vegetarian Institute of Nutrition and Culinary Arts(nonprofit) providing cooking classes and training in vegetarian cuisine instruction. She is a contributing writer for newspapers and health magazines and has also published three vegetarian cookbooks and many articles on plant-based diets. Joy recently had her dissertation for her doctoral thesis published in the Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism. She continues to conduct nutrition, health, and vegetarian cooking seminars internationally. Her long-term goal is to provide dietetic and vegetarian nutrition research and leadership training wherever God leads.    https://wallethub.com/edu/best-cities-for-vegans-vegetarians/39706/#expert=joycelyn-peterson