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More Than Nutrition: CUNY’s ‘Research in Focus’ Highlights Lehman’s Focus on Food Justice
DFN faculty Andrea Plunkett (left) and Kate Burt
August 3, 2026
With courses that emphasize real-world experience, many students in Lehman’s Dietetics, Foods, and Nutrition program have already put their education into practice by the time they start their fieldwork. Faculty members Andrea Plunkett and Kate Burt
are particularly passionate about experiential learning around issues of food justice, accessibility, and systemic barriers to nutrition. Their work was recently profiled in CUNY’s “Research in Focus” newsletter. Read the story here.