Dietetics, Professor, Graduate Program Director
akersjd@jmu.edu
Contact Info
Curriculum Vitae
Education
- Ph.D., Nutrition in Sports and Chronic Disease, Virginia Tech
- M.S., Nutrition and Physical Activity, James Madison University
- B.S., Clinical Dietetics, Radford University
Teaching Area
- Nutrition and Metabolism
- Nutrition and Exercise in Chronic Disease
- Weight Management
Research
- Nutrition and Exercise interventions for weight management and chronic disease
- Behavioral Theories in Weight Management
- Nutrition Manipulation and Sport Performance
Hobbies
- Spending time with my family
- Weight lifting
- Sports
- Wood working
- Hunting/fishing