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Nora K Nyland
Nutrition, Dietetics & Food Science
Email: Nora_Nyland@byu.edu

S219 ESC
Provo, UT 84602
(801) 422-6676

Associate Professor
Dietetics Program Director

Dietetics Program Director

Education

PhD , Institution Management , Kansas State University , 1989
MS , Food Systems Administration , Brigham Young University , 1981
Dietetic Traineeship , , Independence Sanitarium and Hospital , 1976
BS , Food Science and Nutrition , Brigham Young University , 1974

Research

Dietetics Education; Management Issues in Dietetics

Selected Publications

Articles

Mitchell AW, Nyland NK. "Learning styles differ between senior dietetics students and dietetics faculty members." Journal of the American Dietetic Association. 105.10 (2005): 1605-1608. <website>

Mortensen JM, Nyland NK, Fullmer S, Eggett DL. "Professional involvement is associated with increased job satisfaction among dietitians." J Am Diet Assoc. 102 (2002): 1452-144.

Experience

Teaching

Dietetics Program Director, Dietetic Internship , Brigham Young University , 1998-2008
Dietetics Program Director, Didactic Program , Brigham Young University , 1998-Present
Nutrition, Dietetics and Food Science , Associate Professor , 1996-Present
Assistant Professor , Food Science and Nutrition , 1990-1996
Dietetics Program Director, Coordinated & Didactic Program , Brigham Young University , 1988-1998
Dietetics Program Director, Coordinated Program , Brigham Young University , 1984-1998
Director, Dietary Counseling Laboratory , Brigham Young University , 1981-Present
Clinical Instructor, Dietetics , Brigham Young University , 1981-1984

Awards

College Outstanding Citizenship Award , College of Life Sciences , 2008
Alumni Professorship Award 2004-2007 , Brigham Young University , 2004
College Outstanding Advisor Award , College of Biology and Agriculture , 2001
College Teaching Excellence Award , College of Biology and Agriculture , 1999
Food Science and Nutrition Department Teacher of the Year , BYU , 1997
Karl G. Maeser Distinguished Teaching Award , Brigham Young University , 1995
Award of Merit , Utah Dietetic Association , 1995
Outstanding Dietetics Educator Award , American Dietetic Association , 1995
Student Award for Excellence in Teaching , Student Alumni Association , 1995
Blue Key/BYUSA Recognition of Excellence , College of Biology and Agriculture , 1994
Food Science and Nutrition Department Teacher of the Year , BYU , 1994
Student Award for Excellence in Teaching , Student Alumni Association , 1993
Food Science and Nutrition Department Teacher of the Year , BYU , 1993
Student Award for Excellence in Teaching , Student Alumni Association , 1993

Courses Taught

NDSF 440 Teaching Methods in Dietetics
NDFS 445 Foodservice Systems
NDFS 458 Management in Dietetics
NDFS 466 Advanced Dietetics Practice
NDFS 475 Research Methods in Dietetics
NDFS 490 Professionalism Seminar
NDFS 491 Internship Preparation
NDFS 637 Advanced Management in Dietetics

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