BIOGRAPHY

Dr. Catherine Campbell joined Department of Family, Youth and Community Sciences in October 2019. Her appointment is 70% Extension and 30% research. She is located at the UF/IFAS Mid-Florida research and Education Center in Apopka, Florida. Before joining the department, she held three positions in IFAS—Research Associate in food systems and community health at Program for Resource Efficient Communities, Postdoctoral Associate in the Family Nutrition Program, and State Food Systems Curriculum Developer in Horticultural Sciences. Prior to that, she spent seven years at Georgetown University where she taught ethical theory and was Managing Editor for the journal Ethics: An International Journal of Social, Political and Legal Philosophy. 

Research Interests:

Catherine’s primary focus is research into human motivation and behavior, particularly as it relates to how individuals and communities interact with their food environment and issues at the intersection of food systems and public health, such as ways in which community food environments affect food security and health outcomes. The ultimate goal of her research is to understand how policies, systems and environmental factors affect food purchasing and consumption behavior in order to foster a more equitable, sustainable, and resilient food system from producer to consumer Her current projects concern urban agriculture and institutional procurement of local foods.