• Additional Titles:Affiliated Faculty, Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies Program, BU College of
    Arts and Sciences
    Affiliated Faculty and Researcher, Center for Antiracist Research
    Affiliated Faculty, Center for Innovation in Social Science (CISS)
  • Education:BA, Psychology, University of Denver, Denver CO
    BS, Human Nutrition, University of Massachusetts/Amherst, Amherst, MA
    MS, Clinical Nutrition, Rush University, Chicago, IL
    PhD, Nutrition & Metabolism, Boston University School of Medicine, Division of Graduate Medical Sciences, Boston, MA
  • Website or Lab: Social Justice in Health Care Professions Lab

Scholarly and Practice Interests

  • Diversity, equity, inclusion, and social justice among healthcare professionals and within healthcare professions, particularly dietetics
  • Critical analysis of the influences of gender upon and within female-dominated healthcare professions
  • Critical, feminist perspectives of food, nutrition, eating, and bodies

Publications

Submitted for peer review

  • (From my laboratory) Peters S, Yilma H, DeBiasse MAS. Healthcare professionals’ engagement in anti-racist actions: A pilot and feasibility study of the role of white fragility, emotional regulation, and distress tolerance. Journal of Critical Dietetics.

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    Departments
    Health Sciences and Nutrition/Dietetics
    Positions
    Administration and Clinical

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