Nick Rose

MS

Nick Rose, MS

School of Natural Health Arts and Sciences

Seattle

EMAIL

[email protected]

AREAS OF FOCUS

Nutrition & Exercise Science

Mr. Rose is an assistant professor in the Department of Nutrition at Bastyr University.

Biography

Professor Rose advises graduate students pursuing the nutrition research (thesis) track and teaches courses in research methods, biostatistics, community nutrition, and writing about food and health.  Professor Rose has over ten years of experience working as a community nutrition educator, teaching nutrition classes in a wide range of community settings, writing about food and nutrition trends for print and online publications, and advocating for policies supporting healthier and more sustainable food systems. His current research explores how people use food labels when assessing the healthfulness of packaged foods in the marketplace, including how people define and conceptualize natural and healthy foods.

Education:

  • Ph.D. (Candidate), Food Systems, University of Vermont, 2023
  • Graduate Certificate, Public Health from the University of Vermont, 2022
  • M.S., Human Nutrition, Foods and Exercise from Virginia Tech, 2005
  • B.S., International Nutrition from Virginia Tech, 2002

Research Interests

Food systems, food labeling, human-nature connectedness, mixed methods

Jane Kolodinsky, Jeffrey Buzas, Nick Rose, and Yuqing Zheng. 2022. Neither, Either, or Both? Who Sees GM and Non-GM Food Labels, Journal of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association. https://doi.org/10.1002/jaa2.32.;Carmen Byker, Nick Rose, and Elena Serrano. 2010.

The Benefits, Challenges, and Strategies of Adults Following a Local Food Diet. Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development 1 (1): 12537. https://doi.org/10.5304/jafscd.2010.011.013.;Nick Rose, Elena Serrano, Kathy Hosig, Carola Haas, Dixie Reaves, Sharon Nichols-Richardson. 2008.

"The 100-Mile-Diet: A Community Approach to Promote Sustainable Food Systems Impacts Dietary Quality." Journal of Hunger and Environmental Nutrition. 3:270-285.; Nick Rose, Kathy Hosig, Brenda Davy, Elena Serrano, Linda Davis. 2007.

"Whole Grain Intake is Associated with Body Mass Index in College Students." Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior. 39(2):90-94.