Assistant Professor of Public Health
My research focuses on how hunger and food insecurity affect health and wellbeing. In my research, I employ multiple methods to better understand how people navigate their food environments and experience poor food access. I am especially interested in how rural residents’ perceptions of their food environments can help local organizations best address their communities’ needs.
My teaching and research interests also include rural health, environmental health and justice, and quantitative and qualitative methods.
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About Lillian MacNell
My research focuses on how hunger and food insecurity affect health and wellbeing. In my research, I employ multiple methods to better understand how people navigate their food environments and experience poor food access. I am especially interested in how rural residents’ perceptions of their food environments can help local organizations best address their communities’ needs.
My teaching and research interests also include rural health, environmental health and justice, and quantitative and qualitative methods.
| Present | Assistant Professor of Public Health, Campbell University ‐ College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences | |
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Disciplines
Grants
| 2017 | Mustard Seed Community Garden and Meal Share Program |
| Council of Independent Colleges / AARP Intergenerational Connections: Students Serving Older Adults | |
| Role: co-Principal Investigator | |
| Colleague(s): Faithe Beam (PI), Jennifer Bunn (Co-PI), Tara Workman(Investigator) | |
| $9,925 | |
| 2015 | Exploring Race, Class, and Food Access across Different Geographic Scales |
| The RIDGE Center for Targeted Studies | |
| Role: Co-Investigator | |
| Colleague(s): Sarah Bowen (PI) | |
| $16,801 | |
| 2014 | Contextualizing Family Food Decisions: The Role of Household Characteristics, Neighborhood Deprivation, and Local Food Environments |
| USDA / University of Kentucky Center for Poverty Research | |
| Role: Investigator | |
| Colleague(s): Sarah Bowen (PI), Richelle Winkler (Co-PI), Dara Bloom (Investigator) | |
| $39,858 |
Professional Service and Affiliations
| Member, American Public Health Association | Member, Rural Sociological Society |
Honors and Awards
- Graduate Student Mentor Award, Sociology Graduate Student Association, 2016
- Service Award, Sociology Graduate Student Association, 2014
- Excellence by a Graduate Teaching Assistant, College of Sciences, UCF, 2010
| 2016 | Ph.D., North Carolina State University | |
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| 2010 | M.A., University of Central Florida ‐ Applied Sociology of the Environment | |
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| 2008 | B.S., University of Central Florida ‐ Interdisciplinary Environmental Studies | |
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