Research

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Students

The ASI Food Pantry has hosted many undergraduate and graduate students seeking to conduct research and pilot projects in the Sac State community.

Recent projects include:

  • NUFD224, Advanced Community Nutrition and Policy
    – Registration Form Analysis and Revisions
    - Focus Group Demographics and Structure
    – Workflow and Employee Wellbeing
     
  • NUFD117, Community Nutrition
    – Storefront Operations and Outreach
     
  • COMS188, Senior Seminar in Intercultural Communications
    - Intercultural Training Program with Cooking Demos
     
  • PUBH295, Public Health Practicum
    – Food Pantry User Focus Groups

Our in-person library features a wonderful selection of program, policy, and evaluation books that may guide you in your coursework. Here are a few notable copies we can loan:

  • Katie S. Martin – Reinventing Food Banks and Food Pantries
    • A must-read in learning about dignity and compassion in basic needs work. 
  • James Keiser and Frederick J. DeMicco – Contemporary Management Theory: Controlling and Analyzing Costs in Foodservice Operations Fourth Edition
    • Used by the University of New Hampshire’s Dietetic Internship Program.
  • Vijay Kumar – 101 Design Methods: A Structured Approach for Driving Innovation in Your Organization
    • Use in planning workshop activities and leading teams in brainstorming.
  • Stephen Few – The Data Loom: Weaving Understanding by Thinking Critically and Scientifically with Data
    • A must-read in learning about data and how we ought to use it in our pursuit of innovation and systems-building.

Please reach out to Ryan Choi, ASI Food Pantry Coordinator, if you are interested in learning more.
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Faculty

We welcome collaboration inquiries and are particularly interested in the following areas:

  • Agricultural Science
  • Environmental Science
  • Food Policy and Economics
  • Nutrition and Dietetics
  • Postharvest Technology
  • Public Health
  • Sociology/Anthropology
  • Supply Chain Management
  • Urban Planning

We also work with members of the CSU Basic Needs Research Consortium to reduce equity gaps in retention, academic success, and graduation.

Please reach out to Ryan Choi, ASI Food Pantry Coordinator, if you are interested in discussing further.
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Current Research Study

This semester, we are working with Nancy LePage, a doctoral student from Claremont Graduate University, to launch a basic needs marketing intervention study that aims to study barriers to campus food pantry use and the impact of using personalized email versus personalized physical postcard mailed to home address.

7,600 students will be randomly selected to receive a postcard in late October.

This study will conclude in 15 weeks and results will be published in mid-Spring semester. To learn more, please contact us.
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