She founded and formerly directed the Nutrition Communications Center at the University of Missouri-Columbia and was a W.K. Kellogg Food and Society Policy Fellow from 2004-2006. Her articles appear in Cable in the Classroom, Current Health, Touch the Soil, and Edible Communities magazines. She co-authored a children’s book, “Treasure Hunt with the Munch Crunch Bunch: A Healthy Fun Food Adventure!” in 2006. In 2007, she received an Award of Excellence from the American Dietetic Association’s Hunger and Environmental Nutrition Practice Group. Shanequa Highsmith