Areas of Expertise
School food environment
Issues related to rural health, specifically access to healthy food
Supervisory project management
Food Story
Carpenter’s interests and work have spanned a variety of public health areas. She became interested in nutrition through a graduate assistantship here at the Gretchen Swanson Center. As a proud native of Nebraska, she is passionate about wanting all Nebraskans to be healthy and have access to programs that improve their quality of life.
Academic History
M.P.H., Community Health Education, College of Public Health, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 2012
Capstone: Decreasing rates of pedestrian traffic accidents among school aged children in Lincoln, NE
B.S., Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2008
Great Plains Leadership Institute Fellow 2016-2017