Postdoctoral researcher in the Dietary Assessment Lab (PI: Valisa Hedrick) and Laboratory for Eating Behaviors and Weight Management (PI: Brenda Davy).

2020-2023: Graduate Teaching Assistant for Medical Nutrition TherapySummer 2020 & 2021: Instructor of Record for Nutrition Across the Lifespan- Delivered course content through Canvas using recorded lectures, activities, and readings/videos.- Provided opportunities to connect with Registered Dietitian Nutritionists through scheduled live Q&As.- Evaluated student performance through quizzes, assignments, and exams.- Answered student questions through regularly-scheduled office hours and via email correspondence.

Owner and Registered Dietitian for Erica Howes Nutrition, LLC- a private practice providing virtual nutrition counseling to clients with eating disorders and disordered eating. - Helped clients work toward and maintain eating disorder recovery through a goal-oriented approach. - Used principles of motivational interviewing to help clients achieve their recovery goals. - Collaborated with other providers on a client's treatment team and ensure the client is receiving the appropriate level of care and making progress.

Provide medical nutrition therapy to adult and adolescent patients with eating disorders at the Partial Hospitalization and Intensive Outpatient levels. - Meet weekly with patients for counseling sessions to discuss patients' current relationships with food, any nutrition problems, and tolerance of meal plan.- Develop meal plans for patients undergoing weight restoration and weight maintenance that are sufficient to meet the patients' needs.- Monitor biometric data to track adequacy of meal plan and make adjustments as necessary.- Participate in family therapy for adolescent patients, including family nutrition education and meals.- Provide weekly nutrition education groups for adult and adolescent patients.

Adjunct Instructor for Nutrition for Health and Disease, an introductory nutrition course for health science majors. - Design and distribute online materials for two sections of the online course. - Utilize Blackboard and VoiceThread for organizing and administering course content.- Evaluate student progress through assignments, quizzes, tests, and discussion board posts.

Completed 11 months of supervised practice experience with a focus on Medical Nutrition Therapy at VCU Health, a large, urban medical center.- Screened patients for nutritional risk, completed the nutrition care process, and documented care in the electronic medical record. - Specialty rotations included: cardiology research, employee wellness at the Pentagon's Fit to Win clinic, inpatient oncology and bone marrow transplant, and public health with the Virginia Foundation for Healthy Youth.

Oversaw labs and assisted in teaching and grading for undergraduate courses in the Didactic Program in Dietetics at Oregon State University.Courses:NUTR 235, Science of Foods LaboratoryNUTR 241, Applications in Human Nutrition (E-Campus and Corvallis campus)NUTR 311, Foodservice Prodution and PurchasingNUTR 446, Managing Food and Nutrition ServicesNUTR 225, General Human NutritionNUTR 240, Human Nutrition

Responsible for issuing tokens to be spent at the Corvallis-Albany Farmers' Market on Saturdays. Market customers can use their SNAP benefits or debit cards to obtain currency to spend at market vendor booths during the season. Implemented incentive programs to promote the use of SNAP at the market, including Double Up Food Bucks Oregon and That's My Farmer.

Provided weekly drop-in tutoring for General Chemistry for varsity intercollegiate athletes at Miami University. Communicated study strategies and clarify concepts for general chemistry lab and lecture classes.

Organized, planned, and led biweekly review sessions for an introductory Human Physiology class. Tailored sessions to the needs of students with the goal of improving understanding and comprehension of course content, and therefore improved performance on exams.

Contributed to community nutrition projects in the Nutrition Guidance and Analysis Division of the center, including menu analysis, food and nutrition updates for online consumer tools, and consumer nutrition promotion materials.

Assisted students one-on-one in better understanding introductory science classes on a weekly basis. Utilized a variety of teaching methods to explain course content and aid students in exam preparation and study skills.