FACULTY
- Frieda Brown
Frieda
F. Brown, M.S., R.D., L.D., is a retired Assistant Professor of Nutrition
and Dietetics and Director of the didactic program in Dietetics at Georgia
Southern University since 1976. She has served as project coordinator for
numerous Nutrition Education and Training (NET) grants administered by
the Georgia Department of Education since 1980. Most recently, she participated
in the development and production of the video series, “Building
Healthy Student Bodies,” which was funded by the School and Community
Nutrition Division of the state Department of Education. Frieda earned
a B.S. in Home Economics Education at the University of Tennessee at
Martin and an M.S. in Nutrition, with a minor in Food Science at the
University of Tennessee, Knoxville. She has taught college level courses
in nutrition and food science since 1971.
- Stephen Minton
During
Chef Stephen Minton, C.E.C.'s 28 years as a culinary professional he
has worked in all aspects of the industry, including institutional feeding,
hotels and resorts and independent restaurants. He owned the restaurant,
Caribbean Cafe in Boone, NC for 12 years. He was also selected to attend
the National Foodservice Management Institute's (NFSMI) "Healthy
Cuisine for Kids" seminar at the Culinary Institute of America's
Greystone campus in California in 2007. His skills are in great demand
as a demonstration chef at restaurant shows around the country, including
the annual National Restaurant Show in Chicago. He has taught in a culinary
program in North Carolina and is currently the Chef-Instructor in Georgia
Southern University's Hotel and Restaurant Management Program. Chef Stephen
has fulfilled the requirements to qualify as an American Culinary Federation
Certified Executive Chef and is a certified ServSafe instructor.
- Larry Stalcup
Lawrence Stalcup, Ph.D. has been teaching Hotel and Restaurant Management
at Georgia Southern University since 1997. Previous to his moving into
academia he worked for eleven years in hotel and restaurant management
in New York, Texas and Puerto Rico. During this time, he worked in
various aspects of hotel operations and in human resources. While working
in operations, he was on the opening staff of The New York Helmsley
in Manhattan and The Wyndham Hotel, Greenspoint in Houston. In addition
he also spent two years working in economic development as a Peace
Corps volunteer in Costa Rica. Dr. Stalcup has degrees in Hotel and
Restaurant Management from Purdue University and Cornell.
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Rebecca Black, MS, RD, LD
Rebecca
F. Black, MS, RD, LD is a clinician, educator, researcher, and public
speaker with bachelor and masters degrees in dietetics and clinical
nutrition and certification as a Licensed and Registered Dietitian.
She has worked in a variety of practice settings including public
health, hospital, and private practice in the management of her own
nutrition consulting business from 1987-2003. Her undergraduate major
program of study was Food Service Management and she has worked in
institutional food service for the Veteran Administration Medical
Center, University Hospital, and has served as a consultant to Head
Start, school food service, and the restaurant industry in the Central
Savannah River Area. Rebecca developed the East Central Health District
Breastfeeding Promotion program that serves a 13 county area in Georgia
with peer counselor services, breast pump loan programs, hospital
and home visits, and breastfeeding telephone warm-lines. She has
presented for numerous lactation and nutrition programs at the local,
state and national level. She currently is on the faculty of Georgia
Southern University in Statesboro, Ga. as a Clinical Instructor teaching
in the Nutrition and Food Science program, College of Health and
Human Sciences.