Dr. Maureen Zimmerman earned her undergraduate degree in Nutrition and Dietetics at Arizona State University, a Master's Degree in Public Health from the University of Hawaii, and a Doctorate in Educational Leadership, with a specialization in educational research, from Northern Arizona University. She is a Registered Dietitian and has been a residential faculty member at Mesa Community College in Mesa, Arizona since 1991. She has been involved in many aspects of college and district life including cooperative learning facilitation, new faculty development, service learning leadership, distance learning and technology initiatives, Honors, Program Review, Faculty Senate, the Maricopa Institute for Learning Fellowship. She served as the Department Chair of Design, Family and Consumer Sciences and of the Applied Science Departments. Passionately and assiduously she assures that students not only learn, but that they enjoy learning and develop intellectual habits that will sustain them throughout life. Semester by semester Dr. Zimmerman applies learning science knowledge to the online and face-to -face classrooms. She works indefatigably to foster active engagement and to nurture the unique skills, experiences, and knowledge each student brings to the learning community. She jogs, practices yoga, tap dances, weight lifts, rides bikes, hikes, enjoys reading a variety of genres, and likes to drink good coffee in the company of good friends and family. She enjoys watching international films, and eats many fruits, vegetables, and whole grains every day.
Her food first philosophy is summed up in this statement:
“Enjoy real food, enjoy it with others, enjoy it in just the right amounts.”
Dr. Beth Snow earned a B.Sc.(Hons) in Biochemistry (with a minor in Drama) from McMaster University in 1999, an M.Sc. in Human Biology & Nutritional Sciences from the University of Guelph in 2000, and a Ph.D. in Human Nutrition from the University of British Columbia in 2006. She also holds a Credentialed Evaluator designation from the Canadian Evaluation Society. Her PhD research focused on the effects of prenatal alcohol exposure on the developing fetal skeleton and she has published in the journals Bone, Alcohol, Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research and Collected Essays on Learning and Teaching. Following her Ph.D. training, she spent two years working at the British Columbia Centre of Excellence for Women's Health, where she ran an interdisciplinary research training program. She currently works at as an Evaluation Specialist in Public Health in Vancouver, BC, Canada, where she also has taught at the University of British Columbia and the Justice Institute of British Columbia. Her teaching philosophy involves empowering students to take ownership of their own learning; she uses active learning techniques and encourages students to apply what they learn to real life. Being a lifelong learner herself, Beth is currently working on a Masters of Business Administration at the University of British Columbia, with the goal of combining knowledge about organizations with her health research expertise in order to help get
research evidence into Public Health practice. In addition to her busy career, Beth is a true foodie who always makes time to cook and share good food and she enjoys hiking, running, yoga, and, since she’s a Canadian, playing ice hockey.
