Education:

Dr.PH in Preventive Care with an emphasis in nutrition,
School of Public Health Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, California, 2009.

Postgraduate Studies/Nutrition School of Public Health;
John Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, 1988

Master of Science in Public Health Nutrition, & Education;
Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, California, 1981

Bachelor of Science in Foods and Nutrition, Major in Nutrition &Dietetics,
Minor in Religion Oakwood College, Huntsville, Alabama, 1976

Associate Degree in Nutrition & Dietetics;
New York Institute of Dietetics and Culinary Arts, New York, 1972

Joycelyn A.M. Peterson, (Dr. Joy) is a registered dietitian, presently professor and Director of Nutritional Sciences Program at Morgan State University, Baltimore, Maryland. Previously chair of Nutrition and Dietetics, Department and Dietetic Internship Director at Oakwood University, Huntsville, Alabama and was Associate Professor, Chair of the Department of Family and Consumer Sciences at University of the Southern Caribbean (USC), Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies for over 5years.

Her professional experience includes nutrition consultant, nutrition educator, public health speaker and in-service trainer for hospital staff and community agencies, program planner for international and state-wide public health nutrition initiatives, teaching and conducting research at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Grant writer receiving over $2 million from private funding. She is founder/director of the Vegetarian Institute of Nutrition and Culinary Arts (nonprofit) and Dimensions in Food and Nutrition, Inc. (for profit). She is a contributing writer for newspapers and health magazines and has also published three books and many articles.

Dr. Peterson completed Nutrition and Dietetics degrees at New York Institute of Dietetics (A.S.), Oakwood University, B.S., Loma Linda University (M.P.H., Dr. P.H.), and Johns Hopkins University (post-master's studies in international nutrition). Joy recently had her dissertation for her doctoral thesis published in the Annuals of Nutrition Metabolism, August, 2011. She continues to conduct nutrition, health, and vegetarian cooking seminars internationally. Her long-term goal is to provide dietetic and nutrition research and leadership training where ever God leads.