Jacquelyn Heuer

Jacquelyn Heuer is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of South Florida, where she is completing her Ph.D. in Applied Anthropology and her MPH in Public Health Education. She received her BA in Anthropology from Grand Valley State University and her MA in Anthropology from New Mexico State University. Her research interests focus on issues of food security and food sovereignty, considering the ways in which social determinants of health influence access to food and health. For her dissertation research, Jacquelyn will be examining the struggles that Post-9/11 student Veterans experience, with an emphasis on how these struggles influence food security and dietary quality.