Christen Cooper

Personal Quote

Eat greens and live green. Care for your body and the planet.

Faculty Bio

Dr. Cooper received her M.S. and Ed.D in Nutrition Education from Teachers College, Columbia University. She is a registered dietitian nutritionist (RDN) credentialed by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. She earned her B.A. in History and in Political Science at Wellesley College in Wellesley, MA.

She is founding chair and assistant professor of Pace's Coordinated Master of Science in Nutrition and Dietetics Program, which combines classroom and supervised practice experiences to prepare students to become RDNs. The program offers two concentrations: food policy/food justice and culinary nutrition.

Dr. Cooper has also served as a management consultant in Latin America and has worked for the U.S. House of Representatives.

Licensures and Certificates

• Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, Registered Dietitian Nutritionist

PhD, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY, 2017
Nutrition Education

MS, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY, 2006
Nutrition Education

BA, Wellesley College, Wellesly, MA, 1995
History and Political Science

Research Interest

Sugar-sweetened beverage intake in young children
Adults' influences on children's food choices and eating behaviors
Parent feeding styles
The future of food

Grants, Sponsored Research and Contracts

Travel to Society of Nutrition Education and Behavior Conference
Cooper, C. C. 2023 - 2023. . Funded.

Past Courses

ND 540: Nutrition Across the Lifespan
NUR 395: Independent Study in Nursing

Publications

Understanding Attitudes and Practices of Low Income Caregivers Toward Sugar Sweetened Beverage Consumption in Pre-school-aged Children
Cooper, C. C., Northrup, A. & Iannacchino, M. (2023). , pages 1-16. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/369788541_Understanding_Attitudes_and_Practices_of_Low-Income_Caregivers_Toward_Sugar-Sweetened_Beverage_Consumption_in_Preschool-Aged_Children

The Future of Software-Controlled Cooking
Blutinger, J. D., Cooper, C. C., Karthik, S., Tsai, A., Samarelli, N., Storvick, E., Symour, G., Liu, E., Meijers, Y. & Lipson, H. (2023). Vol 7 (Issue 1) , pages 1-6. https://doaj.org/article/55fbdcec6a3c4a5c9570599aead6cb95

Plant Based Diets: A primer for school nurses
Cooper, C. C. (2021). Vol 36 (Issue 1)

Recognizing and Treating Child Overweight and Obesity
Cooper, C. C. & Mandel, E. D. (2020). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33234896/

Tough Love or Laissez-Faire? Exploring the Feeding Styles of Urban Preschool Teachers and Associations with Nutrition Focused Professional Development
Cooper, C. C. (2020). https://www.researchgate.net/publication/34348130_Tough_Love_or_Laissez-Faire_Exploring_the_Feeding_Styles_of_Urban_Preschool_Teachers_and_Associations_with_Nutrition-Focused_Professional_Development

Creating a Home Away From Home: Examining preschool teachers' nutrition beliefs, practices and feeding styles, association with training
Cooper, C. C. & Contento, I. R. (2019). Vol 51 (Issue 9) , pages 1047-1057. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31395497

Professional Memberships

• Super Kids Nutrition [Advisory Board]