Projects per year
Personal profile
About
My research focuses on how hunger and food insecurity affect health and wellbeing. In my research, I employ multiple methods to better understand how people navigate their food environments and experience poor food access. I am especially interested in how rural residents’ perceptions of their food environments can help local organizations best address their communities’ needs.
My teaching and research interests also include rural health, environmental health and justice, and quantitative and qualitative methods.
Education/Academic qualification
Ph.D., North Carolina State University
… → 2016
Applied Sociology of the Environment, M.A., University of Central Florida
… → 2010
Interdisciplinary Environmental Studies, B.S., University of Central Florida
… → 2008
Disciplines
- Public Health
Projects
- 3 Active
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Mustard Seed Community Garden and Meal Share Program
MacNell, L. (PI), Beam, F. (CoI), Bunn, J. (CoI) & Workman, T. (CoI)
Council of Independent Colleges / AARP Intergenerational Connections: Students Serving Older Adults
1/1/17 → …
Project: Research project
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Exploring Race, Class, and Food Access across Different Geographic Scales
Bowen, S. (CoI) & MacNell, L. (CoI)
The RIDGE Center for Targeted Studies
1/1/15 → …
Project: Research project
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Contextualizing Family Food Decisions: The Role of Household Characteristics, Neighborhood Deprivation, and Local Food Environments
MacNell, L. (PI), Bloom, D. (CoI), Bowen, S. (CoI) & Winkler, R. (CoI)
USDA / University of Kentucky Center for Poverty Research
1/1/14 → …
Project: Research project
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How social, cultural, and economic environments shape infant feeding for low-income women
Hardison-Moody, A., MacNell, L., Elliott, S. & Bowen, S., Oct 1 2018, In: Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. 118Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Bad choices, no choices: Food insecurity
MacNell, L., Nov 1 2017.Research output: Contribution to conference › Presentation
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Black and Latino urban food desert residents' perceptions of their food environments and factors that influence food shopping decisions
MacNell, L., Elliott, S., Hardison-Moody, A. & Bowen, S., Jan 1 2017, In: Journal of Hunger and Environmental Nutrition. 12Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Far from home: A geo-ethnographic analysis of how low-income women interact with their food environments to shop for food
MacNell, L., Nov 1 2017.Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster
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Housing instability and food security: Findings from the USDA food acquisition and purchasing survey
MacNell, L., Oct 1 2016.Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster
Activities
- 2 Membership of network
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Rural Sociological Society (External organization)
MacNell, L. (Member)
2000 → …Activity: Membership › Membership of network
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American Public Health Association (External organization)
MacNell, L. (Member)
2000 → …Activity: Membership › Membership of network
Prizes
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Graduate Student Mentor Award, Sociology Graduate Student Association
MacNell, L. (Recipient), 2016
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Service Award, Sociology Graduate Student Association
MacNell, L. (Recipient), 2014
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Excellence by a Graduate Teaching Assistant, College of Sciences, UCF
MacNell, L. (Recipient), 2010
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)