Evaluation Specialist, MU Extension Health and Human Sciences

Associate Extension Professor

Education

• PhD, Human Environmental Sciences, University of Missouri
• MS, Data Science and Analytics, University of Missouri
• MS, Family and Child Studies, Miami University
• BA, Psychology, Kent State University

Research interests

• Program evaluation
• Evaluation frameworks
• Evaluation of nonformal and community nutrition education
• Evaluation of policy, systems, and environmental change approaches
• SNAP nutrition education (SNAP-Ed)

Active grants

• SNAP-Ed
• SNAP Outreach
• North Central Farm and Ranch Stress Assistance Center
• Missouri High Obesity Project

Selected publications

• Keller, K.J.M., Bruno, P., Foerster, S., & Draper, C. (2024). 30 years of SNAP-Ed: The transition of the nation’s largest nutrition education program into a pillar of the public health infrastructure. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jneb.2024.03.011
• Rudolphi, J.M., Cuthbertson, C., Keller, K., & Mott, R. (2024). North Central Farm and Ranch Stress Assistance Center, 2020-2023: Outcomes, lessons learned, and recommendations for the future. OBM Integrative and Complementary Medicine, 9(2). https://doi.org/10.21926/obm.icm.2402037 
• Puma, J., Quinlan, J., Bruno, P., Keller, K.J.M., Franck, K., Lim, S.S., Draper, C., Bergling, E., & Foerster, S. (2023). First analysis of nationwide trends in use of the SNAP-Ed evaluation framework. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 55(3), 235-244.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jneb.2022.11.008
• Keller, K.J.M., Mehrle Elliott, D., & Britt-Rankin, J. (2022). Adults’ reaction to public health messaging: Recall, media type, and behavior change motivation. Journal of Prevention, 43(1), 125-141. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10935-021-00661-0
• Keller, K.J.M. & Mott, R. (2020). Tips for using photovoice in evaluation of extension programs. Journal of Extension, 58(5), V58-5tt7.
• Naja-Riese, A., Keller, K.J.M., Bruno, P., Foerster, S. B., Puma, J., Whetstone, L., MkNelly, B., Cullinen, K., Jacobs, L., & Sugerman, S. (2019). The SNAP-Ed evaluation framework: Demonstrating the impact of a national framework for obesity prevention in low-income populations. Translational Behavioral Medicine, 9(5), 970-979. https://doi.org/10.1093/tbm/ibz115

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