Join us for a discussion on some of the most pressing research topics for Community Cafes.

PANELISTS: Lori Borchers, PhD; Alexandra (Lexi) L. MacMillan Uribe, PhD, RDN; Andrew McNeeley, PhD

Dr. Lori Borchers is an Assistant Professor in Nursing at Texas Christian University (TCU) in Fort Worth, TX. She has been a registered nurse for over 35 years. She currently teaches Public Health Nursing. Her research interests focus on food insecurity and food equity, with a particular emphasis on how community café models can increase access to nutritious, affordable food while fostering social connection and reducing health disparities. She is interested in exploring how these community-based approaches contribute to improved public health outcomes.

Alexandra (Lexi) L. MacMillan Uribe, PhD, RDN, is an Assistant Professor at Texas A&M AgriLife Research and a Registered Dietitian. She studied psychology at Penn State University before pursuing a PhD in human nutrition at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She continued her training as a postdoctoral fellow at Cornell University. She is a bicultural and bilingual health equity researcher who uses community-informed strategies to develop, adapt, and evaluate health promotion programs that address food and nutrition security and reduce chronic disease risk in under-resourced and historically marginalized communities. 

Andrew McNeeley, PhD is an Assistant Professor of Sociology and Public Health at The University of Texas at Dallas. His research focus includes structural, organizational, and community food insecurity issues. He specializes in ethnographic methodology emphasizing the influence of structure and culture on the service delivery of nonprofit and community organizations. He teaches qualitative methods in an applied service-learning format.


LOCATION:
First Presbyterian Church
650 2nd Ave North
Fargo, ND 58102