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Mary Ruberti, LMSW, is an extension associate with the BCTR.  Ms. Ruberti has worked in child welfare and residential treatment for over 30 years in various roles including direct care worker, supervisor, social worker, training coordinator, and quality assurance manager. Ms. Ruberti has been affiliated with the Residential Child Care Project at Cornell since 1993.  She has had the privilege of providing training and technical assistance to agencies implementing Therapeutic Crisis Intervention (TCI) and Children

Gwyn (she/her) is a fourth-year Ph.D. student in Community Nutrition. She comes to Cornell with a background in farm work, a B.S. in public health nutrition from The Ohio State University, a Master of Public Health from University at Albany, and experience as a program evaluator for NYS SNAP-Ed. At Cornell, Gwyn’s research focuses on how food procurement processes, policies, and funding might be leveraged to address health, dignity, and equity for both minority farmers

Born in Rajkot, India, I arrived in the US to pursue higher education in Psychology. After graduating from UCLA, I joined Cornell to work with Dr. Adam Anderson in the Psychology (formerly Human Development) department. 

In my training to be an affective computational neuroscientist, I pursue research in nostalgia, nutrition, autobiographical memory, social sharing of emotions, and consciousness. Dubbed The Ratatatouille Moment, I am constructing a theoretical model on food-related nostalgia and examining its influence

Felicia Chan is an M.S. student in the Nutrition + Dietetics track. She earned dual degrees in Nutrition and Dietetics and in Nutrition, Fitness, and Health, with a minor in Music, from Purdue University in 2025. During her undergraduate studies, Felicia worked as a Nutrition Coach, providing clients with guidance on goal setting and sustainable lifestyle changes. She also gained experience in clinical research and scientific writing as a Laboratory Technician. At Cornell, Felicia works

Ruihan is a Ph.D. candidate in Dr. Kimberly O’Brien’s lab. She obtained her BA in Food System Nutrition and Health at the University of Washington-Seattle. Her MPH degree in Nutrition and Dietetics was completed at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. She was also trained in the MRT-TI international lactation consultant training program during her second year of MPH. After completing the Dietetic Internship and lactation clinical practice hours, she has obtained both the RDN