Nutrition & Dietetics: Faculty

Diana Cuy Castellanos, Ph.D., R.D.

Assistant Professor
cuycastellanos@maryu.marywood.edu
570-348-6211 x 2477
Full Time

Classes Taught

• ND 112 Nutrition I
• ND 312 Community Nutrition
• ND 591 Statistics
• HIST 220 Hunger in the 21st Century

Anderson-Lewis, C., Cuy Castellanos, D. K. et al. (2011). Utilizing Mix Methods to Measure the

Perception of Community Capacity in an Academic-Community Partnership for a Walking

Intervention. Health Promotion Practice (In Press).

Downey, L. H., Cuy Castellanos, D. K., Yadrick, K., Avis Williams, M., Graham Kresge, S. &    

Bogle, M. (2010) Perceptions of CBPR in the Delta NIRI:  An academic perspective. Health Promotion Practice, DOI: 10.1177/1524839909353743

 Downey, L. H., Cuy Castellanos, D. K., Yadrick, M., Threadgill, P., Kennedy, B., Strickland, E., Prewitt,

E., Bogle, M. (2010). Capacity building for health through community based participatory nutrition intervention research in rural communities. Family and Community Health, 33(3), 175-185.

 Cuy Castellanos, D. K. (2010). The nutrition transition in Guatemala. Synergy, 1, 37-43.

 Cuy Castellanos, D. K., Connell, C., Lee, J. (2010). Factors Affecting Weight Gain and Dietary Intake in Latino Males Residing in Mississippi:  A Preliminary Study. Hispanic Healthcare International, 9(2), 91-98.

Cuy Castellanos, D.K..“Dietetics On the Side of a Volcano.”  Today’s Dietitian.  June 2005: 46-50.

Presentations

Cuy Castellanos, D. Dietary Acculturation and Depression in Latino Men. Presentation at the 2010 University of Southern Mississippi, Graduate Senate Symposium,  Hattiesburg, MS.

Cuy Castellanos, D., Connell, C. Dietary Habits among Low Acculturated Latino Men Living in the Southern US. Presented at the American Public Health Association Conference, November 2010, Philadelphia, PA.

Rehner, T., Lee, J. Cuy Castellans, D. Depression in the Latino community in Southern Mississippi. Presented at the Social Welfare Action Alliance. April 2008, Houston, TX

Cuy Castellanos, D. Meeting the World’s Needs by Living Sustainably. Facilitator at the American Overseas Dietetic Association Bi-Anneal conference, March 2006 in Dublin, Ireland.

Education

Dr. Cuy Castellanos received her bachelor’s of science in dietetics from the University of Cincinnati and her master’s degree from Marshall University. She completed her PhD in 2011 from The University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg, MS.

Professional Memberships

American Dietetic Association, Pennsylvania Dietetic Association
Northeast Pennsylvania Dietetic Association

Professional Experience

Assistant Professor
Marywood University

Instructor

The University of Southern Mississippi

Research Assistant

The University of Southern Mississippi

Instructor

Pearl River Community College

Clinical Dietitian

Xenia Regional Hospital

Community Nutritionist

Santa Maria de Jesus, Guatemala

 

Awards & Honors

USM Graduate Student Innovation Research Award (2011)

Research Initiation Grant (2011)

Yarbrough Scholars (2010)

USM Graduate Symposiums department’s top paper award (2010)

USM Nutrition and Food Systems PhD student of the year (2009)

Cum Laude graduate (2000)

Intern of the Year (2001)