Dr. Susan Baker is currently a Professor and Extension Specialist in the Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition at Colorado State University.
The training and development of paraprofessional nutrition educators is one of Susan’s passions. She coauthored a book entitled Maximizing Paraprofessional Potential. More recently, Dr. Baker led the quick transformation of the of the healthy eating and active living curriculum Eating Smart ● Being Active into a remote delivery format, which is now being polished into professional online curriculum. Dr. Baker’s research interests include nutrition education methodologies and the evaluation of nutrition education interventions with low-income women of childbearing age. She has served numerous leadership roles in NC3169 EFNEP Multi-State Research Project.