MARY W. HALLQUIST
Professor
Family and Nutrition Sciences
Specialty:
Child and family Studies
Education:
B.A., University of Wisconsin-Stout, Menomonie, Wis.
University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wis.
Contact: hallquis@cord.edu
DR. BETTY J. LARSON
Professor
Director, Didactic Program in Dietetics
Family and Nutrition Sciences
Specialty:
Normal nutrition
Medical nutrition therapy
Research:
• Fact and fallacy in nutrition information
Family and Nutrition Sciences • Evaluating herbal medicine
• Evaluating fad weight reduction diets — the truth
about diets
• “Norms for the Eating Disorder Inventory as Related
to Personal Variablesin Female Adolescents”
• “The New Epidemic: Ethical Implications for Nutrition
Educators”
• “Development of a European Travel Seminar on Nutrition
and Health Policy”
• “The Effect of Egg White Protein on Zinc Retention
from Meals fed to Rats”
Interests:Evaluating consumer nutrition
information for accuracy
Education:
B.S., University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, N.D.
D.Ed., University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, N.D.
St. Mary’s Hospital/Mayo Clinic Dietetic Internship, Rochester,
Minn.
Contact: (218) 299-3748 office, blarson@cord.edu
BARBARA A. RONNIGEN TORGERSON
Professor/Chair
Family and Nutrition Sciences
Specialty:
Family Studies
Research:
• “Families and Faith Development,” National
Family and Nutrition Sciences Council of Family Relations Annual
Meeting
Interests:
Families and Faith Development, Families and
Chronic Disease management, Multicultural families
Education:
B.A., M.S., North Dakota State University, Fargo, N.D.
Ph.D., Fielding Institute, Santa Barbara, Calif.
Contact: (218) 299-4443 office
