Ohio State University
John Glenn College of Public Affairs
110 Page Hall - 1810 College Road
Columbus, OH 43210
clark.1099@osu.edu

Professor, John Glenn College of Public Affairs, Ohio State University, 2024-current
Professor (courtesy), Geography, Ohio State University, 2024-current
Professor (courtesy), City and Regional Planning, Ohio State University, 2024-current
Associate Professor, John Glenn College of Public Affairs, Ohio State University, 2018-current
Associate Professor (courtesy), Geography, Ohio State University, 2018-current
Associate Professor (courtesy), City and Regional Planning, Ohio State University, 2018-current
Assistant Professor (courtesy), Geography, Ohio State University, 2015-2018
Assistant Professor (courtesy), City and Regional Planning, Ohio State University, 2014-2018
Assistant Professor, John Glenn College of Public Affairs, Ohio State University, 2012-2018

Director of Undergraduate Studies, John Glenn College of Public Affairs, Ohio State University, 2021-current, 2019-2020
Faculty Affiliate, Mary Ann Swetland Center for Environmental Health at Case Western Reserve University, School of Medicine, 2019-current 
Fulbright Canada Research Chair in North American Politics, Carleton University, 2022
Enarson Fellow, John Glenn College of Public Affairs, Ohio State University, Summer 2019
Washington Academic Internship Program Faculty Fellow, John Glenn College of Public Affairs, Ohio State University, Summer 2019

Director, Center for Farmland Policy Innovation, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, 2006-2012
Program Manager, Exurban Change Program, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, 2002-2006
Ohio Director, American Farmland Trust, Columbus, Ohio, 1999-2002
Policy and Planning/GIS Research Assistant, Wisconsin Land Use Research, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, 1997-1999
Urban Ecosystem Awareness Team, AmeriCorps, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, Columbus, Ohio, 1995-1996
Policy Intern, Biodiversity Action Network, Washington, DC, 1995

Ohio State University, Winter 2009, Ph.D., Geography
University of Wisconsin, Summer 1999, M.S., Land Resources
Ohio State University, Spring 1995, B.S., Natural Resources with Distinction, cum laude

Inwood, S, Clark, JK, Irish, A, Hendrickson, M, Plakias, Z, Vittie, JD, & McKelvey, B. (2025). Finding our way through the Fog: Embedding Social Infrastructure in Food System Resilience, Agriculture Food and Human Values

Scharadin, B, Wang, Y*, Clark, JK. (Forthcoming). The Impact of Differential Treatment by Race and Ethnicity on Diet Quality. Journal of Economics, Race, and Policy. 

Wilkes, J, Levkoe, CZ, Andrée, P & Clark, JK (2025) Strengthening democratic governance in- times of crisis: Lessons from the Canadian Food Policy Advisory Council, Canadian Food Studies, 12 (1)

Park, S*, Clark, JK, Schmiesing, RJ, Reece, J, Kaiser, ML, & Lee, JY. (2024). Neighbors’ Perceptions of University Engaged “Research”. Journal of Planning Education and Research. https://doi.org/10.1177/0739456X241284271

Moragues-Faus, A, Clark, JK, Battersby, J, & Davies, AR. (2024). The potential of urban food governance to transform lives, cities, and the planet. Global Food Security, 40, 100751.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2024.100751 
(IF=8.9)

Guinto, R, Holley, K. Pictou, S, Tinirau, R, Wiremu, F, Andreé, P, Clark, JK, Levkoe, C, & Reeve, B. (2024). Challenging power relations in food systems governance: A conversation about moving from inclusion to decolonization. Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 13(2), 1–18. https://doi.org/10.5304/jafscd.2024.132.009
(IF=3.2)

Merritt, K*, Clark, JK & Freedman, DA. (2024). Social enterprise and food sovereignty: Strange bedfellows or systemic supports? Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development
(IF=3.2)

Young Lee, J, Clark, JK, Schmiesing, Michelle Kaiser, Reece, J & Park, S*. (2024). Perspectives of Community Members on Community-based Participatory Research: A Systematic Literature Review, Journal of Urban Affairs. http://doi.org/10.1080/07352166.2024.2305132 
(IF=2.5)

Clark, JK, Holley, K, Sweeney, G*, Reitz, C*, Glickman, A*, Allen, C* & Reece, J. (2024). Social Equity of Public Participation Environments. Journal of Social Equity and Public Administration. 2(1), 91-107. https://doi.org/10.24926/jsepa.v2i1.5229 
(IF=N/A)

Hale, J, Irish, A, Carolan, M, Clark, JK, Inwood, S, Jablonski, BRR, and Johnson, T. (2023). A Systematic Review of Cultural Capital in U.S. Community Development Research. Journal of Rural Studies, 103. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2023.103113 
(IF=5.90)

Jablonski, BBR, Pender, J, Bauman, A, Rupasingha, A, & Clark, JK. (2023). Stocks of Wealth and the Value-Added Food and Agriculture Sector. Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 48(3), 560-580.   (IF=1.73)

Garg, DH*, Spiker, ML, Clark, JK, Christian Reynolds, C. & Otten, J. (2022). Food systems governance should be preceded by Food Systems Diplomacy. Nature Food. 3, 667-670. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-022-00595-8 
(IF=23.20)

Clark, JK & Jablonski, BBR. (2022). Managing across boundaries for coordinated local and regional food system policy. Food Policy. 112 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2022.102312
(IF=6.08)

Clark, JK. (2022). Equitable deliberative participation design: A call to use a lens of multidimensional power. Perspectives on Public Management and Governance. 5(3), 204-208. https://doi.org/10.1093/ppmgov/gvac011
(IF=1.57)

Freedman, DA, Clark, JK, Lounsbury, DW, Boswell, L, Burns, M, Jackson, MB, Mikelbank, K, Donley, G,* Worley Bell, L, Mitchell, J, Ciesielski, TH, Embaye, M, Kyung Lee, E, Roche, A,* Gill, I, & Yamoah, O. (2022). Food system dynamics structuring nutrition equity in racialized urban neighborhoods. The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 11(4), 1027-1038. https://doi.org/10.1093/ajcn/nqab380
(IF=8.41)

Editors Choice
Karetny, J*, Hoy, C, Usher, K, Clark, JK, & Conroy, M. (2022). Planning toward sustainable food systems: An exploratory assessment of local US food system plans. Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development 11(4), 115-138. https://doi.org/10.5304/jafscd.2022.114.008 
(IF=N/A)

Benninger, E, Donley, G*, Schmidt-Sane, M*, Clark, JK, Lounsbury, DW, Rose, D, & Freedman, D. (2021). Fixes that Fail: A system archetype for examining racialized structures within the food system. American Journal of Community Psychology, 68. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ajcp.12534 
(IF=4.02)

Clark, JK. (2021). Public values and public participation: A case of collaborative governance of a planning process. American Review of Public Administration, 51(3): 199-212. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0275074020956397
(IF=4.79)

Glickman A.*, Clark JK, & Freedman D. (2021) A Relational Approach to the Food Environment Finds That the Food Environment Matters for Those Who Use It. Health & Place, 69. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2021.102564
(IF=4.08)

Clark, JK, Conley, B, & Raja, S. (2021). Essential, fragile, and invisible community food infrastructure: The role of urban governments in the United States. Food Policy, 103. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2020.102014
(IF=6.08)

Winner of the William E. Mosher and Frederick C. Mosher Award for Best Research Article published in Public Administration Review, 2019

Clark, JK & Jablonski, BBR. (2018). Federal policy, administration, and local food coming of age. Choices: A Publication of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, 33(3), 1-8.
(IF=N/A)

Clark, JK. <(2018). From civic group to advocacy coalition: Using a food policy audit as a tool for change. Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 8(1), 21-38. https://doi.org/10.5304/jafscd.2018.081.004 
(IF=N/A)

Taylor, C, Spees, C, Markwordt, A, Watowicz, R, Clark, JK, & Hooker, N. (2017). Differences in US adult dietary patterns by food security status. Journal of Consumer Affairs, 51(3), 549-565. https://doi.org/10.1111/joca.12166 
(IF=2.06)

Clark, JK, Freedgood, J, Irish*, A, Hodgson, K, & Raja, S. (2017). Fail to include, plan to exclude: Reflections on local governments’ readiness to address equity in food systems policy. Built Environment, 43(3), 315-327. https://doi.org/10.2148/benv.43.3.315
(IF=6.08)

Pike*, SN, Trapl, ES, Clark, JK, Rouse, CD, Bell, BA, Sehgal, AR, Tommy To, T, Borawski, E, & Freedman, DA. (2017). Examining the food retail choice context in urban food deserts, Ohio, 2015. Preventing Chronic Disease, 14. https://doi.org/10.5888/pcd14.160408  
(IF=4.04)

Clark, JK & Record*, M. (2017). Local capitalism and civic engagement: The potential of locally-facing firms. Public Administration Review, 77(6), 875-887. https://doi.org/10.1111/puar.12791 
(IF=6.12)

Spees, CK, Hooker, NH, Clark, JK, Watowicz*, RP & Taylor, CA. (2017). Dietary intake contributions of food and beverages by source origin and food security status. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 49(8), 667-683. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jneb.2017.01.009 
(IF=3.40)

Clark, JK, Bean Smith, M, Raja, S, Loveridge, S, Freedgood, J & Hodgsen, K. (2017). Cooperative Extension and food system change - Goals, strategies and resources. Agriculture and Human Values, 34(2), 301-316. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10460-016-9715-2 
(IF=4.68)

Whittaker, JR,* Clark, JK, SanGiovannni, S & Raja, S. (2017). Planning for food systems: Community university partnerships for food systems transformation. The Metropolitan Universities Journal, 28(1), 7-26. https://doi.org/10.18060/21471 
(IF=N/A)

Clark, JK & Inwood, SM. (2016). Scaling-up regional fruit and vegetable distribution: potential for adaptive change in the food system. Agriculture and Human Values, 33(3), 503-519. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10460-015-9618-7
(IF=4.58)  

Sweeney*, G, Hand*, M, Kaiser, M, Clark, JK, Rogers, C & Spees, CK. (2016). The state of food mapping: Academic literature since 2008 and review of on-line GIS-based food mapping resources. Journal of Planning Literature Review, 31(2), 123-219. https://doi.org/10.1177/0885412215599425 
(IF=6.04)

Chen*, X. & Clark, JK. (2016). Measuring space-time access to food retailers: A case of temporal access disparity in Franklin County, Ohio. Professional Geographer, 68(2), 175-188. https://doi.org/10.1080/00330124.2015.1032876  
(IF=2.48)

Clark, JK, Dugan*, KL & Sharp, JS. (2015). Agrifood system policy agenda and research domain. Journal of Rural Studies, 42, 112-122. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2015.10.004 
(IF=6.08)

Clark, JK, Spees, C, Kaiser, M, Hicks, R, Hoy, C & Rogers, C. (2015). Community-university engagement via a boundary object: the case of food mapping in Columbus, Ohio. Journal of Public Scholarship in Higher Education, 5, 126-142.
(IF=N/A)

Young*, K & Clark, JK. (2014). Examination of the strategy, instruments and measurements used to evaluate a healthy corner store intervention. Journal of Hunger and Environmental Nutrition, 9(4), 449-470. https://doi.org/10.1080/19320248.2014.929543  
(IF=N/A)

Clark, JK, Inwood, SM & Jackson-Smith, D. (2014). Exurban farmers’ perceptions of land use policy effectiveness: Implications for the next generation of policy development. Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems and Community Development, 5(1), 1-17. https://doi.org/10.5304/jafscd.2014.051.001 
(IF=N/A)

Chen*, X & Clark, JK. (2013). Interactive three-dimensional geovisualization of space-time access to foods. Applied Geography, 43, 81–86. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeog.2013.05.012 
(IF=5.40)

Clark, JK & Munroe, DK. (2013). The relational geography of peri-urban farmer adaptation. Journal of Rural and Community Development, 8(3), 15-28.
(IF=N/A)

Inwood, SM, Clark, JK & Bean Smith, M. (2013). The differing values of multi-generation and first-generation farmers: Their influence on the structure of agriculture at the rural urban interface. Rural Sociology, 78(3), 346-370. https://doi.org/10.1111/ruso.12012 
(IF=3.06)

Inwood, SM & Clark, JK. (2013). Farm adaptation at the rural urban interface. Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 4(1), 1-18. https://doi.org/10.5304/jafscd.2013.041.007 
(IF=N/A)

Mulangu*, F & Clark, JK. (2012). Identifying and measuring rural food deserts. Journal of Extension, 50(3), 3FEA6.
(IF=0.36)

Sharp, JS, Clark, JK, Bean Smith, M, Davis, G & McCutcheon, J. (2011). Adapting community and economic development tools to the study of local foods: The case of Knox County, Ohio. Journal of Extension, 49(2), 2FEA4. 
(IF=0.36)

Clark, JK, Munroe, DK, & Mansfield, B. (2010). What counts as farming: How classification limits regionalization of the food system. Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, 3, 245-259. https://doi.org/10.1093/cjres/rsq018 
(IF= 7.49)

Clark, JK, McChesne, R, Munroe, DK & Irwin, EG. (2009). Spatial characteristics of exurban settlement pattern in the U.S. Landscape and Urban Planning, 90, 178-188. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2008.11.002 
(IF=6.85)

Sharp, JS & Clark, JK. (2008). Communities between the country and the concrete: Rediscovering the rural-urban fringe. City & Community, 7(1), 61-79. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-6040.2007.00241.x 
(IF=2.46)

Irwin, EG & Clark, JK. (2007). Mitigating the impacts of big box retail on local communities. Journal of Regional Analysis and Policy, 37(1), 53-55.
(IF=0.56)

Irwin, EG & Clark, JK. (2006). Wall Street vs. Main Street: What are the benefits and costs of Wal-Mart to local communities? Choices: The Magazine of Food, Farm & Resource Issues, 21(2), 117-122.
(IF=N/A)

Wilkes, J., Levkoe, C. Z., Andrée, P., & Clark, J K (2025). Strengthening democratic governance in times of crisis : Lessons from the Canadian Food Policy Advisory Council . Canadian Food Studies La Revue Canadienne Des études Sur l’alimentation, 12(1), 140–144. https://doi.org/10.15353/cfs-rcea.v12i1.738

Sweeney*, G, Rogers, C, Hoy, C, Clark, JK, Usher, K, Holley, K & Spees, C. (2015). Alternative agrifood projects in communities of color: a civic engagement perspective. Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 5(4), 1–7. https://doi.org/10.5304/jafscd.2015.054.005

Raja, S, Clark, JK, Freedgood, J, & Hodgson, K (2018). Reflexive and inclusive: Reimagining local government engagement in food systems. Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 8, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.5304/jafscd.2018.08B.013            

Edited special issue: Raja, S, Clark, JK, Freedgood, J, & Hodgson, K (2018). Local Government in Food Systems Work

Ramsey, D, Abrams, J, Clark, JK & Evans, N. (2013). Rural Geography-Rural Development: An Examination of Agriculture, Policy and Planning, and Community in Rural Areas. Journal of Rural and Community Development, 8(3), i-v.

Edited special issue: Ramsey, D, Abrams, J, Clark, JK & Evans, N. (2013). Rural Geography-Rural Development: An Examination of Agriculture, Policy and Planning, and Community in Rural Areas

Moragues Faus, A, Clark, JK, Battersby, J, & Davies, A. (2023). The Handbook of Urban Food Governance Oxforshire, United Kingdom: Routledge.

Andree, P, Clark, JK., Levkoe, CZ, & Lowitt, K. (Eds.). (2019). Civil Society and Social Movements in Food System Governance. Oxforshire, United Kingdom: Routledge.

Irish, A*, Clark, JK, Hodgson, K, & Raja, S. (Forthcoming). The Relational Infrastructure of Food System Policy Development. In S. Raja (Ed.), Planning for Urban Agriculture in the United States: Future Directions for a New Ethic in City Building. New York, NY: Springer Press.

Moragues Faus, A, Clark, JK, Battersby, J, & Davies, A. (2023) Urban food governance for more sustainable and just futures. In A. Moragues Faus, JK Clark, J. Battersby, & A. Davies. The Handbook of Urban Food Governance. Oxforshire, United Kingdom: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003055907

Clark, JK & Irish, A* (202e). Conceptualizing and Exploring U.S. Urban Food Policy. In A. Moragues Faus, JK Clark, J. Battersby, & A. Davies. The Handbook of Urban Food Governance. Oxforshire, United Kingdom: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003055907-18

Holley, K & Clark, JK (2022). Whiteness. In P. Ballamingie & D. Szanto (Eds.), Showing Theory to Know Theory: Understanding social science concepts through illustrative vignettes. Showing Theory Press.

Glickman, AR*, Clark, JK, & Freedman, DA. (2022). Participatory modeling of the food system: The case of community-based systems dynamics. In C. Peters and D. Thilmany (Eds.), Food Systems Modeling: Tools for Assessing Sustainability in Food and Agriculture. Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-822112-9.00003-5

Clark, JK. (2019). Collaborative Governance: The Case of Local Food Action Planning. In P. Andree, J.K. Clark, C.Z. Levkoe & K. Lowitt, K. (Eds), Civil Society and Social Movements in Food System Governance. Oxforshire, United Kingdom: Routledge.

Andrée, P, Clark, JK, Levkoe, C. Lowitt, K & Johnston*, C. (2019). The Governance Engagement Continuum: Food Movement Mobilization and the Execution of Power through Governance. In P. Andree, J. K. Clark, C.Z. Levkoe & K. Lowitt, K. (Eds), Civil Society and Social Movements in Food System Governance. Oxforshire, United Kingdom: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429503597

Andrée, P, Clark, JK, Levkoe, C. Lowitt, K & Johnston*, C. (2019). Introduction – Traversing theory and practice. In P. Andree, J. K. Clark, C.Z. Levkoe & K. Lowitt, K. (Eds), Civil Society and Social Movements in Food System Governance. Oxforshire, United Kingdom: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429503597 

Clark, JK, Marquis*, C & Raja, S. (2017). The Local Food Policy Audit: Spanning the Civic-Political Agrifood Divide. In I. Knezevic et al. (Eds.), Nourishing Communities: From Fractured Food Systems to Transformative Pathways (pp. 131-146), University of Toronto Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57000-6_8

Sharp, JS & Clark, JK. (2013). Settling at the Margins: Exurbia and Community Sociology. In M. Brennan, J. Birdger & T. Alter (Eds.), Theory, Practice, and Community Development, Routledge.

Clark, JK, Inwood, SM, Bean Smith, M, Sharp, JS & Jackson-Smith, D. (2012). Local Food Systems: The Birth of New Farmers and the Demise of the Family Farm? In N. Reid, J.D. Gatrell & P. Ross (Eds.), International Geographical Union Commission on the Dynamics of Economic Spaces Local Food Systems in Old Industrial Regions: Challenges and Opportunities, Ashgate Publishing.

Clark, JK, Inwood, SM, Sharp, JS & Jackson-Smith, D. (2010). Community-level Influences on Agricultural Trajectories: Seven Cases across Exurban US. In D.G. Winchell et al. (Eds.), Geographical Perspectives on Sustainable Rural Change, Rural Development Institute.

Marquis*, C & Clark, JK. (2016). Turning Deficit into Democracy: The Value of Food Policy Audits in Assessing and Transforming Local Food Systems. In S. Morath (Ed.), From Farm-to-Fork: Growing Sustainable Food Systems for the 21st Century, University of Akron.

Clark, JK, Inwood, SM & Sharp, JS. (2016). The Social Sustainability of Family Farms in Local Food Systems: Issues and Policy Questions. In S. Morath (Ed.), From Farm-to-Fork: Growing Sustainable Food Systems for the 21st Century, University of Akron.

Clark, JK. (2013) Food. Economic Geography, 89(2), 195-196. https://doi.org/10.1111/ecge.12010

Clark, JK. (2013) Cultivating Food Justice: Race, Class, and Sustainability. Journal of Planning Education and Research, 3(4), 494-496. https://doi.org/10.1177/0739456X13509103

Clark, JK. (2013) Food Systems and Public Health. Routledge.

Partridge, M & Clark, JK. (2008). Our Joint Future: Rural-Urban Interdependence in 21st Century Ohio. The Brookings Institution: Washington, DC. Available on-line: http://www.brookings.edu/events/2008/~/media/Files/events/2008/0910_restoring_prosperity/Partridge.pdf

Holley, K., Sweeney, G., Reitz, C.*, & Clark, JK. (Forthcoming). Inclusive Engagement in Area Commissions Report.

Inwood, S., Plakias, Z., Clark, JK, Wright, N., Irish, A.*, & J.D. Vittie. (2022). Preparing for Food System Resiliency in Ohio: Policy and Planning Lessons from COVID-19. College of Food, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences & John Glenn College of Public Affairs, Technical Report. Columbus, OH: The Ohio State University.

Clark, JK, Kaiser, M, Reece, J, & Schmeising, R. (2021). ‘Getting it right’: Principles for university engagement in the community from the perspective of the community. Office of Outreach and Engagement, Ohio State University. Available online.

Modeling the Future of Food in Your Neighborhood Collaborative. (2020). Menu of Actions for Community Driven Food Systems Change. Mary Ann Swetland Center for Environmental Health, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH. Available online.

Davidson, G* & Clark, JK. (2017). Tips for Fruitful Community-University Partnerships and Research. Johns Hopkins, Center for a Livable Future. Available on-line: https://assets.jhsph.edu/clf/mod_clfResource/doc/Community-University%20Relationships.pdf

Marquis, CR* & Clark, JK. (2014). Planning for a Farmers’ Market in Downtown Bowling Green Brief #2014-1. OSU, Center for Farmland Policy Innovation: Columbus, OH. 

Marquis, CR* & Clark, JK. (2014). Planning for a Food Hub in Portage County, OH Brief #2014-2. OSU, Center for Farmland Policy Innovation: Columbus, OH. 

Marquis, CR* & Clark, JK. (2014). Raising the Production and Efficiency of Farms in Cuyahoga Valley National Park Brief #2014-3. OSU, Center for Farmland Policy Innovation: Columbus, OH. 

Marquis, CR* & Clark, JK. (2014). Increasing Local Food Production in Toledo and Lucas County Brief #2014-4. OSU, Center for Farmland Policy Innovation: Columbus, OH. 

Holodnak, E*,   Clark, JK, & Ciccone, D. (2013). Healthy Retailing Options for Central Ohio Summary Report. Columbus: United Way of Central Ohio.

Clark, JK. (2012). Franklin County Local Food Council Pulse Survey. Columbus: Franklin County Local Food Council.

Young*, K, Clark, JK & Ciccone, D. (2012). Fresh Foods Here: A Healthy Corner Store Initiative Summary Report. Columbus: United Way of Central Ohio.

Benson*, N & Clark, JK. (2011). Healthy Corner Stores: A Best Practices Brief #2011-3. OSU, Center for Farmland Policy Innovation: Columbus, OH. 

Clark, JK, Inwood, SM & Sharp, JS. (2011). Scaling-up Connections between Regional Ohio Specialty Crop Producers and Local Markets: Distribution as the Missing Link. OSU Center for Farmland Policy Innovation: Columbus, OH. 

Muamba*, F, Clark, JK & Betz, N. * (2010). Food Access Gaps in Rural Ohio. Research Brief #2010-5. OSU, Center for Farmland Policy Innovation: Columbus, OH.

Clark, JK & Kirk Hall, P. (2010). Finding Opportunity across Political Boundaries: Balanced Growth Plans and Cross-Jurisdictional Agreements. Research Brief #2010-4. OSU, Center for Farmland Policy Innovation: Columbus, OH. 

Moulton, S, & Clark JK (2023). Undergraduate Research Pathway. Undergraduate Research Access Innovation Seed Grant Application. Ohio State University. $8,855. Grant.

Clark, JK (2022). Taking a Regional Approach to Strengthening Food Systems through Food Policy Councils. Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA, $570,272.

Clark, JK (2022). Inequitable Food Retail Access and Nutritional Food Insecurity? A Household Measure Approach to Studying Populations, Areas, and Direct Sales Opportunities, Economic Research Service, USDA, $33,325

Clark, JK (2021). Scaling-up food democracy: An analysis of Canadian and US food policy councils. J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship, $27,000.

Clark, JK and Williams-Scott, C. (2021). Building Equitable and Inclusive Civic Engagement Environments in Columbus and Beyond. Seed Fund for Racial Justice, Ohio State University, $49,995.

Inwood, S, Plakais, Z, Clark, JK, Wright, N., Vittie, J. (2020). Ohio Emergency Management Food System. OSU InFACT, Ohio State University, $34,866.

Clark, JK, Kaiser, M, Reece, J, Schmiesing R. (2020). ‘Getting it right’: Principles for university engagement in the community from the perspective of the community. Office of Outreach and Engagement, Ohio State University, $70,000.

Clark, JK, Jablonski, B, Inwood, S, Freedgood, J (2019). Pathways to prosperity: Collaborative local governing for rural wealth creation. Agriculture and Food Research Initiative, National Institute of Food and Agriculture, USDA, 2019-2022, $499,520.

Freedman, D, Lounsbury, D, Trapl, E, Bush, W, Clark, JK. (2018). Modeling the Future of Food in Your Neighborhood. Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research (Grant #560290). PI: D. Freedman. February 15, 2018 – July 31, 2021. Total: $936,419 (FFAR); $968,005 (match); $1,904,424 (combined)

Taylor, C, Clark, JK, Hooker, N, Spees, C, & Andridge, R. (2017). The Association of the Food Environment to Dietary Intakes. OSU InFACT, Ohio State University, $34,822.

Clark, JK, & Kawa, N. (2016). Ohio’s Food and AgriCulture Vision for the Future: A collective impact strategy and research agenda for InFACT and Ohio Food System Partners. OSU InFACT, Ohio State University, $30,096.

Clark, JK. (2016). Ohio Food Policy Summit. OSU InFACT, Ohio State University, $3400.

Hoy, C, Anelli, C, Boswell, J, Clark, JK, Gardiner, V, Haden, S, Heldman, D, Hitzhusen, G, Irwin, EG, Kumarappan, S, Macdonald, Martin, J, Mercer, K, Mercil, M, Miller, D, Sharp, JS & Zerby, H. (2015). A Statewide Network for Multiple Pathways to a Baccalaureate Degree in Sustainable Agriculture. USDA Higher Education Challenge Grant, $749,518.

Freedman, D, Sehgal, A, Trapl, ES, Borawski, E, Clark, JK, & Bell, B. (2015). Future of Food in Your Neighborhood Study. National Institutes of Health, 2015-2017, $2,300,000.

Clark, JK. (2015). The Process of Food Democracy. Center for the Study of Democracy, Ohio State University, $12,000.

Betz, M & Clark, JK. (2014). Producing Energy, Protecting Food: The Impact of Shale Energy Development on Food Access in Rural Communities. North Central Regional Center for Rural Development, $10,000.

Betz, M & Clark, JK & Landefeld, M. (2014). Producing Energy, Protecting Food: The Impact of Shale Energy Development on Food Access in Rural Communities. OSU CARES, Ohio State University, $20,000.

Reece, J, Rogers, C, Edgar, J, Cofer, D & Clark, JK. (2014). Inclusive and Equitable Neighborhood Revitalization on Columbus’ Southside: A University- Community Partnership to Assure Diversity and Inclusion in the Neighborhood’s Renaissance. Office of Outreach and Engagement, Ohio State University, $60,000

Clark, JK. (2014). State of Food Policy Summit. Ohio Regional Convergence Partnership, $4500.

Lezberg, S, Anderson, M, Clark, JK, Pirog, R, Edgar, C, Ostrom, M & Raison, B. (2013). Building Extension Capacity to Address Community Food Security through Food Systems. USDA National Institute of Food & Agriculture, $50,000

Kaiser, M, Ahlqvist, O, Clark, JK, Hoy, C, Kleinhenz, M, Nasar, J, O’Kelly, M, Rogers, C & Taylor, CA. (2013). Mapping the Food Environment to Inform Multi-Dimensional Intervention Strategies to Enhance Community Health and Well-Being. Food Innovation Center, Ohio State University, $50,000

Raja, S, Clark, JK, Freedgood, J & Hodgson, K. (2012). Building Local Government Capacity to Alleviate Food Deserts: Creating, Implementing and Sustaining Policies and Plans for Healthy Food Systems. Global Food Security Competitive Research Grant, Agriculture and Food Research Initiative, USDA, 2012-2017, $3,900,000.

Clark, JK. 2012. Visualizing the Food Policy Domain. Food Innovation Center, Ohio State University, $2,977.

Jones, KB, Bennett, K, Boswell, J, Braumoeller, B, Clark, JK, Coleman, L, Hanlon, B, Hoy, Michael Mercil, P. Grewel, & Colleen Spees. (2012). Situating Local Food through New Urban Plans. Food Innovation Center, Ohio State University, $2500.

Kaiser, M, Ahlqvist, O, Clark, JK, Cowley, J, Habash, D, Hanlon, B, Hilbert, N, Hoy, C, Kaye, G, Kleinhenz, M, Norris, D, Reece, J, Rogers, C, Remley, D, Sharp, JS, Spees, C & Taylor, C. (2012). Food Mapping Initiative. Food Innovation Center, Ohio State University, $2500.

Sharp, JS, Clark, JK & Inwood, SM. (2010). Small and medium scale farm growth, reproduction and persistence at the rural-urban interface balancing family, goals, opportunities and risks. Foundational Program Competitive Grant, Agriculture and Food Research Initiative, USDA, 2011-2015, $343,931.

Clark, JK & Randall, A. (2010). Ohio Center for Farmland Policy Innovation. USDA National Institute for Food and Agriculture, 2010-11, $149,760.

Clark, JK & Randall, A. (2010). Ohio Neighborhood Harvest: Demonstration of, and Best Practices for, Creating Fruit and Vegetable Oases in Food Deserts. Specialty Crop Block Grant, 2010-11, $99,992.                

Clark, JK & Randall, A. (2009). Ohio Center for Farmland Policy Innovation. National Institute of Food & Agriculture, 2009-10, $98,280.

Randall, A & Clark, JK. (2006). Ohio Center for Farmland Policy Innovation. USDA Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, 2006-11, $376,900.

2026.^†   Local food and agriculture governance: Driver of change or island of innovation? COMPAS Panel: Food Agriculture and Policy, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, February 27.

2025     Regional Collaborative Governance: The search for internal credibility via democratic practice, Public Management Research Conference, Seoul, South Korea, June 27.

2025.^†   Inclusive governance in food systems planning and policy. Handbook on Inclusive Governance Workshop, Raleigh, NC, January 30 (with Karen Bassarab).

2024     Cultivating Equitable Pathways to Undergraduate Research Engagement panel, Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs, and Administration annual meeting, Washington, DC, October 25

2024^†    Reflections on Regional Food Governance from a National Community of Practice Food Systems Research Summit, Vermont September 17

2024^†    Inclusive Civic Engagement Environments: Results from Theory to Practice, Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity, Ohio State university, Columbus, OH., September 11

2024     A Regional Approach to Food Systems Governance roundtable, Conference of the Association for the Study of Food and Society and the Agriculture, Food, and Human Values Society, Syracuse, NY, June 6

2024^†    Social Enterprise, Food Justice, and Food Sovereignty: Strange bedfellows or systemic supports?, Swetland Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, April 16

2024     A Scoping Review of Regional Governance, Global Food Security Conference, Leuven, Belgium, April 9

2023.^† AFHVS Presidential Address - AFHVS: Generating joy to confront and create power, Conference of the Association for the Study of Food and Society and the Agriculture, Food, and Human Values Society, Boston, May 31. 

2022.† Community-Engaged Research Case Studies, Community & Collaboration Workshop, Institute for Population Research, Ohio State University, November 2. (with J. Garner and T. Price-Spratlen) 

2022. A framework for analyzing equity and inclusivity of public participation environments, Public Management Research Conference, Phoenix, AZ, May 28. 

2022. Growing Rural Wealth Through Food and Agriculture Development: Opportunities and Next Steps, Joint 2020 Annual Meetings and Conference of the Association for the Study of Food and Society and the Agriculture, Food, and Human Values Society, Athens, Georgia, May 20. 

2022.^† 'Shifting the Burden:’ Diagnosing injustice in the food system, Lakehead University, Canada, May 1. 

2022.^† Why don’t those people show up at my meetings?: Public participation, equity, and inclusion, Department of Political Science Seminar Series, Carleton University, April 7. 

2022.^† Building Equitable and Inclusive Civic Engagement Environments, Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity Bi-Weekly Forum, Ohio State University, March 17. (with K. Holley) 

2021.^† Sustainable food systems: Cities taking the lead, National Academy of Public Administration, Virtual, November 9. 

2021.^† What does the “community” think of community based participatory research? OSU Community/Public Engagement Faculty Community of Practice, Virtual, September 30. (with M. Kaiser) 

2021. Relationship in Place: A rural perspective on public participation, Public Management Research Conference, Virtual, June 25. (with A. Irish) 

2021. Equitable Deliberative Public Participation Design through a Lens of Multi-Dimensional Power, American Society of Public Administration, April 12. 

2021.^† 'Fixes that Fail:' Using community-based systems modeling to diagnose injustice in the food system, Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity Forum, Ohio State University, April 8. 

2021. Emergency managing towards resilient agri-food systems round table, Agriculture, Food, and Human Values Society, Virtual, June 11. (with S. Inwood, A. Palmer, M. Hendrickson, J. Vittie, and Z. Plakias) 

2021. Equitable Deliberative Public Participation Design through a Lens of Multi-Dimensional Power, American Society for Public Administration annual meeting, Virtual, April 12. 

2020.^† Policies and Governance, Fulbright Canada Discussion Series, December 3 (with Michele Betsill, Brooke Ackerly, and Kenneth Richards) 

2020.^† 'Fixes that Fail:' Using community-based systems modeling to diagnose injustice in the food system, Keynote presentation, Urban Food System Symposium, Kansas State University, October 28 (with Jennifer King). 

2020.^† Creating a Menu of Actions for Community Driven Food Systems Change, Swetland Center Seminar Series, Case Western Reserve University, November 17. 

2020. Residential Proximity to Low-Quality Food Retailers and Diet Behavior: Exploring the Micro Food Environment within Low-Income Neighborhoods, Association of Public Policy Analysis and Management Fall Research Conference, on-line, November 11 (with Alannah Glickman). 

2020. Understanding Public Participation in a Rural Communities, Public Management Research Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii, June 24-27, 2020. Conference canceled due to COVID-19 

2020. Understanding Civic in Food and Agriculture in Rural Communities. Joint 2020 Annual Meetings and Conference of the Association for the Study of Food and Society and the Agriculture, Food, and Human Values Society, Athens, Georgia, May 27-30. Conference canceled due to COVID-19 

2019.^† Building deliberative places and spaces: Making sense of the power of food movements in governance processes in the Global North, Ostrom Workshop, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, September 30. 

2019.^† “Why don’t those people show up at my meetings?” Social equity & public participation, Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity, January 24. 

2018. Civil society and social movements in food system governance: A conceptualization of power and governance arrangements, Association for Research on Nonprofit and Volunteer Actions, Austin, TX, November 17. 

2018.^† Public Policy Response to Food and Equity, Food, Equity, and Ethics, pre-American Collegiate Schools of Planning workshop, Buffalo, NY, October 24. 

2018. Food Policy Councils and Academia: Reciprocal Relationships in Action, Agriculture, Food, and Human Values Society, Madison, Wisconsin, June 15. 

2018. Rural Food Systems: Research Trajectories that Evaluate Social, Ecological and Economic Impacts, Agriculture, Food, and Human Values Society, Madison, Wisconsin, June 14. 

2018. Governance of public participation: Local food action planning, Public Management Research Conference, Singapore, June 1. 

2017.^† Citizen, Civil Society, and Social Movement Engagement in Food System Governance for Justice and Sustainability, FLEdGE (Food: Locally Embedded, Globally Engaged) Workshop, Laurier Centre for Sustainable Food Systems, Waterloo, Canada, September 7. (with P. Andree and C. Johnston) 

2017. Innovation in US food policy implementation: A new model for a new agenda, American Society of Public Administration, Atlanta, GA, March 21. 

2016. What and from Where We Eat in America: The impact of food sources on dietary intake, Association of Public Policy Analysis and Management Fall Research Conference. November 3. Washington, DC. 

2016.^† Food Governance Innovations for Systems, Agriculture and Human Values Society annual meeting, Toronto, Canada, June 23. 

2016. How democratic is food democracy? A study of eight U.S. local government food policy task forces, Agriculture and Human Values Society annual meeting, Toronto, CA, June 23. 

2016. The Political Engagement Marketplace: Passive gatekeeping and its impact on social equity, Midwest Political Science Association annual conference, Chicago, IL, April 7. 

2016. Engaging Stakeholders in Local Food System Governance: Cases from Eight U.S. Counties, American Society for Public Administration annual meeting, Seattle, WA, March 19. 

2015.^† Food System Policy and Public Values Failure, Enhancing Food Security in /the Northeast through Regional Food Systems Project, Baltimore, MD, December 10. 

2015.^† Place-based Healthy Food Access Policy, Health and Rehabilitation Science Grand Rounds, Columbus, OH, December 4. 

2015. Poverty and food environments: Access to retailers over space & time, 2015 Association of Public Policy Analysis and Management Fall Research Conference, Miami, FL, November 14. 

2015. Food System Planning: Do rural areas deserve special attention?, American Collegiate Schools of Planning annual conference, Houston, TX, October 24. 

2015.^† Growing Food Connections: Integration, Scaling-up and Innovative Governance, FLEdGE (Food: Locally Embedded, Globally Engaged) Workshop, Laurier Centre for Sustainable Food Systems, Waterloo, Canada, September 10. 

2015.^† Producing Energy, Protecting Food: Does Shale Energy Development Affect Retail Food Options in Rural communities?, North Central Rural Regional Development Center, On-line webinar, August 18. (with Mike Betz) 

2015.† Do local food producers produce better places? Examining the relationship between producers’ market channels and civic and political engagement, 8th Quadrennial Conference of British, Canadian and American Rural Geographers, Swansea, Wales, July 9. 

2015. From Civic Group to Advocacy Coalition: How a Food Policy Audit Became the Tool for Change Prepared for the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, April 17. 

2015. Producing Energy, Impacting Food: The Impact of Shale Energy Development on the Community Retail Food Environment, Association of American Geographers, Chicago, IL, April 25. 

2014.^† The Local Food Policy Audit: Spanning the Civic-Political Agriculture Divide, Sustainable Regional Food Systems Workshop: Theory, Practice and Policy, Waterloo, Ontario, June 26. 

2014. Food System Planning & the Economy, Agriculture, Food and Human Values Society, Burlington, VT, June 19. 

2014. Production, Marketing and Operator Diversity at the Rural‐Urban Interface, Agriculture, Food and Human Values Society, Burlington, VT, June 20. 

2014.^† Visualizing the Agri-Food System Policy Research Domain. Prepared for the 58th Annual Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society. February 6. Port Maquarie, Australia. 

2014.^† Mapping Alternative Agrifood System Policy Research. Prepared for the Tufts Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy Seminar Series. January 29. Boston. 

2013. The Alternative Agrifood System Policy. Presented at 2013 Fall Research Conference Association of Public Policy Analysis and Management. November 7. Washington, DC. 

2013. Growing Food Connections. Poster prepared for Canadian Food Studies. June 1-4. Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. 

2013. Does the Exurban Land Use Policyscape Support Local Food Systems?, Agriculture, Food and Human Values Society, East Lansing, MI, June 20. 

2013. Building Local Government Capacity to Connect Producers and Community Members: The Role of Extension, Agriculture, Food and Human Values Society, East Lansing, MI, June 21. 

2013. Building Local Government Capacity to Strengthen Food Systems, American Planning Association, Chicago, IL, April 15. 

2012. Scaling-up Regional Fruit and Vegetable Distribution: Opportunities for Adaptive Change in the Food System, Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, New York, NY, February 10. 

2011. An Alternative Route to a New Direction in Relational Economic Geography: What Can Farming Contribute?, Annual International Conference of the Royal Geographical Society, sessions on New Directions for Economic Geography, London, September 2. 

2011. A Reconceptualization of Farmer Adaptation: Relating Agents, the Political Economy and the (Re)Creation of Rural Spaces, 7th Quadrennial Conference of British, Canadian and American Rural Geographers, Winnipeg, Manitoba, July 14. 

2010. Local Food Systems: The Birth of New Farmers and the Demise of the Family Farm?, International Geographical Union Commission on the Dynamics of Economic Spaces Local Food Systems in Old Industrial Regions: Challenges and Opportunities, Toledo, OH, August 4. 

2025^†. Chat and Chew, Food Policy & Healthy Food Access in Ohio, Sisters Health Foundation, Virtual, October 28. 

2025^†. Urban Agriculture Policy, Leadership Forum, Ohio State University, October 24

2025^†. Food insecurity and food access in today’s world, Newark Public Library, July 29

2024^†. Ohio Food Policy, Community Growers Network, Delaware, OH, January 27. 

2023^†. The “Departments of Food,” United Way Food Summit, Toledo, November 17. 

2023^†. Perspectives on Urban Farming, Food Systems, and Community Well Being, Denison, June 20-21. 

2022^†. Understanding and Measuring Power. Nourishing Power Network, Case Western Reserve University, May 16. 

2021^†. Preparing Ohio's Food System for the Next Disaster. Presented at the Ohio Emergency Management Agency, Virtual, May 14. (with S. Inwood, Z. Plakias, A. Irish, and N. Wright) 

2021^†. Bridging Urban-Rural Needs. Presented at the Power of Food national convening, Virtual, September 22. (with B.B.R. Jablonski) 

2018^†. Local Food Policy and Collaboration. Presented to the Summit Food Policy Coalition, Akron, OH. August 8. 

2018.^† The Public Value of Small and Midsize Farms, Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Association, March 27. 

2018.^† The Local Food Policy Audit: Transitioning an FPC from a civic group to an advocacy coalition, National Food Policy Network, Baltimore, MD. February 12. (with C. Marquis) 

2017^†. Youth and Civic Engagement: Do Millennials even know how to bowl? Global Business & Education Conference, Newark, OH, October 18. 

2017^†. Growing Food Connections Research. National Food Policy Network, Baltimore, MD, August 17. 

2017^†. Food Policy Readiness. Northeast Region Food Council Workshop, Cleveland, OH, August 3. 

2017^†. Ohio’s Food Policy Roadmap. National Food Policy Network, Baltimore, MD, August 2. 

2017^†. Health, Hunger, and Place: Policy and projects in Columbus, Ohio, Central Ohio Dietetics Association, Columbus, OH, March 28. 

2016^†. Inclusive Civic Engagement – A salon, Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity, Columbus, OH, June 8. (with Holley, K & Estabrook, B) 

2016^†. Social Equity and Civic Engagement, Civic Engagement Innovation Lab, Dublin, OH, April 28. 

2016^†. Why Ohio State? Why Food Security? Why Now?, Buckeye Summit, Columbus, OH, April 13. 

2015^†. Food Policy Coalitions, Philanthropy Ohio Annual Meeting, Columbus, OH, April 18. 

2015^†. Scaling Up the Distribution of Local Fresh Fruits and Vegetables: The Retailers’ and Distributors’ Perspective, Ohio and West Virginia Food Hub Network, Columbus, OH, August 18. 

2014^†. Urban(food)/Rural(farm) Connection, New Member Orientation Program, Ohio Legislative Service Commission, Columbus, OH, November 18. 

2014^†. New Perspectives on the Next Generation of Farm Households, American Farmland Trust Conference, Lexington, KY, October 22. 

2014†. Place-based Healthy Food Access Policy, 2014 Community Engagement Conference, Columbus, OH, September 12. 

2014. Food (and Health) Affairs: Policy and Practice, 2014 Glenn School Leadership Forum. Columbus, OH, October 17. (with Hooker, N) 

2014†. Ohio Food Policy, Ohio Healthy Food Financing Summit, Columbus, OH, October 2. 

2013†. Scaling up food policy, National Food Policy Council Convening, Chicago, IL, November 13. 

2013. Should Food Policy be Part of the Farm Bill?, John Glenn School of Public Affairs Policy Forum, Washington, DC., October 23. 

2013. Growing Food Connections, National Planning Conference, Chicago, IL, April 14. 

2011†. Healthy Food around the Corner, 2012 Health Educator's Institute, Loudenville, OH, October 20. 

2011†. Food System Policy, North Central Extension Metropolitan Food Systems Programming Symposium, On-line webinar, July 28. (with Cavanaugh-Grant, D & Chase, C) 

2010†. The Local Food and Farming Landscape, Ohio Agricultural Law Symposium, Columbus, OH, September 17. 

Arts & Sciences, 1138.16: Touring the Food System – Thinking Global, Experiencing Local, AU17 
Public Affairs, 2120: Civic Engagement and Public Service, SP26, AU25, SP25, AU24, SP24, AU23, SP23, AU22, SP21, SP 20, SP19, AU18, SP18, AU17, SP17, SP16, SP15, AU14, SP14, AU13, SP13, AU12 
Public Affairs, 4020: Contemporary Issues in Governance, SU 19 
Public Affairs, 4021: Capstone Research Paper, SU 19 
Public Affairs, 5573: Qualitative Methods in Public Affairs Practice, SP26, SP25, SP23 
Public Affairs, 5900: Food System Planning and the Economy, SP18, AU15, AU14, AU13, SP13 
Public Affairs, 6000: Public Policy Formulation and Implementation, AU 21, AU19, AU18, AU16, AU15 
Public Affairs, 7573: Qualitative Methods, SP19, SP17 
Public Affairs, 8193: Reading Group: Social Equity in Public Administration, AU18 
City and Regional Planning, Rebuilding the Food System, SP11 

03/2025 Qualitative Methods, PUBAFRS 7753
11/2024  Doctoral Policy Seminar, PA 8000
09/2024  Eminence Fellow Seminar
09/2023  Eminence Fellow Seminar
11/2022  Eminence Fellow Seminar 
10/2022  Eminence Fellow Seminar 
03/2022  Planning for Food Systems Health, 222.665.01, Johns Hopkins University
11/2021  Phytochemicals in Human Health: Crops to the Clinic, FS 7830
11/2021  Doctoral Foundations, PA 8000
09/2021  Realizing the Plan, CRP 4910
10/2019  Phytochemicals in Human Health: Crops to the Clinic, FS 7830
03/2019  Community Nutrition, 4500          
04/2018  Obesity, A Multidisciplinary Foundation, CONSCI 5194/PUBHHBP 7550
02/2018  Community Nutrition, 4500         
10/2017  Phytochemicals in Human Health: Crops to the Clinic, FS 7830
05/2016  Global Seminar: Food, GS 120, Antioch College
04/2016  Medical Dietetics, 4500: Community Nutrition
02/2016  Health and Rehabilitation Sciences 5000: Interdisciplinary Case Management for Working with Underserved Populations
07/2015  Health Care Environments, Mount Carmel College of Nursing
03/2015  Public Affairs, 2120: Civic Engagement
01/2015  Public Affairs, 5600: Science, Engineering, and Public Policy
01/2015  Geography, 5402: Land Use Geography      
07/2014  Health Care Environments, Mount Carmel College of Nursing
03/2014   Geography, 5402: Land Use Geography 
04/2014  Medical Dietetics, 4500: Community Nutrition
06/2013  Health Care Environments, Mount Carmel College of Nursing
03/2013  City and Regional Planning, 6590: Transportation Studio

2025 – dissertation committee member, Rashad Alirhayim, City and Regional Planning, The Ohio State University.
2024 – candidacy exam committee member, Rashad Alirhayim, City and Regional Planning, The Ohio State University.
2023 – current, committee member, Mattie Grooms Phillips, City and Regional Planning, The Ohio State University.
2023 – candidacy exam committee member, Renee Ripley, City and Regional Planning, The Ohio State University.
2023 – 2025, committee member, Travis Scheadler, College of Social Work, The Ohio State University
2022 – 2024, committee member, Siyu Liu, John Glenn College of Public Affairs, The Ohio State University
2022 – 2024, advisor, Kathleen Krzyzanowski Guerra, John Glenn College of Public Affairs, The Ohio State University
2022 – 2023, committee member, Charity Scott, John Glenn College of Public Affairs, The Ohio State University
2021 – 2025, committee member, Angie Westover-Munoz, John Glenn College of Public Affairs, The- Ohio State University
2021 – 2023, committee member, Abigail Roche, Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences Mary Ann Swetland Center for Environmental Health School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University
2020 – 2021, Seungbin Park, candidacy exam committee member, City and Regional Planning, The Ohio State University.
2018 – 2022, committee member, Sarah Walton, Rural Sociology, The Ohio State University.
2019 – 2021, advisor, Alannah Glickman, John Glenn College of Public Affairs, The Ohio State University.
2020 – 2021, committee member, Kelsey Ryan Simpkins, Rural Sociology, The Ohio State University.
2019 – 2020, committee member, Zhongnan Jiang, John Glenn College of Public Affairs, The Ohio State University.
2018 – 2019, committee member, Florence Becot, Rural Sociology, The Ohio State University.
2018 – 2021, advisor, Aiden Irish, John Glenn College of Public Affairs, The Ohio State University.
2015 – 2018, committee member, Larry Overholt. Department of Agricultural Communication, Education, and Leadership, The Ohio State University.
2015 – 2017, committee member, Matthew Record. John Glenn College of Public Affairs. The Ohio State University.
2015 – 2017, committee member, Kimberly Young. John Glenn College of Public Affairs, The Ohio State University.
2015 – 2016, committee member, Jason Reece. City and Regional Planning, The Ohio State University.
2014 – 2017, committee member, Michelle Hand. Social Work, The Ohio State University.
2014 – 2017, committee member, Elizabeth Botkins. Department of Agricultural Environmental and Development Economics, The Ohio State University.
2014 – 2015, committee member, Thomas Henshaw. Rural Sociology, The Ohio State University.
2013 – 2016, committee member, LaPorchia Collins. Department of Agricultural Environmental and Development Economics, The Ohio State University.
2013 – 2015, committee member, Clare Cho. Department of Agricultural Environmental and Development Economics, The Ohio State University.
2012 – 2014, committee member, Xiang (Peter) Chen. Geography, The Ohio State University.

2023 – 2024, committee member, Jennifer (Nikki) Nadeau, School of Environment and Natural Resources, The Ohio State University.
2019 – 2021, committee member, Jeremy Hershberger, Rural Sociology, The Ohio State University.
2018 – 2020, committee member, Jane Karetny, City and Regional Planning, The Ohio State University 
2017 – 2018, committee member, Sarah Walton, Rural Sociology, The Ohio State University 
2016 – 2017, committee member, Stephan Z. Zarich, Medical Dietetics, The Ohio State University.
2016 – 2017, committee member, Laura DiGiulio, Rural Sociology, The Ohio State University.
2014 – 2017, committee member, Stacey Haught, Rural Sociology, The Ohio State University.
2014 – 2015, committee member, Gregory Craig, Agricultural, Environmental and Development Economics, The Ohio State University.
2012 – 2013, committee member, Caitlin Marquis, Rural Sociology, The Ohio State University.
2011 – 2013, committee member, Benjamin Kerrick, Environmental Science and City & Regional Planning, The Ohio State University.

2025 – current, advisor, Aric Schauer, John Glenn College of Public Affairs, The Ohio State University.
2023 – 2024, advisor, Camryn Reitz, John Glenn College of Public Affairs, The Ohio State University.
2023 – 2024, committee member, Gavin Enseleit, John Glenn College of Public Affairs, The Ohio State University.
2022 – 2023, advisor, Lauren Dahler, John Glenn College of Public Affairs, The Ohio State University.
2021 – committee member, Fatima Dahir, Geography, The Ohio State University.
2019 – 2020, advisor, Stephen Listisen, John Glenn College of Public Affairs, The Ohio State University.
2018 – 2019, advisor, Megan Simmons, John Glenn College of Public Affairs, The Ohio State University.
2016 – committee member, Sarah Hudacek, John Glenn College of Public Affairs, The Ohio State University.
2015 – committee member, Laura Kington. Environment, Economy, Development and Sustainability (EEDS), The Ohio State University.
2014 – 2016, advisor, Rachel Metzger, Environment, Economy, Development and Sustainability (EEDS), The Ohio State University.
2014 – 2016, advisor, Kayla Goldberg, Environment, Economy, Development and Sustainability (EEDS), The Ohio State University.
2013 – committee member, Ariel Miller. Rural Sociology, The Ohio State University. 
2013 – committee member, Kali Grant, John Glenn College of Public Affairs, The Ohio State University. 
2013 – committee member, Zachary Green, John Glenn College of Public Affairs, The Ohio State University. 

Journal of Policy Analysis and Management
Environment and Planning A
Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems
Annals of the Association of American Geographers
Journal of Rural Studies                             
Applied Geography
GeoJournal
Land Use Policy
Agriculture
Journal of Nutrition and Environmental Behavior
Professional Geographer
Journal of Land Use Science
European Political Science Review
Policy Design and Practice
Perspectives on Public Management and Governance
Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development
Journal of Social Equity and Public Affairs
Public Administration Review 
Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory 
Landscape and Urban Planning
Rural Sociology
Agriculture and Human Values
Land
Environmental Studies and Sciences
Journal of Economics and Politics
Journal of Consumer Affairs
Choices
Journal of Planning Literature
Science and Public Policy 
Food Security
Canadian Food Studies

2025     United States Department of Agriculture, Regional Food System Partnerships Program (grant program)
2023     Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research (grant program)
2022     Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research (grant program)
2021     Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research (grant program)
2020     Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research (grant program)
2018     Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food & Ministry of Rural New Directions Research Program (grant program)
2016     University of Nebraska’s Food for Health Initiative (grant program)
2014     National Science Foundation Dissertation Award (grant program)
2014     Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food & Ministry of Rural New Directions Research Program (grant program)
2013     Pantry Panic (curriculum)
2013     Ohio University Research Grants (grant program)
2013     Ohio Osteopathic Heritage Foundation (grant program)

Associate Editor, Public Administration Review, 2025-current
Editorial Board, Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems and Community Development, 2021-current 
Review Editor, Social Movements, Institutions and Governance (specialty section of Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems), 2019 – 2021 
Managing Associate Editor, Community, Local and Regional Food System e-Community of Practice, 2013 – 2015 

Agriculture, Food and Human Values Society Annual Conference, proposal review committee, 2023, 2022 
Agriculture Food and Human Values Society Annual Meeting, panel co-organizer, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2018, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013 
Public Management Research Conference, proposal review committee, 2021, 2020 
Association of Public Policy Analysis and Management Fall Research Conference, panel organizer, chair and discussant, 2021, 2020, 2018, 2016, 2015, 2013 
Public Management Research Conference, panel organizer, 2018 
FLEdGE (Food: Locally Embedded, Globally Engaged) Workshop, Laurier Centre for Sustainable Food Systems, Innovative Governance Working Group, workshop organizer, 2017 
Academic Women in Public Administration, salon co-organizer, 2016 
American Collegiate School of Planning, roundtable organizer, 2015 
Association of American Geographers, Rural Geography Specialty Group meetings and panel organizer, 2016, 2015, 2014 
Midwest Political Science Association Annual Conference, discussant and chair, 2015 
American Farmland Trust, Annual Conference, panel organizer, 2014 
Building Extension Capacity to Address Community Food Security through Food Systems, conference planner, September 29-Octrober 1, 2014 
Food Ethics/Food Policy Series, John Glenn School of Public Affairs, series co-organizer, 2013-2014 
Situating Food Symposium, Ohio State University, symposium co-organizer, November 9, 2013 
American Planning Association, National Planning Conference, Chicago, workshop co-organizer, 2013 and 2014

WIC Participant Access to Authorized Vendors Study, Technical Working Group, The United States Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service, 2026
Public Impact Research Coordinating Committee, member, 2025-current
Agriculture, Food and Human Values Society, Past-President, 2023-2024 
Agriculture, Food and Human Values Society, President, 2022-2023 
Food Tank, Academic Fellow, 2022-current 
Agriculture, Food and Human Values Society, President-elect, 2021-2022 
National Food Policy Network, Center for Livable Futures, Johns Hopkins, advisory board member, 2015-2022 
William E. Mosher and Frederick C. Mosher Award for Best Research Article Selection Committee, member, 2020 
Academic Women in Public Administration, Strategic Planning Salon at NASPAA, co-organizer, 2018 
OSU, Dynamic Regional Food, Energy, Water Systems, Regional Advisory Council member, 2018-2020
Ohio Smart Agriculture: Solutions from the Land, steering committee member, 2017-2019 
American Farmland Trust, State of America’s Farmland Initiative, advisory committee members, 2016-2018 
Agriculture, Food and Human Values Society, board member, 2015-2018 
Agriculture, Food and Human Values Society, student paper awards, chair, 2017, 2018 
Agriculture, Food and Human Values Society, student paper awards, committee member, 2016 
Rural Geography Specialty Group, Association of American Geographers, director-at-large, 2011-2016 
International Advisory Committee for the Centre for Sustainable Food Systems at Wilfrid Laurier University, member, 2012-2019 
eXtension Food Systems Community of Practice, member, national leadership team, 2012-2015 
Gamma Sigma Delta, president, 2010 

City of Columbus and Franklin County, Local Food Board, appointed member, 2021-current 
City of Columbus and Franklin County, Urban Agriculture Zoning Project Team, co-chair, 2021-2022 
Best Food Forward Board of Directors, member, 2020-2022 
Ohio Food Policy Network, steering committee, member, 2019-current 
Neighborhood Services, Inc. Food Pantry, board member, 2017-2023, secretary, 2022-2023 
Ohio Network of Local Food Policy Councils, organizer, 2012-2019 
Franklin County Local Food Council, co-chair, 2011-2013, executive committee member, 2013-current 
City of Columbus and Franklin County, Ohio Local Food Action Plan, steering committee, 2015-2016 
Ohio Healthy Food Financing Task Force, member, 2014 
United Way of Central Ohio, Health Impact Council, member, 2012-2016 
United Way of Central Ohio, Health, Nutrition and Fitness Results Committee, chair, 2012-2016 
Healthy Corner Store Collaborative, member, 2011-2015 
Ohio Department of Health, Ohio Chronic Disease Prevention Collaborative, 2013-2016 
Ohio Department of Agriculture, Office of Farmland Preservation advisory board, vice chair, 2007-2012, 2005, 2000-2002 
Ohio Department of Agriculture, Food Policy Council, Food Systems Assessment task force, researcher, 2009-2010 

Agroecosystem Management Program Undergraduate Internship, reviewer, 2025
Sustainability Research Seed Grant Program, reviewer, 2025
Interfolio Faculty Activity Reporting (FAR) pilot test group, 2024
Graduate School Fellowship Review Committee, 2024, 2023, 2021, 2020, 2019
Sustainability Community Engagement Visioning Committee, 2023
Food Pantry Assistance Club, 2023
Good to Great Grants, reviewer, 2023
TDIA Interdisciplinary Research Pilot Awards, reviewer, 2023
Eminence Fellow Application Review Committee, 2021, 2022
Best Food Forward, advisor, 2022
President's Research Excellence Program Review Committee, 2021
OSU Summer Course Assurance review, 2020
Sustainability Education Faculty Working Group, member, 2018-2019
W. K. Kellogg and Bobby Moser Food Security and Sustainability Living and Learning Community, Advisory Committee member 2017-2020
OSU Parks and Recreation Society, advisor, 2017-2020
Food Sustainability Panel, member, 2017-2019
Discovery Themes Initiative for Food and AgriCultural Transformation (InFACT), member, 2014-2021
Faculty Information System Migration Project, 2016
Denman Undergraduate Research Forum, judge, 2016
Impact Grant Review Committee, member, 2016
Data Analytics Advisory Committee, member, 2014-2015 
Food Innovation Center, member, 2012-current 
Food Production and Security Discovery Theme faculty advisory board, member, 2013-2014

2025  Jonathan Ready Powell, Emergency Medical Services Care Delivery and Measurement Across Patient Characteristics, Public Health, The Ohio State University

2024  Kathleen Marie Fast, Investigating stormwater pollution from marinas in the Great Lakes region and the hydrological and water quality mitigation provided by Green Infrastructure retrofits, Food, Agricultural, and Biological Engineering, The Ohio State University

2023  Jessica Page Sherman, Assessing the Association Between Internalized HIV Stigma and Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Women Living with HIV, College of Nursing, The Ohio State University 

2022  Blaise Leland Truesdell, Electrochemically Driven Functionalization of Alkyl Halides, Department of Chemistry, The Ohio State University

2021  Ram Bahadur Khadka, Application of Nepalese Trichoderma spp. with Anaerobic Soil Disinfestation (ASD) to Control Soil-borne Diseases and Effect of ASD on Weeds, Department of Plant Pathology, The Ohio State University

2020  Wlla Emad Mahmoud Obeidat, A Framework to Examining Women Empowerment through Establishing Sustainable Tourism Projects in Developing Countries (Case of Jordan), Consumer Sciences, Hospitality and Retail Management, The Ohio State University

2019  Yongze Yu, Interfacial Electron Transfer in p-Type Dye-Sensitized Nickel Oxide and Machine Learning for Energy Materials, Department of Chemistry, The Ohio State University

2018  Ksenafo Akulli, Education and the Individual: An Exploration of Enver Hoxha’s Philosophy of Education, College of Education, The Ohio State University

2017  Amy S. Ruppert Stark, Early Clinical Trail Design Recommendation in Oncology Based on Overall Success across Phases I, II, and III, Department of Biostatistics, The Ohio State University

2016  Jose Orlando Combita-Heredia, Biodiversity, Systematic relationships, Ontogeny and functional morphology of Mesostigmata mites associated with dung beetles (Acari: Parasitiformes), Department of Evolution, Ecology and Organismal Biology, The Ohio State University

2015  Barbara Wise, The effect of closure on the relationship between ADHD symptoms and smoking initiation: a moderation model using add health data, College of Nursing, The Ohio State University

2014  Boram Park, Millennial consumers' Cause-related Product Purchase Decision-Making Process with the Influence of Social Media, Department of Human Sciences, The Ohio State University

2013  LaBarron K. Hill, The Influence of State and Trait Perseverative Cognition on Autonomic and Hemodynamic Regulation, Department of Psychology, The Ohio State University.

Director of Undergraduate Studies and Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, chair, 2021- current, 2019-2020
Promotion and Tenure Committee, member, 2023-current
Budget and Strategic Planning Committee, member, 2022-2023, 2017-2018
Community Service Award Committee, member, 2022
John and Annie Glenn Scholarship selection committee, member, 2022, 2021, 2020
MPA-DC Fellowship Selection Committee, 2019
Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, member, 2014-2019
Ohio Food Policy Summit, organizer, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012
Undergraduate Student Paper Award Committee, 2015-2020 (chair 2017 and 2019)
Policy Dialogues, John Glenn College of Public Affairs, organizer and moderator, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2013
Wellness Committee, John Glenn College of Public Affairs, member, 2013-2017
Rewards and Recognition Committee, 2016

Academic Women in Public Administration
Public Management Research Association
Association of Public Policy Analysis and Management
American Society of Public Administration
Agriculture, Food and Human Values Society 

Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award, John Glenn College of Public Affairs, Ohio State University, 2026
Programs of Excellence in Engaged Scholarship, Ohio State University, 2025
Excellence in Engaged Scholarship, Engaged Scholarship Consortium, 2022 
Editor’s Choice, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2022 
U.S. Fulbright Scholar, Canada Fulbright Research Chair in North American Politics, Carleton University, 2021 
Carmen Common Sense Award, nominee, 2019 
William E. Mosher and Frederick C. Mosher Award for Best Research Article published in Public Administration Review, 2019 
Local Food Hero, Ohio Food Policy Network, 2017 
John T. and Ruth Weimer Mount Award, University Teaching Award, 2017 
Select US Delegate to the Eighth Quadrennial Conference of British, Canadian, and American Rural Geographers, 2015 
Most Interdisciplinary Poster Award, Food Innovation Center, Ohio State University, 2014 
Education Technology Team Award, National Award, National Association of Community Development Extension, 2013 
Ohio Farmland Preservation Ambassador, Ohio Department of Agriculture, 2012 
Gamma Sigma Delta, Ohio State University Chapter, Outstanding Service Award of Merit, 2009 
Association of American Geographers, International Geographic Information Fund, Travel Award, 2008