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Biography
Kate Gardner Burt, PhD, RDN is an associate professor and Undergraduate Program Director of the Dietetics, Foods, and Nutrition Program at Lehman College, City University of New York. She teaches courses in cultural humility and foodways and professional practice.
She embarked on a career in film and television for its power as a medium to connect with people and tell stories. Working backstage as a production assistant for World Wrestling Entertainment, Kate found herself more engaged in her conversations with wrestlers’ about their food choices than about the television program she was making. She shifted her career and obtained a masters degree in exercise physiology and nutrition from Teachers College Columbia University, where she also became a registered dietitian nutritionist. Kate began her work as dietitian in private practice, consulting, and writing a food blog, which led to the publication of her first cookbook in 2015.