Susan Harvey, PhD

Susan Harvey, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Community Health in the Department of Health, Sport, and Exercise Sciences. Her research centers around work with underserved and diverse communities focusing on improving food security and built environments conducive to healthy eating and physical activity behaviors. Dr. Harvey has experience in conducting formative, process, and impact evaluations on several school- and community-based interventions. She currently has funding from two federally funded grants with the U.S. Department of Agriculture to evaluate the impact of food security and produce prescription programming on nutrition security and overall health. She also has funding from Sunflower Foundation to evaluate Food is Medicine programming in six geographically diverse federally-qualified health centers across the state of Kansas. 

Dr. Harvey utilizes an engaged scholarship research approach in the development, implementation, and evaluation of health promotion programs, and involves undergraduate and graduate students in her collaboration with communities. Dr. Harvey has received several teaching awards recognizing her work with students. In 2018 she was the recipient of the KU Center for Service Learning Excellence in Service Learning Award, which honors faculty for implementing engaged scholarship and community service in a manner consistent with good practice and for demonstrating an impact on students and the community both in and out of the classroom.