A Population Assessment of Food Insecure Students on the UNT Campus
A Population Assessment of Food Insecure Students on the UNT Campus from Heather S. Roth
A Population Assessment of Food Insecure Students on the UNT Campus

In Fall 2014 I conducted a population assessment project through a graduate ethnographic methods course for the Dean of Students at the University of North Texast (UNT). As a class we interviewed almost 30 food insecure students at UNT and conducted several focus groups with food secure students. with another classmate, I analyzed data regarding the overall story of how a student became food insecure and what food insecurity meant to them. The findings from our research supported the opening of a campus food pantry at UNT. Students can now access food and hygiene products for free, no questions asked. For the full report, please reach out to me. You can find my contact information on my resume in the "About Heather" section of this portfolio or on my profile page.

Photo: a volunteer at the UNT Eagle Food Pantry | photo taken from (http://deanofstudents.unt.edu/resources/food-pantry)

This page represents work written by Heather Roth from a much larger report given to the Dean of Students at UNT with additional findings about food insecurity and hunger among students. Research was conducted in Fall 2014.
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This diagram represents the rationalization of food insecurity among college students at UNT. During the analysis of almost 30 interviews with food insecure students at the university, a classmate of mine and I learned that students often rationalize their own state of food insecurity because it is perceived as "normal."
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A Population Assessment of Food Insecure Students on the UNT Campus

In Fall 2014 I conducted a population assessment project through a graduate ethnographic methods course for the Dean of Students at the University of North Texast (UNT). As a class we interviewed almost 30 food insecure students at UNT and conducted several focus groups with food secure students. with another classmate, I analyzed data regarding the overall story of how a student became food insecure and what food insecurity meant to them. The findings from our research supported the opening of a campus food pantry at UNT. Students can now access food and hygiene products for free, no questions asked. For the full report, please reach out to me. You can find my contact information on my resume in the "About Heather" section of this portfolio or on my profile page.

Photo: a volunteer at the UNT Eagle Food Pantry | photo taken from (http://deanofstudents.unt.edu/resources/food-pantry)

Heather S. Roth
Design Anthropologist | UX Researcher Irving, TX