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Karina Knutson

MPH, RDN, LRD
  • Associate Director, Wellness Promotion, Wellness & Health Promotion
  • Instructor, Nutrition & Dietetics

Contact Info

Office Address

Wellness Center
801 Princeton Street Stop 8365
Grand Forks, ND 58202-8365

Biography

Karina has spent her entire professional career here at the University of North Dakota with the Wellness & Health Promotion department.  She originally joined the team in 2009 leading the nutrition program, including the Culinary Corner demonstration kitchen.  At that time she also served as the Clinical Dietitian for UND Student Health Services.  In 2011, Karina was promoted to oversee not just the nutrition programs, but all of the department's Wellness Programs.  Since that time she has also held roles overseeing facility operations and department assessment.  Karina currently serves as the Associate Director of Wellness Promotion where she provides direction and oversight for prevention, wellness education and outreach, and health promotion programs targeted towards students, faculty and staff. She remains the assessment lead for the department. 

Karina recently joined the Nutrition & Dietetics department as a part-time instructor.  She teaches World Food Patterns (N&D 335).

Karina is a native of Grand Forks and a graduate of the University of North Dakota.  She obtained a Master in Public Health- Nutrition degree from the University of Massachusetts- Amherst. 

N&D 335 - World Food Patterns

  • Health and Wellbeing
  • Health Promotion
  • Worksite Wellness
  • Health Education
  • Public Health
  • Nutrition Education
  • Student Affairs Assessment

Credentials

Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN)

Licensed Registered Dietitian (LRD)

Registered Collegiate Recreational Sports Professional (RCRSP); NIRSA

College Health & Wellness Professional (CHWP); ACHA

Awards

Research and Assessment Award, NIRSA; 2016

Recognized Young Dietitian of the Year, North Dakota Academy of Nutrition & Dietetics; 2014

University of Massachusetts - Amherst, M.P.H., Master of Public Health Nutrition, 2015

University of North Dakota, B.S., Major: Dietetics, 2008

American College Health Association (ACHA), member (2018-present)

NIRSA: Leaders in Collegiate Recreation, professional memner (2012-present)

  • Health & Wellbeing Task FOrce (2019-2022)
  • ND/MN State Director (2017-2020)
  • Research & Assessment Committee (2018-2019)
  • Assembly (2017-2019)
  • NIRSA Mentoring Program, mentor (2016-2017)

NASPA: Student Affairs Admininstrators in Higher Education, member (2012-present)

  • Region IV-W Representative for Wellness & Health Promotion Knowledge Community (2019-2021)
  • Region IV-W SERVE Program, participant (2018-2019)

Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (AND), member (2006-present)

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