Rate My Professor Nagwan Zahry

Her research specializations encompass health communication with a focus on healthy eating, risk and crisis communication in the context of food recalls, and science communication emphasizing scientists' representation using verbal and non-verbal communication. Key publications include 'Relationships among perceived stress, emotional eating, and health-promoting lifestyle behaviors among U.S. adults from 24 states during the COVID-19 pandemic' (2021, cited 135 times), 'Stress management interventions among college students: A systematic review and meta-analysis' (2021), 'Warmth portrayals to recruit students into science majors' (2021), 'Risk governance during the COVID-19 pandemic: A communication infrastructure perspective' (2023), and 'A mindful eating program improved home eating environment and reduced food insecurity among rural economically marginalized families' (2025). Zahry's scholarship has accumulated 694 citations on Google Scholar. Prior to her academic career at UTC, she served as instructor and research project manager at Michigan State University (2017-2018), quantitative research assistant there (2012-2017), Senior Project Manager for a USAID-funded Value Chain Education Reform Project in Egypt (2008-2012), and Senior Communication Officer for another USAID project (2007-2008). She teaches courses such as social media marketing, organizational communication, and strategic communication for non-profits, and has co-developed an 'AI for Everyone' class.