Megan McGuffey
- PhD (2020)
- Executive Director, Community Crops
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Alumni Update
Megan McGuffey, Ph.D., is the Executive Director at Community Crops, a nonprofit in Lincoln, NE with a mission of providing education, advocacy, and experiences to grow local food. Dr. McGuffey is engaged in local food work across the state of Nebraska. She has served on the Nebraska Legislature’s Community Garden Task Force, the Lincoln-Lancaster County Food Policy Council, and the Local Foods Coordinating Council in Omaha, Nebraska. Dr. McGuffey recently served as the Food Systems Coordinator for Share Our Table, a food security coalition in the Omaha-Council Bluffs region.
Dr. McGuffey earned her M.P.A. in 2013 and her Ph.D. in Public Administration in 2020 from the University of Nebraska at Omaha. Her research focuses on food and farm policy broadly and her dissertation examined the role of food policy networks in the local government policy process. She has co-authored food assessments for regional and statewide food policy organizations.
Additional Information
Alumni Update
Megan McGuffey, Ph.D., is the Executive Director at Community Crops, a nonprofit in Lincoln, NE with a mission of providing education, advocacy, and experiences to grow local food. Dr. McGuffey is engaged in local food work across the state of Nebraska. She has served on the Nebraska Legislature’s Community Garden Task Force, the Lincoln-Lancaster County Food Policy Council, and the Local Foods Coordinating Council in Omaha, Nebraska. Dr. McGuffey recently served as the Food Systems Coordinator for Share Our Table, a food security coalition in the Omaha-Council Bluffs region.
Dr. McGuffey earned her M.P.A. in 2013 and her Ph.D. in Public Administration in 2020 from the University of Nebraska at Omaha. Her research focuses on food and farm policy broadly and her dissertation examined the role of food policy networks in the local government policy process. She has co-authored food assessments for regional and statewide food policy organizations.