Mary-Jon Ludy is an Associate Professor of Food and Nutrition, and Interim Chair of the Department of Public and Allied Health, at Bowling Green State University. She is particularly committed to involving students in the research process. She received the Blinn Award for Faculty-Undergraduate Student Basic Research in 2018, Undergraduate Faculty Mentor of the Year Award in 2017, and the Graduate College’s Distinguished Thesis Advisor Award in 2015. Within the Academy, Dr. Ludy serves as Council on Research Liaison for the Research DPG and is President-Elect for the Ohio Academy. Dr. Ludy was selected as the Research DPG’s Member of the Year Award in 2018 and became a Fellow of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics in 2016.