Instructor & Food Safety Specialist

Joan Hegerfeld

Contact Information

Department of Nutrition, Food Science & Hospitality

South Dakota State University

SNF 439, Box 2275A

Brookings, SD 57007

Phone: 605.688.6233

Fax: 605.688.5603

E-mail: hegerfeld.joan@ces.sdstate.edu

Education

1999

M.S. Ed, Emphasis Adult Curriculum and Instruction,

South Dakota State University, Brookings, South Dakota

1981

B.S. Biology, Secondary teaching certification, Dakota

Wesleyan University, Mitchell, South Dakota

1980

B.S. Public Health Sciences, Minor in Microbiology,

South Dakota State University, Brookings, South Dakota

Professional Experience

2002 – Present

Food Safety Specialist/Instructor, Department of

Nutrition, Food Science & Hospitality, South Dakota

State University, Brookings, South Dakota

Selected Awards and Honors

South Dakota Extension Specialists Distinguished

Service Award (2003)

South Dakota Cooperative Extension Service Director’s

Award (1998)

South Dakota Cooperative Extension Specialists

Association Merit Award (1997)

Professional Services and Recognition

South Dakota Nutrition Seminar

Academic Affairs

FCS Curriculum Committee

Higher Learning Commission North Central Association

Engagement and Service Committee

Significant contributions to Research or Scholarship

Frantz, G.L. (project Director), Meyers, L.

(Producer), Hegerfeld J.M. (Co-Director), & Bledsoe,

G.E. (Co-Director). (2006) Food defense: Security in a

foodservice operation [Educational Video]. Brookings,

SD: SDSU Dept of NFSH, in cooperation with United

States Department of Agriculture Food Safety and

Inspection Service, Washington, DC.

Presented at National Food Safety Conference,

September 2006 and National Environmental Health

Association Conference, June 2007

Frantz, G. L., Hegerfeld, J. M., Weinkauf, H. A., &

Bechen, A. M. (2005). Foodservice Operator’s

preparedness for bioterrorism. Brookings, SD, South

Dakota State University, Department of Nutrition,

Food Science and Hospitality. Presented at National

Institute of Food and Technology Conference, Myrtle

Beach, March 2005.

Hegerfeld, J., Peterson, J. School Foodservice Food

Safety Program with HACCP Principles in SD. SDSU CES

and SD Department of Education. 2005

Hegerfeld, J.M. & Clark, L. (2003). Serving Food

Safely in South Dakota is Good Business: Food Manager

Recertification Curriculum and Resource Packet ESS1303.

Food Safety Employee Fact Sheets. January 2004.

Supplement to Serving Food Safely in SD is Good

Business Curriculum.  Joan Hegerfeld and Laura Clark.

Numerous fact sheets, posted on SDSU CES Foodsafety Web-

site: http://extfcs.sdstate.edu/foodsafetysite/index.cfm

Presentations

Poster Presentations

National IFT Conference Food Bioterrorism, March 2004.

Foodservice Operator’s Preparedness for Bioterrorism

National Environmental Health Conference, June 2007.

Food Defense Video