EDUCATION:

•  Ph.D. Nutrition (1979) University of Minnesota
•  B.A. Biology (1974) Northwestern University

PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT

•  January 2003- present:  C.S. Mott Chair of Sustainable Agriculture, Michigan State University 
•  July 1998- 2003:  Chair, Department of Nutritional Sciences, Cook College, Rutgers University 
•  November 1996- June 1998:  Interim Chair, Department of Nutritional Sciences, Cook College,  Rutgers University 
•  July 1988 - 2003:  Associate Professor, Department of Nutritional Sciences, Cook College, Rutgers University 
•  July 1983 - June 1988:  Assistant Professor, Department of Nutrition, Cook College, Rutgers University

•  Co-founder and Director, New Jersey Urban Ecology Program (1992- present)
•  Co-director, New Jersey Food Stamp Nutrition Education Network (1996- present)
•  Founder and director, Cook Student Organic Farm (1993- 1998)
•  Facilitator, New Jersey Cooperative Gleaning Network (1998- present)

HONORS (Selected):

•  Cook College Student Leadership “Outstanding Contribution to Teaching and Advising” (1997)
•  Rutgers University ‘‘Rutgers College Class of 1962 Public Service Award’’ (1996)
•  Certificate of Leadership - Cook College Student Life Program (1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997)
•  Cook College Teaching Award - Academic Innovation and Creativity (1992)
•  Latin American Students Association Founders’ Award--Faculty (1990)

PUBLICATIONS (Selected):

• Hamm, M.W. The Cook College Student Organic Farm: CSA as Experiential Learning in "Sharing the Harvest" by Elizabeth Henderson with Robyn Van En. Chelsea Green Publishing p. 211-213 (1999).
• Hamm, M.W. and Baron, M. Strategies for Developing an Integrated, Sustainable Urban Food System: A Case Study from New Jersey. In "for Hunger-Proof Cities: Sustainable Urban Food Systems" ed. M. Koc, R. MacRae, L.J.A. Mougeot, and J. Welsh, IDRC Press. Pp.54-59 (1999).
• Hamm, M.W. Linking Agriculture, Community Food Security & Sustainable Development: A Vision for the Northeast in "Farming Alternatives Newsletter" Vol. 7, No. 4, p. 1, 4-5, 11 (1999).
• Hamm, M.W., and Baron M.  New Brunswick Urban Ecology Program of Rutgers University and The Cook Student Organic Farm in "For ALL Generations: Making World Agriculture More Sustainable" ed. by J. Patrick Madden and Scott G. Chaplowe. WSAA Publications  p. 444-451 (1997).
• Baron, M., Hamm, M.W., and Wilson, M. Homegrown Hope: The Youth Farmstand Project. Green Teacher, Issue 52 (Summer 1997) p. 23-25
• Hamm, M.W., Baron, M., Winokur, M., and Hlubik, W.T., Case Study - Food Production and Sustainable Livelihoods in a Metropolitan State.  In:  Towards Sustainable Livelihoods, Report of 1994-95 SID PIED Workshops on Civil Society and Sustainable Livelihoods held in Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America and North America.  Society for International Development and Center for Respect of Life and Environment, January (1996).
• Hamm, M.W. From Field to Fork- In a Localized Context.WHY Magazine, Vol. 23 (Winter 1996), p. 12-13.
• Cugno, D., Janas, B., and Hamm, M.W., Nutrition Knowledge and Attitudes of Hotel and Restaurant Management Students.  Journal of the American Dietetic Association, Vol. 92 (1995), 1158-1159.
• Hamm, M.W.  New Brunswick Community Gardening and Nutrition Program.  In:  Food Security in the United States:  A Guidebook for Public Issues Education.  Wilkens, J.L., and Leidenfrost, N.B. (Eds.).  Cooperative Extension System (1994).
• Merrit, R.H., and Hamm, M.W.  Revising Agriculture, Food, Environmental and Natural Resource Curricula for the Next Decade.  Journal of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Education, Vol. 23 (1994), 112-118.

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE (Selected):

• Organizer and Moderator, Community Food Security Coalition Annual Meeting Session (10/99) "Finding Common Ground between Anti-Hunger and CFS Advocates"
• Moderator, USDA National Summit on Community Food Security Session (10/99) "Community Food Production and Marketing"
• Trainer for State Liaisons to USDA Community Food Security Initiative: Kansas City, KS (7/99),
•  Philadelphia, PA (8/99)
• Panel organizer, Society for Nutrition Education Annual Meeting (7/99) "Community Supported      Agriculture and Links to Institutions of Higher Education"
• New Jersey State Liaison, USDA Community Food Security Initiative (6/99- present)
• Review Panel, USDA ‘‘Community Food Projects’’ program (1996, 1997,1999)
• Ad Hoc Reviewer for External Grants, Leopold Center, Iowa State University (1999, 2000)
• Member, USDA Community Food Projects Evaluation Development Committee (7/98- 10/98)
• Dept. Housing & Urban Development Doctoral Grant Reviews (1997)
• Advisor, Bonner Foundation (for food recovery program development (1997- present))

INVITED TALKS (Selected):

• Penn State University (10/99) Keynote Address to "Day of Six Billion" Conference
• Corella and Bertram F. Bonner Foundation Gathering of Grantees (10/99) "Community Food Security: What it Means to the Fight Against Hunger"
• Community Food Security Coalition Annual Meeting (10/99) "Are We Partners Yet? A Roundtable Discussion of Coalition and USDA Efforts to Achieve Food Security"
• Society for Nutrition Education Annual Meeting (7/99) "A Conversation with Mike Hamm Concerning Community Food Security and Community Development"
• Greater Philadelphia Coalition Against Hunger (6/99) "What is Food Security-- From Global to Local" and "Food Web Activity"
• USDA Community Food Security Assessment Conference (6/99) "Setting the Framework: Operationalizing Community Food Security"
• Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Working Group Annual Conference (12/98) Keynote Address “Food Security and Sustainability: Linking the Local, Remembering the Global”
•  JUST Foods Conference (11/98) Keynote Panel Discussant
•  JUST Foods Conference (12/97) Keynote Panel Discussant