Devina Wadhera
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Mail code: 0811Campus: Tempe
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Devina Wadhera is currently a Faculty Associate at the College of Integrative Sciences and Arts and is the lead evaluator for the Arizona WIC program at Arizona Department of Health Services. Before this, she was Clinical Assistant Professor at Arizona State University where she administered and taught psychology courses for the undergraduate counseling and psychology degree programs. She earned a dual degree, a B.S. in Nutrition and B.A. in Psychology from Indiana University of Pennsylvania in 2007. She then moved to Arizona State University and earned a PhD in psychology in 2013. Her research interests are focused on increasing the consumption of healthy foods in children and adults. She has authored 14 papers in scientific, peer-reviewed journals and presented in numerous national and international conferences. As the Chairperson of the National WIC Association, she leads the research and evaluation efforts for all WIC programs in the country.
PhD in Psychology, 2013
Behavioral Neuroscience
Arizona State University
MA in Psychology, 2009
Behavioral Neuroscience
Arizona State University
BA in Psychology, 2007
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
BS in Nutrition, 2007
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
- Safan, M., Murillo, A.L., Wadhera, D., & Castillo-Chavez, C. (2018). Modeling the diet dynamics of children: the roles of socialization and the school environment. Letters in Biomathematics, 5 (1), 275-306. doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/23737867.2018.1552543
- Wadhera. D., & Wilkie, L.M. (2018). College-aged men view more foods as snacks than women do. Food Quality & Preference, 69, 53-56. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodqual.2018.05.008
- Wadhera, D., Wilkie, L.M. & Capaldi-Phillips, E.D. (2018). The rewarding effects of number and surface area of food in rats. Learning & Behavior, 46(3), 242-255. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13420-017-0305-y
- Murillo, A. L., Safan, M., Castillo-Chavez, C., Capaldi-Phillips, E. D., & Wadhera, D. (2015). Modeling eating behaviors: the role of environment and positive food association learning via a ratatouille effect. doi: arXiv preprint arXiv:1601.03419
- Wadhera, D., Capaldi-Phillips, E.D., & Wilkie, L. (2015). Teaching children to like and eat vegetables. Appetite, 93, 75-84. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2015.06.016
- Wadhera, D., Capaldi Phillips, E.D., Wilkie, L., & Boggess, M. (2015). Perceived recollection of frequent exposure to foods in childhood is associated with adulthood liking. Appetite, 89 (1), 22-32. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2015.01.011
- Capaldi-Phillips, E.D, & Wadhera, D. (2014). Associative conditioning can increase liking for and consumption of Brussels sprouts in 3-5-year-old children. Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, 114(8), 1236-1241. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jand.2013.11.014
- Wadhera, D. & Capaldi-Phillips, E.D. (2014). A review of visual cues associated with food on food acceptance and consumption. Eating Behaviors, 15(1), 132-143. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eatbeh.2013.11.003
- Wilkie, L.M., Capaldi-Phillips, E.D., & Wadhera, D. (2014). Sodium chloride suppresses bitterness only when plain vegetables are perceived as highly bitter. Chemosensory Perception, 7, 10-22. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12078-013-9159-7
- Wilkie, L.M., Capaldi Phillips, E.D., & Wadhera, D. (2013). Sucrose and non-nutritive sweeteners can suppress the bitterness of vegetables independent of PTC taster phenotype. Chemosensory Perception, 6, 127-139. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12078-013-9151-2
- Wadhera D. & Capaldi, E.D. (2012). Categorization of foods as “snack” and “meal” by college students. Appetite, 58, 882-888. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2012.02.006
Courses
2025 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| MIC 495 | Undergraduate Research |
| CED 250 | Career Development |
| PSY 315 | Personality Theory/Research |
2024 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
| CED 534 | Occupations and Careers |
| PSY 320 | Learning and Motivation |
2024 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| CED 591 | Seminar |
2024 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| MIC 495 | Undergraduate Research |
| CED 534 | Occupations and Careers |
| CED 250 | Career Development |
2023 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
| CED 250 | Career Development |
| CED 250 | Career Development |
2023 Spring
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| MIC 495 | Undergraduate Research |
2022 Fall
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| BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
2022 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| MIC 495 | Undergraduate Research |
2021 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
2021 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| MIC 495 | Undergraduate Research |
2020 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
2020 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| CED 591 | Seminar |
2020 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| MIC 495 | Undergraduate Research |
| PSY 470 | Psychopharmacology |
2019 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
| PSY 101 | Introduction to Psychology |
| PSY 366 | Abnormal Psychology |
| PSY 325 | Physiological Psychology |
| PSY 492 | Honors Directed Study |