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Faculty Member ProfileDavid J. DzurecExtension Associate Professor of Food Processing and University Creamery Operations ManagerJoined UConn Animal Science Department in 2004 |
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Faculty Member ProfileDavid J. DzurecExtension Associate Professor of Food Processing and University Creamery Operations ManagerJoined UConn Animal Science Department in 2004 |
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Dr. Dzurec obtained his B.A. in Psychology from Fairfield University (Connecticut) in 1971. He then went to the University of Connecticut and received an M.A. in Higher Education Administration and Counseling in 1973. He worked for one year as an Assistant to the Dean of Students at UConn. He then went to Ohio State University and earned a B.S. in Food Science in 1976. After graduating from Ohio State, he worked in the dairy processing industry for three years before entering a doctoral program in food science at Cornell University. He was granted a Ph.D. in Food Science from Cornell in 1982. He again worked in the dairy processing industry for five years. He then joined the faculty of the Food Science and Nutrition Department at Ohio State University in 1987. From there, he went to the University of Maine as an associate research professor in the Food Science Department in 1992. In 1996, he moved to Oregon where he was Executive Director of the Northwest Partnership for Environmental Technology Education and then interim director of the Academic Support Center at Oregon Institute of Technology. In 2000, he returned to UConn and joined the faculty of the Nutritional Sciences Department as an Associate Professor and Extension Food Scientist. He held that position until January, 2004 when he joined the UConn Animal Science Department. He has published about 12 reviewed articles and many extension publications.
ANSC 252 Animal Food Products:Dairy Technology
ANSC 256W Scientific Writing in Animal Food Products: Dairy Technology
Cheese Making Short Course-Date to Be Determined (January, 2008)
His major research interests have been in food product development, specifically frozen and fermented dairy products; sensory evaluation of foods; food safety and hazard analysis.
As Operations Manager of the UConn Creamery, Dr. Dzurec is responsible for production of all UConn ice cream. He also looks after sanitation and maintenance of the Creamery. As Extension Associate Professor of Food Processing, he will be offering workshops in ice cream manufacturing, dairy plant sanitation and cheese making. He is also responsible for two annual Connecticut Vo-Ag contests in dairy products and food science.
Dzurec, D. J. and L. C. Dzurec. 2005. “Writing across the curriculum: a hermeneutic study of students’ experiences in writing in food science education”. Journal of Food Science Education. Vol. 4: pp. 22-26.
Dzurec, D. J. and L. C. Dzurec. 2004. Writing across the Curriculum: A Hermeneutic Study of Students’ Experiences in Writing in Food Science Education. Journal of Food Science Education (In press)
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