Collection: Wanda Dodson papers |

Content Description

This collection comprises three folders of newspaper articles authored by Dr. Wanda L. Dodson. Between 2011 and 2018, Dodson contributed articles to the Commonwealth Journal (Somerset, Kentucky). Her columns focused on food wisdom, gardening, health, spirituality, and life in south central Kentucky.

Dates

Creation: 2011 - 2018

Biographical / Historical

A native of Monticello, Kentucky, Wanda L. Dodson graduated from Berea College in 1963. She pursued advanced degrees and had a lengthy career at Mississippi State University, researching and teaching about nutritional sciences, dietetics, and cancer. In retirement, Dodson returned to Kentucky, where she took up being a newspaper columnist as a creative outlet.