A group of Rogers State University students are being recognized for their work to limit the impacts of eating disorders.
Four students along with founder and advisor of RSU's National Eating Disorders Association Campus Warriors Dr. Sonya E. Munsell attended the Oklahoma Eating Disorders Association Symposium and presented valuable research.
The students include Olivia Cosper, senior, psychology major; Teah Ellard, sophomore, business entrepreneurship major; Carrigan Veach, senior, community counseling major; and first-year graduate student Lynn Williams, studying in the Master of Science in community counseling program.
The group's research showed the results of a study exploring eating disorders and cultural diversity, as well as research investigating the relationship between childhood trauma and eating disorders in males.
Following the symposium, Ellard, Veach, Williams and graduate student Ronnie Epperly served as models for the OEDA’s Fall 2022 Walking With Worth fashion show at the Oklahoma Contemporary Arts Center in Oklahoma City, a fundraising event which featured 17 models of all body shapes and sizes.
At the event, Munsell also presented Ellard with the OEDA Volunteer of the Year Award.
“This celebration of body diversity and positive body image helped spread awareness of eating disorders, and it raised funds to provide education and to organize much needed resources for those struggling with an eating disorder in the state of Oklahoma,” Munsell said.