Michelle Altman

Extension Associate
Rural Health and Nutrition Program Team
Rural Health and Nutrition Program Team, TEACH Center

Office: TEACH Center at the Citadel Mall- Charleston
Phone: 803-943-6984

Email: altman5@clemson.edu

Educational Background

M.Ed. Education-Language and Literacy
University of South Carolina 2011

B.A. History- Secondary Education
Columbia Collge 1990

A.D.N. Health Science- Registered Nurse
Technical College of the LowCountry 2003

Profile

NEAFCS/SCAFCS
SCACAA
SCWAgN

Research Interests

Rural Health, Food Access, Physical Activity

Publications

IMPLEMENTATION OF A COOPERATIVE EXTENSION FOOD DISTRIBUTION ACTION PLAN DURING TIMES OF CRISIS
Published: Aug 27, 2021
Jamelia Graham, Michelle Altman, Weatherly Thomas, Wanda Green, Rhonda Matthews, Samuel Baxter, Sarah Griffin and Michelle Parisi
LGP 1118

Altman, M., Green, W., and Thomas, W. Health Extension creates sustainable rural food access improvements through PSE approaches. Oral presentation at Joint Extension Conference 2022. Clemson, SC. December 2022.

Altman, M., Green, W., and Thomas W. 2022. PSE approach used to increase food access in identified rural South Carolina counties. Joint Extension Conference. Poster presentation.

Altman, M., Green, W., and Thomas, W. Health Extension creates sustainable rural food access improvements through PSE approaches. Oral presentation at FoodForward 2022. Clemson, SC. September 2022.

Thomas, W, Green, W, Altman, M, Matthews, R, Baxter, S, Griffin, S, and Parisi, M. Community Garden Creates Pathway to Expanded Food Access, Education, and Community Collaboration in a Rural South Carolina City. National Extension Health Outreach and Engagement Conference. Poster Presentation. Ithaca, NY, May 2023.

Altman, M, Greene, W, Thomas, W, Baxter, S, Matthews, R, Griffin, S, and Parisi, M. Clemson Extension Coordinates Faith-Based Organizations to Expand Food Access Points in Rural Communities. National Extension Health and Outreach Conference. Poster Presentation Ithaca, NY, May 2023.


Thomas, W., Altman, M. Health Extension Creates Pathway to Expanded Food Access, Education, and Community Collaboration in Rural South Carolina. National Agricultural Marketing Summit. Washington, D.C., November 2023.


Altman, M., Thomas, W. (2024, April 15-17). Health Extension Creates Pathway to Expanded Food Access, Education, and Community Collaboration in Rural South Carolina [Conference presentation]. Joint Council of Extension Professionals Public Issues Leadership Development Conference, Washington, DC, United States. https://www.jcep.org/pild

Thomas, W., Altman, M., Green, W. (2024, May 13-15). How Health Extension Uses CDC HOP to Expand Food Access, Physical Activity, and Community Collaboration in South Carolina [Conference presentation]. National Health Outreach and Engagement Conference, Greenville, SC, United States.
https://nationalhealthoutreach2024.sched.com/event/1cGsj/how-health-extension-uses-cdc-hop-to-expand-food-access-physical-activity-and-community-collaboration-in-south-carolina