Biography and education
Lindsey Menge, MS, RD, LD is an Assistant Professor of Instruction in the Nutrition and Foods Program of the School of Family and Consumer Sciences. She has previously served as Dietetic Internship Director and Graduate Co-coordinator. She is also a registered dietitian and maintains a private practice specializing in oncology nutrition. She completed her Bachelor of Arts from the University of Texas at Austin, and her Masters of Science in Human Nutrition as well as her Dietetic Internship from Texas State University. During her master's program, she completed research with WellCats, Texas State's employee wellness program, investigating the food environment for employees at the university, with the goal of improving the healthfulness of worksite settings. She continues this work today, serving on the Leadership Team of WellCats (since 2019), where she oversees nutrition programming, program evaluation, and ongoing research efforts. She has co-authored a number of scientific articles and has presented research at national conferences.
Teaching Interests
Research Interests
Featured scholarly/creative works
- Menge, L. D., Hu, Y., Crixell, S. L., Lloyd, L. K., Bezner, J. R., & Burke, P. J. (2018). Influences on catered event ordering in a university workplace: development and validation of the Understanding Food Ordering survey. American Journal of Health Promotion, October, 1–4. https://doi.org/10.1177/0890117118807217
- Crixell, S. L., Menge, L. D., & Oliver, J. (2019). Perspectives and Assessment of the Catered Food Environment at a University. Current Developments in Nutrition, 3(Supplement_1). https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1093/cdn/nzz051.P04-137-19
- Sherman, B., Hernandez, A. M., Alhado, M., Menge, L. D., & Salcedo, R. (2019). Silibinin Differentially Decreases the Aggressive Cancer Phenotype in an In Vitro Model of Obesity and Prostate Cancer. Nutrition and Cancer. https://doi.org/10.1080/01635581.2019.1633363
Featured awards
- Award / Honor Recipient: Outstanding Graduate Student, Texas State University. 2018
- Award / Honor Recipient: Outstanding Graduate Student, Texas State University. 2018

Featured service activities
- Reviewer / Referee
Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics (ACEND)
- Other
WellCats Stand and Move at Work Program
- Member
Graduate Admissions Committee
- Participant
Working in Nutrition Sciences Journal Club
- Other
WellCats Monthly Newsletter
- Other
LDM Nutrition, LLC
